Chapter 20
Civil Rights Movement
1.     The ____________ (S/N) had the highest number of African Americans.
2.     When WWII began in 1939-1945 segregation was still practiced.
·        but it changed b/c they had to all fight together for the same
reason= freedom
·        some African Americans were hesitant because they knew when
 they got back things would be segregated again.
3.     What is the NAACP- ______________________________________________
* What did it do for African Americans? ______________________________
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4.     In 1954, a court case changed the 1896 verdict in Plessy vs. Ferguson that
separate but equal is legal- what was this case? What did it do? _____________
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5. 1955- a woman named _________ ___________ did not want to give up
her seat on the bus in Montgomery, AL. to a white woman.
·        As a result of her arrest, African Americans boycotted the bus system
    of Alabama.
6.     1963- __________ _________ and ____________ _____________ were the
first African American graduates of UGA.
7. 1957- Civil Rights Movement
* SCLC- _____________________________________________- their goal
was to end segregation with nonviolence.
* __________ _________ __________- was the president from 1961-1963.
* SNCC- _________________________________________
8. PAGE 313- Describe Martin Luther King? ____________________________
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9.   In 1964- the Civil Rights Act was passed- it stated: ______________________
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10. In 1965- a voting g rights act was passed- it stated: _____________________
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* Also in 1965, 8 African Americans were elected to public office.
* In 1968, Fair Housing Act stated that there is to no discrimination in
the buying and selling of real estate.
11. What is ironic about the Cold War? ____________________________________
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