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How do Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board compare?
Plessy: Legalized segregation | Brown: Declared school segregation unconstitutional
What were the causes and effects of Plessy v. Ferguson?
Cause: Homer Plessy challenged segregation laws. Effect: Legalized segregation under 'separate but equal'.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Migration?
Cause: Jim Crow laws, economic opportunity in the North. Effect: Shift in demographics, Harlem Renaissance.
What were the causes and effects of lynching?
Cause: White supremacy, racial hatred. Effect: Racial terror, social control.
What were the causes and effects of the Brown v. Board of Education?
Cause: Legal challenges to segregation. Effect: Overturned Plessy, desegregation of schools (though slow).
What were the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Cause: Civil Rights Movement, political pressure. Effect: Outlawed discrimination, but did not fully address voting rights.
What were the causes and effects of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Cause: Continued disenfranchisement, Selma to Montgomery marches. Effect: Protected voting rights, increased Black voter registration.
What were the causes and effects of the Red Summer of 1919?
Cause: Racial tensions, economic competition, returning Black veterans. Effect: Increased racial violence and discrimination.
What were the causes and effects of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Cause: Rosa Parks' arrest, systemic segregation on buses. Effect: Desegregation of buses, rise of MLK Jr., momentum for Civil Rights Movement.
What were the causes and effects of the Black Power movement?
Cause: Frustration with slow progress of Civil Rights Movement, police brutality. Effect: Increased Black pride, emphasis on self-determination, but also division within the movement.
What were the causes and effects of white flight?
Cause: Desegregation, increased Black populations in urban areas. Effect: Decline of urban centers, increased segregation in suburbs.
What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Upheld 'separate but equal,' legitimizing segregation.
What was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?
Overturned Plessy, declared school segregation unconstitutional.