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Unit 2: Movements in the modern world

Quick questions on Movements for rights: QCE Modern History Unit 2 Year 11

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What is background?
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Jim Crow segregation in Southern US since 1880s. African Americans denied voting rights, segregated schools, separate facilities.
What is key events?
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- Brown v Board of Education (1954): Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional. - Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-56): Rosa Parks; King. - Little Rock Nine (1957): federal troops escorted Black students.
What is outcomes?
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Legal segregation ended. Persistent social and economic inequality. Black Power and Black Lives Matter as later movements.
What is key moments?
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- Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" (1963). - Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII (banned sex discrimination in employment). - NOW founded (1966).

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