The Civil Rights Movement Study Guide

See Chapter 29 in the textbook. Be sure to read/review the information in the three sections. See all handouts, homework assignments, class work and notes. The test will be worth 100 pts.

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  Civil Rights Act of 1964
  
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  24^th Amendment
  
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  Civil Rights Act of 1968
  
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  De jure and De facto segregation
  
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  Kerner Commission
  
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  Black Power
  
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  Black Panthers
  
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  Plessy v. Ferguson
  
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  Voting Rights Act of 1965
  
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  Affirmative action
  

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  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  
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  James Meredith
  
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  Thurgood Marshall
  
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  Stokely Carmichael
  
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  Malcolm X
  
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  Rosa Parks
  
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  Lyndon B. Johnson
  
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  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  
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  James Earl Ray
  
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  George Wallace
  
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  Fannie Lou Hamer
  
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  JFK
  

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  Brown vs. Board case was responsible for jump starting the…
  
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  Which two states were considered to have the worst reputation of racism?
  
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  The tragic incident that showed the world the horror/brutality of segregation, in 1955 included…
  
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  First organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation…
  
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  Dr. King founder of…
  
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  Governor of Alabama who said the following quote, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!” …
  
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  The court case that affirmed the legality of racial segregation and passage of the Jim Crow laws…
  
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  1965: city that experienced the worst urban riots…
  
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  Legacy of the civil rights movement that has been challenged throughout the years…
  
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  Turning point of the civil rights movement was marked by…
  
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  What accomplishments of the civil rights movement were achieved through nonviolent means? Why did some African Americans come to reject nonviolence?
  
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  Compare what Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X achieved for African Americans.
  
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  How did the media and music play a part within the civil rights movement?
  
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  Be able to analyze a quote from Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”