American civil rights movement

1.) causes
a. discrimination based on color
b. lack of civil rights
c. failure to adhere to law
d. abuse of african americans

2.) the method
a. nonviolent protests
b. civil disobedience
c. sit-in protests

3.) significant events
a. brown v. board of education
b. montgomery boycott
c. interstate bus rides

4.) prominent personalities
a. martin luther king, jr.
b. rosa parks
c. ella baker

5.) ?
a. abolition of racial discrimination
b. abolition of slavery
c. voting rights to african american

answers: government inaction, gain and loses, abolition, results

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