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Civil Rights Movemen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe the Montgomery Bus Boycott: | Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat so she got arrested.This sparked the bus boycott.Which was when people refused to ride the bus so they carpooled,walked,etc. |
| How did Martin Luther King Jr. think the Civil Rights Movement would eventually be won? | MLK Jr. believed in nonviolent peaceful speeches,protests,sit ins, etc. |
| Who signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act? | Lyndon B. Johnson. |
| What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? | Segregation in all public places was illegal. |
| Describe the Brown vs. Board of Education: | -Browns won and ended segregation -Thurgood Marshall represented the Browns -Their daughter Linda had to bused to school instead of going to the school across the street |
| Voting Rights Act: | -The literacy test was no longer a requirement to vote |
| Civil Rights Act: | -Johnson signed it -Ended segregation in all public places |
| Thurgood Marshall: | -first black supreme court justice -Lawyer who won Brown vs. BOE |
| Lyndon B. Johnson: | -signed the Civil Rights Act into law -signed the Voting Rights Act into law |
| Jim Crow Laws: | -Jim Crow Laws in the south -Segregation was "okay" because it was separate but equal |
| 24th Amendment: | -Cant make people pay the poll tax in order to vote |