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Unit Test Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1950s Landmark Case: Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) - Why It Happened | 1. Protesting (Equal Schools Now!) (Education is freedom!) 2. Advocacy (NAACP, SNCC) |
| 1950s Legislation: Civil Rights Act of 1957 - Why It Happened | Road blocks to voting: 1. Literacy tests (must have 100% to vote) 2. Grandfather Clause 3. Pay a tax/fee |
| 1960s Legislation: Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Why It Happened | 1. 1960 - Sit-ins (public facilities were integrated) & 1961 - Freedom Rides 2. Race riots and lack of economic opportunities 3. Freedom Summer - Voter registration project in Mississippi (movie) ~ 15th Amendment |
| 1960s Legislation: Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Why It Happened | 1. MLK Jr - SCLC (Civil activists) 2. SNCC - Voter registration 3. Protests - People demanding their right to vote |
| 1960s Landmark Case: Loving vs Virginia (1967) - Why It Happened | 1. Violence based on love and race 2. Emmett Till - murdered |
| 1960s Legislation: Fair Housing Act of 1968 - Why It Happened | Redlining (pretty much discrimination based on race, sex, national origin & religion). |