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Social Studies Oct18
Question | Answer |
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What year did Elizabeth Jennings have her court case? | 1854 |
What year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott end? | 1956 |
What year did Plessy get arrested? | 1896 |
What year did Rosa Parks get arrested? | 1955 |
What did Martin Luther King Jr do? | He became the civil rights movement leader. |
Who got kicked off the bus before Rosa Parks? | Claudette Colvin and Elizabeth Jennings |
Why did Homer Plessey want to get arrested on purpose? | He wanted to go to the Supreme Court and say that blacks have rights too |
What does CRM stand for? | Civil Rights Movement |
What was Plessey vs Ferguson about? | To fight for black civil rights. Ferguson wanted to keep things the same. |
What was the name of the case about school segregation? | Brown vs. Board of Education |
Who was Justice Harlan? | A Supreme Court justice (judge). He dissented (disagreed) with the Plessey vs Ferguson decision |
What happened after Ferguson won and Plessey lost? | Schools remained "separate but equal" |
Which supreme court case did Jack Greenberg fight for? | Brown vs Board of Education |
Who organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott | ED Nixon |
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott? | Blacks boycotting the buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested. |