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5TA 1950 to 1975
1950 to 1975
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Social Studies
5th Grade
03/26/2012

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Term
civil rights
Definition
The rights to full legal, social, and economic equality extended to African Americans.
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space race
Definition
A competition between the US and Soviet Union to send people into outer space.
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desegregation
Definition
ending the separation of people by racial or ethnic group
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non-violent protests
Definition
a way of bringing change without using violence
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welfare
Definition
government program that helps people who are in need
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generation
Definition
group of people born at about the same time
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overthrow
Definition
To defeat or destroy. To remove from power.
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demonstration
Definition
a public display of group feelings toward a person or cause
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cease-fire
Definition
an agreement to stop all fighting
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Rosa Parks
Definition
was arrested for not giving up bus seat and that led to the Montgomery bus boycott
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Brown VS. Board of Education
Definition
Supreme Court case in 1954 that led to desegregation of schools
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