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| People gather together to protest something often carrying a sign |
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| To stop buying something in order to make a statement and to hurt your opponent economically |
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| a protest in which people sit or stay in a place and refuse to leave until they are given what they demand |
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| action by a mass group of people in favor of a cause in order to call attention to the cause |
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| Persuading elected official to make specific laws (usually involves favors and money) |
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| Most famous and successful march in US History |
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| March on Washington (1963) |
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| Most famous and successful Sit-in in US History |
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| Colonial Americans refused to pay taxes on imported goods or on printed materials |
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| American Revolution boycotts |
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| Rosa Parks and MLK Jr. led this quest for desegregation by refusing to ride busses. |
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| Montgomery Bus Boycott (1956) |
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| This ended school segregation |
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| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
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| After Brown v. Board of Education, these students were one of the first to attend a desegrated school in the South |
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| What did Brown v. Board of Education achieve? |
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| Equal access to education |
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| What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 achieve? |
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| Prohibited discrimination at work, in schools, and in the public |
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| What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 achieve? |
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| protected African-Americans voting rights |
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| What did the Fair Housing Rights Act of 19658 achieve? |
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| Prohibited discrimination during the rental or purchase of a home |
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| Federalist v. Anti-Federalist disagreement |
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| More Power -nat'l or state gov't? |
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| Liberal: Gov't should provide it for free; Conservative: buy your own and get better service |
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| Liberal: anyone can be a citizen; Conservative: anyone can be a citizen LEGALLY |
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| May 20, 1775 - The King's laws and Gov't are annulled |
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| Arpil 20, 1776 - 1st document to call for independence in the colonies |
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| North Carolina documents are unique |
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| independence, unalienable rights, equality, grievences |
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| Declaration of independence |
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| what are your unalienable rights? |
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| Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness |
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| 1st government, weak National gov't, a failure |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Gov't will protect your individual rights (document) |
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| Where is the Bill of Rights? |
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| Why was the NC Constitution rewritten in 1868 |
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| Why was the NC Constitution rewritten in 1971 |
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| It was poorly written in 1868 |
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| When did the NC consitution establish NC's 1st gov't? |
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| Study of Citizenship (rights and duties) |
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| Gov't is divided into three branches |
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| Gov't cannot do anything it wants |
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| name of the system that explains how the branches of gov't limit each other |
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| division of power between nation, state, and local gov't |
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| People have the power. This power is excercised by voting |
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| we elect officials to represent us. |
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| people are born with these, and it is the gov'ts job to protect them (concept) |
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