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What form of protest did leaders like Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. advocate throughout the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 60s?

Reversing the migration trend from the first half of the twentieth century, in the twenty-first century African-Americans have been moving away from _______ and to _______ in large numbers.

When the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect January 1, 1863, what did it do?

The “Freedom Rides” tested the enforcement of a Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation where?

Which US president officially desegregated the military?

What was “the Great Society”?

Which was not a common form of slave resistance?

Most Northerners supported a war against the South to preserve the union but not to end slavery.

Reflection: Thinking back on what you’ve learned during this course, choose the two or three historical figures whose stories you found most interesting. Describe who they were, why you think they were important, what you found most interesting about them, and what we can learn from their lives today.

What term describes Nixon and Kissinger’s approach to dealing with the Soviets, and literally means an “unstretching” or easing of tensions?