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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. They walked, carpooled, etc.As a result, segregation on buses ended! |
| How did Martin Luther King Junior think the Civil Rights Movement would eventually be won? | MLK Jr. believed in non-violent, peaceful, protests, speeches, sit-ins,etc. |
| who signed the Civil Rights Act and the 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 Education | - Browns won,ending school segregation -Thurgood Marshall represented the Browns -Their daughter Linda had to be bussed to a black school instead of going to the school down the street |
| Describe the Voting Rights Act | -The literacy test was no longer a requirement to vote |
| describe the Civil Rights Act | -Johnson signed it -Ended segregation in all public places |
| Describe Thurgood Marshall | -First black supreme court Justice -Lawyer who won Brown vs. BOE |
| Describe Lyndon B. Johnson | -signed the Civil Rights Act into law -signed the Voting Rights Act into law |
| Describe the Jim crow laws | -Jim crow laws in the South -segregation was "ok" because it was seperate but equal |
| Describe the 24th Amendment | Can't make people pay the poll tax in order to vote |