chapter 26

This case expanded the rights of the accused by mandating that they must be informed of their rights upon arrest.

Miranda v. Arizona

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?

Overturned the legal logic of Plessy v. Ferguson, Extended the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment, Ruled against segregated public schools

These types of jobs such as nursing, teaching, and secretarial work ensured that women remained in the workforce, although not in such great numbers as during World War II.

Pink Collar Jobs

Why was Emmett Till murdered?

Allegedly whistling at a white woman

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 accomplish?

Created a Civil Rights Commission in the Department of Justice to investigate claims of racial discrimination

This case ruled that states must provide attorneys at state expense for accused persons unable to procure their own legal defense.

Gideon v. Wainwright

This case ruled that it was illegal for the states to require official school prayers to be recited by the students.

Engel v. Vitale

The 24th Amendment:

allowed the direct election of Senators.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965:

gave total control of all elections to the federal government, that blacks were given freedom to fully exercise their voting rights.

Who first challenged segregation on buses?

Rosa Parks