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Montgomery County High Segregated Prom
Wilcox County High Segregated Prom
NAACP
Plessy v. Ferguson
Segregation and the Civil Rights Movement
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What year was Montgomery County High's prom integrated?
2010
100
What year was Wilcox County's prom first integrated?
2013
100
What is the NAACP?
A major organization in the Civil Rights Movement/National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
100
Why was Homer Plessy arrested?
He sat in the white section of a train.
100
The Civil Rights Movement took place mainly during these decades. Which decades?
The 1950s and 60s
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How much of Montgomery High School's town was white?
2/3
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What is the percent population (Black and White) in Wilcox County's town?
51% White and 46% Black
200
Who is Charles Houston?
An NAACP lawyer who trained lawyers to challenge legalized segregation.
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Established the ______________ standard.
Separate but equal
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What were the name of segregation laws in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
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Who is the prom organized by?
The parents of the students
300
Which students were often bullied at Wilcox?
White students who dated Blacks Bonus: particularly girls
300
What school did the NAACP help? Hint: Melba Patillo Beals
Central High School in Little Rock
300
Which amendment rights did Homer Plessy say were infringed when he was arrested?
His 13th and 14th Amendment Rights
300
What three amendments are called the Reconstruction Amendments?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
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What organization called for the state to ban segregated proms?
The NAACP
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What happened when a biracial student tried to attend the all White Prom?
The student was escorted off the premises by the police.
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What state did the NAACP ask to stop segregated proms?
Georgia
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In what year did Homer Plessy's case take place?
1896
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In what year did the famous Brown v. Board of Education take place?
1954
500
Give two reasons why/how this topic relates to what we learned in class.
Answers will vary. Examples: 1. It's about segregated proms and we learned about segregation. 2.It involves the NAACP and we studied that. 3.It involves Plessy vs. Ferguson and the decision made there, and we studied that court case
500
Who was allowed into the White Prom, and who was allowed into the Black Prom?
All students were allowed into the Black Prom, but only Whites were allowed into the White Prom.
500
What NAACP lawyer became the first Black Supreme Court justice? Hint: We learned this in class
Thurgood Marshall
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Explain how the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson paved the way for segregation.
It established the "separate but equal standard", which made segregation legal, which led to Jim Crow Laws being passed in the South.
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Explain why the segregated proms were allowed to continue, despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The proms were privately organized events and not sponsored by the schools. The Civil Rights Act only covered "public accommodations".