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Kennedy, Johnson and Civil Rights

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  • Q1
    In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a 13-month boycott of city buses.
    Montgomery bus boycott
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  • Q2
    Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group.
    discrimination
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  • Q3
    Leader of Civil Rights movement of 1960's
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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  • Q4
    The opposition of whites to desegregation.
    massive resistance
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  • Q5
    Contrary to or against what is permitted by the constitution.
    unconstitutional
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  • Q6
    A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.
    civil rights
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  • Q7
    A series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and Whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961.
    Freedom Rides
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  • Q8
    To formally suggest that somebody should be chosen for an important role, prize, position, etc.
    nominate
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  • Q9
    Shocked or very upset.
    horrified
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  • Q10
    A speech delivered in a formal or ceremonious manner.
    oration
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  • Q11
    Group of mostly African American ministers who worked to fight injustice through nonviolence
    SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
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  • Q12
    Group formed by student activists; used the sit-in as an effective method of protest
    SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
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  • Q13
    1963 demonstration in which more than 200,000 people rallied for economic equality and civil rights
    March on Washington
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  • Q14
    In 1964, when blacks and whites together challenged segregation and led a massive drive to register blacks to vote in Mississippi.
    Freedom Summer
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  • Q15
    Law that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
    Civil Rights Act of 1964
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  • Q16
    Part of President Johnson's reform program where Congress passed measures, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education in 1965.
    Great Society
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