Strategies for non-violent protest

Sit-ins, boycotts, marches, assemblies, etc

Define: Civil disobedience

Knowingly breaking the law because it's unjust

Plessy vs Ferguson: background

Plessy, a one-eighth black person, sat in the white section of a train car and was arrested for it.

Plessy vs Ferguson: constitutional issue

13th Amendment said slavery nor involuntary servitude can exist in the U.S. 14th Amendment says everyone born in the U.S. is equal.

Plessy vs Ferguson: decision

Ruled against Plessy because of the 14th Amendment

Plessy vs Ferguson: impact on America

Separate but equal doctrine is created and was the basis for decades of segregation laws and remained the law of the land for the first half of the 20th century.

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: background

Linda Brown, an African American teenager, applied for admission to an all-white public school in Topeka, Kansas, but she was refused admission.

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: constitutional issue

Did separate but equal public facilities violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: decision

Court ruled unanimously to overrule the separate but equal principle.

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: impact on America

Integration of public schools began

Purpose of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

To make segregation on buses unconstitutional

little Rock Nine, when ,where, significance for civil rights

1957 september, the significance was they directly tested for the brown v board which declared segergation in a school was unconstitional, Happened arkansas. This is where the president brought over 1,000 fedal troops to escort.

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Question	Answer
Strategies for non-violent protest	Sit-ins, boycotts, marches, assemblies, etc
Define: Civil disobedience	Knowingly breaking the law because it's unjust
Plessy vs Ferguson: background	Plessy, a one-eighth black person, sat in the white section of a train car and was arrested for it.
Plessy vs Ferguson: constitutional issue	13th Amendment said slavery nor involuntary servitude can exist in the U.S. 14th Amendment says everyone born in the U.S. is equal.
Plessy vs Ferguson: decision	Ruled against Plessy because of the 14th Amendment
Plessy vs Ferguson: impact on America	Separate but equal doctrine is created and was the basis for decades of segregation laws and remained the law of the land for the first half of the 20th century.
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: background	Linda Brown, an African American teenager, applied for admission to an all-white public school in Topeka, Kansas, but she was refused admission.
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: constitutional issue	Did separate but equal public facilities violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment?
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: decision	Court ruled unanimously to overrule the separate but equal principle.
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: impact on America	Integration of public schools began
Purpose of the Montgomery Bus Boycott	To make segregation on buses unconstitutional
little Rock Nine, when ,where, significance for civil rights	1957 september, the significance was they directly tested for the brown v board which declared segergation in a school was unconstitional, Happened arkansas. This is where the president brought over 1,000 fedal troops to escort.

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