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Founding Court Cases
Founding Court Cases
What does the word segregation mean?
Forced separation of people based on race
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
African Americans in Montgomery stopped riding the busses for 381 days.
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
African American students who attended an all white school in Arkansas
What were people in the Chicano Movement demanding?
Better schools and economic opportunities for Mexican Americans.
What was decided in the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson?
The segregation was constitutional/legal.
What did the Montgomery Bus boycott accomplish?
The Bus company lost millions and was forced to end segregation on public buses.
Why were the Little Rock 9 Significant?
What issues did AIM focus on?
Broken treaties between the federal government and Native Americans, poverty on Native American reservations and discrimination.
What was decided in Brown v. Board of Education?
Segregation was unconstitutional and integration of school needed to happen.
What happened at sit-ins?
Young African Americans sat at segregated "whites only" lunch counters peacefully while facing insults, violence, and arrests.
What was the NAACP'S primary focus?
Fighting for civil rights through courts and legislation.
How did the Civil Rights Movement influence the Women's Liberation movement?
They borrowed similar strategies from the Civil Rights Movement to fight gender discrimination.
What court case was overturned by Brown v. Board of Education?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What dangers did Freedom Riders face?
Mob violence and arrests.
What did the SCLC and CORE work together on?
They challenged segregation through legal action, protest and community organizing.
What were the Stonewall Riots?
Patrons rioting against a police raid of a gay bar in NYC.
What were people fighting for in the stormy 60s?
Rights, justice, and equality.
Why were sit-ins, Freedom Riders and the Bus Boycott effective?
Using non-violence as a form of protest and getting the media involved showed the real issues of segregation. Ordinary people acting together created real tangible victories.
What was the name of the little girl who went to an all white school in New Orleans after passing an entrance exam, along with 6 other students.
Ruby Bridges
Why were the 1960s "Stormy"?
The Civil Rights Movement exposed deep injustice and racism but there was huge backlash from some whites through violence, arrests and political backlash.