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Desegregation
Minority Groups
Segregation
Sit-ins
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100
What is the name of the supreme court case that declared segregation to be unconstitutional?
Brown vs. Board of Education
100
Fought for the workers rights
United Farm Workers
100
What type of segregation exists by law?
De jure segregation
100
This is when a group of African American students refuses to leave a segregated lunch counter until served.
A sit-in
100
this act ended segregation in the workplace and in schools.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
Which amendment was found to be in violation in the supreme court case?
The 14th amendment
200
Raised issue with land claims, and tried to maintain Native American culture.
American Indian Movement
200
What type of segregation is hardest to fight?
De facto segregation
200
The part of the country where people first started sit-ins
The south
200
This act ended housing segregation
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
300
Which high school was desegregated and where was it located?
Central high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
300
Creator of the United Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
300
People being arrested, beaten, harassed, and having food poured on them were some of the ways that this happened
The way the white society reacted to sit-ins
300
2/3 of eligible African African Americans did this in 1970
Voted
400
What was the name of the governor of Arkansas?
Orval Faubus
400
Campaigned successfully for equal employment and pay
National Organization for Women
400
The city where the first sit in occured
Where is Greensboro, North Carolina
400
this rate tripled after the civil Right act of 1964
The rate of African Americans who graduated high school
500
Who did Faubus call in on the day the little rock 9 desegregated Central HS?
The Arkansas National Guard
500
What did the Americans with Disabilities Act do for the physically or mentally handicapped?
Guaranteed protection of transportation, public accommodations, employment, and telephone services.
500
The year that sit-ins first started
1960
500
this number increased from under 100 to over 7000 between the years of 1959 and 1999
The number of African American elected officials