april 12 | Home Spelling Words
april 12 | Home Spelling Words
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Practice Sentence
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brown vs.board of education
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in 1954 the supreme court agreed with thurgood marshall that segregation in public schools should be stopped
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Basic
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montgomery bus boycott
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in december 1955 rosa parks would not give her seat up to a white man.she was arrested.african americans stopped riding city buses in protest of her arrest
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Basic
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civil right act of 1964
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a law made segregation in public places illegal in America
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Basic
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birmingham civil rights march
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peaceful gatherings of african americans led by Martin Luther King JR.to stop segregation in public places
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Basic
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american indian movement
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large groups of indians pushing for indian rights
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Basic
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buying on credit
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allows a buyer to buy something and pay part of the price.the buyer pays it off until the item is payed off
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Basic
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dust bowl of the 1930s
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the result of dust storms in central united states and canada from 1931 to 1939
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Basic
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black tuesday
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marked as the great depression.black tuesday refers oct.29,1929 five days after stock market crashed
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Basic
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great depression
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an economic downturn started in 1929 which wasn’t fully felt until 1930,it lasted through 1930s.it north america and europe but had affects around the world
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Basic
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