What barriers kept many Black Southerners from voting?

Poll taxes and literacy tests kept many from voting.

How did the NAACP try to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson ?

The NAACP spent decades working through the court system .

What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)?

Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a White passenger.

What were the effects of the Montgomery Bus Boycott ?

The year-long boycott hurt local businesses and made Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a leading figure of the movement.

Define Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) .

The SCLC was a group of Black religious leaders , organized by King in 1957 , to support the Civil Rights Movement .

How did the sit-in movement begin in 1960?

After being refused service at a department store lunch counter , students in Greensboro, North Carolina , adopted King's policy of nonviolence and started the sit-in movement .

Define Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) .

SNCC was a group that grew out of the sit-in protests and promoted voting rights and an end to segregation .

What did Truman's Committee on Civil Rights (1946) recommend?

It recommended desegregating the army , abolishing poll taxes , and federal protections from lynching .

Define Executive Order 9981 (1948) .

Executive Order 9981 was Truman's order banning segregation in the armed forces .

Why did Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock in 1957?

Eisenhower sent troops to protect the Little Rock Nine , whom Governor Orval Faubus had barred from a formerly all-White high school in violation of Brown v. Board of Education .

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 do?

As the first civil rights law since Reconstruction , it set up the Civil Rights Commission and the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department to protect voting rights .

What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?

It ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional , violating the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause , which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson .

Which Chief Justice wrote the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the decision.

Desegregation of the armed forces under Executive Order 9981 was not enforced until , during the Korean War.

Desegregation of the armed forces under Executive Order 9981 was not enforced until 1950 , during the Korean War.

True or False? Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock because he personally supported desegregation.

False. Eisenhower did not personally support desegregation , but he knew it was the executive branch's role to enforce the nation's laws and Supreme Court rulings .

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What barriers kept many Black Southerners from voting?
Poll taxes and literacy tests kept many from voting.
How did the NAACP try to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson?
The NAACP spent decades working through the court system.
What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)?
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a White passenger.
What were the effects of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The year-long boycott hurt local businesses and made Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a leading figure of the movement.
Define Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
The SCLC was a group of Black religious leaders, organized by King in 1957, to support the Civil Rights Movement.
How did the sit-in movement begin in 1960?
After being refused service at a department store lunch counter, students in Greensboro, North Carolina, adopted King's policy of nonviolence and started the sit-in movement.
Define Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
SNCC was a group that grew out of the sit-in protests and promoted voting rights and an end to segregation.
What did Truman's Committee on Civil Rights (1946) recommend?
It recommended desegregating the army, abolishing poll taxes, and federal protections from lynching.
Define Executive Order 9981 (1948).
Executive Order 9981 was Truman's order banning segregation in the armed forces.
Why did Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock in 1957?
Eisenhower sent troops to protect the Little Rock Nine, whom Governor Orval Faubus had barred from a formerly all-White high school in violation of Brown v. Board of Education.
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 do?
As the first civil rights law since Reconstruction, it set up the Civil Rights Commission and the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department to protect voting rights.
What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
It ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, violating the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
Which Chief Justice wrote the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the decision.
Desegregation of the armed forces under Executive Order 9981 was not enforced until , during the Korean War.
Desegregation of the armed forces under Executive Order 9981 was not enforced until 1950, during the Korean War.
True or False?
Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock because he personally supported desegregation.
False.
Eisenhower did not personally support desegregation, but he knew it was the executive branch's role to enforce the nation's laws and Supreme Court rulings.

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