Civil Rights – Define these Key terms and Id these people – WORTH 300 POINTS - I divide this unit in half – so work all the way through!!

  1. The Great Society
  2. “War on Poverty”
  3. de facto segregation
  4. de jure segregation
  5. Watts Riots
  6. La RazaUnida
  7. Greensboro Sit-in (include names of men who started this Protest)
  1. Freedom Rides (include the bombing on the Bus outside Birmingham)
  2. Freedom Summer (include Fannie Lou Hamer)
  3. Selma March (include the reason why there were 3 Marches)

Comprehension:

  1. Explain the steps Truman took to end racial discrimination in the federal government? Explain the order.
  2. Explain why Jackie Robinson was an important figure in the struggle for civil rights and his contribution to Americana and describe his accomplishments/awards won.
  3. USE the Website Oyez.org to fill out the Supreme Court Case Study sheet. Write a summary of the case Brown v. Board of Education. Include the following: Facts of the case, Constitutional Question, Conclusion.
  4. What was Thurgood Marshall's role in the case? What was his winning strategy in the case? (hint: the Dr. Clark and his dolls) How was his future position of status propelled by the case? (hint: 1967)
  5. Who co-authored the Southern Manifesto? Who signed it? What were the goals of the document? What was the intent of the Southern Manifesto?
  6. How was the murder of Till a reaction to the Brown Case? Include… What happened to Emmitt Till. Why? What was the outcome of the murder case?
  7. Why and Where was Rosa Parks arrested? What was the result or her arrest? Who was the leader of the movement? What type of resistance did he use? How long did the boycott last? Was it a success or not. Explain your answer in more than two sentences.
  8. Who were the Little Rock 9? What and Who forced Eisenhower to order federalized National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957? What was the result?
  9. Create a chart similar to the one below listing the prominent, civil rights organizations in the early 1960s and their goals and characteristics (who joined).

Civil Rights Groups / Acronyms stand for / Features
NAACP
CORE
SCLC
SNCC
  1. What was the goal of Freedom Summer? Describe the most famous murders of the Summer. Include names.
  2. WORTH 40 points - Why did civil rights organizers ask their supporters to march on Washington in the summer of 1963? What was the crowning achievement of the day? Read or listen the text of Martin Luther’s King’s speech, “I Have a Dream.” Finally, pretend you attended the March on Washington in 1963 and write a diary entry describing the important imagery used by Dr. King in his speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in the summer of 1963 AND the key points made by him in that speech. (must be handwritten and must contain one to two pages - you can include two small drawings)
  3. How did television help the Civil Rights movement?
  4. Who was Medger Evers? What happened to him? Why? Include James Meredith and Byron de la Beckwith.
  5. What did the MS Freedom Democratic Party try to accomplish in 1964? What was the outcome? Who was their leader?
  6. Who was Elijah Muhammad? What is the Nation of Islam? What were some of the key beliefs advocated by Malcolm X? How did his ideas/tactics differ from those of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? How did his views shift in 1964? What happened as a result?
  7. Why was the "Black Power" movement created? What was Stokely Carmichael's role? What was the goal of the Black Panthers? Why did MLK, Jr. object to them? Remember this should be different from your information about Malcolm X.
  8. Define then illustrate each in a small 2-3 inch squares, each according to the below format. Define: Headstart- write def. here …XXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

A) Head Start

B) Job Corps

C) Medicaid

D) Medicare

E) Civil Rights Act of 1964

F) Voting Rights Act of 1965

G) 24th Amendment

H) Affirmative Action

I) Civil Rights Act of 1968

18. Create a Seven - column chart on a piece of 11 by 17 paper. (I have some in my classroom)

Label the columns as follows:

“Jewish Americans,” “Native Americans,” “Mexican Americans,”

“Handicapped-Americans,” “Women,” "Senior Citizens" and “Asian Americans”

Place the following terms/people in the column that MOST reflects the minority group.(Some Words maybe used in more than one category.

Feminism, Caesar Chavez, Betty Friedan,

Occupation of Alcatraz, Braceros, The Feminine Mystique

The Indian Self-Determination of 1975, Long-Term Care Insurance, Louis BrandeisMigrant Workers, Title IX, Medicare, Israel, bilingual education,

Japanese-American Citizens League, Equal Rights Amendment,

Occupation of Wounded Knee, Grape Boycott,

Gloria Steinem, The Graying of America, Roe v Wade, Chicano Movement, National Organization for Women, United Farm Workers, Latinos, Phyllis Schlafly, La RazaUnida, American Indian Movement, Korematsu v United States,

Americans with Disabilities Act, Violence Against Women Act of 1994, Social Security, Equal Pay Act 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Baby Boomers, The Education of All Handicapped Children Act 1975, Anti-Defamation League, Sandra Day O’Conner, Refugee Act of 1980, Geraldine Ferraro

On a map of the United States label the following: Unless directed otherwise use a black star. MAKE SURE YOU LABEL EVERYTHING!!!

  1. Mark the following with a yellow × : Money, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; Montgomery, Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Watts, California; Philadelphia, Mississippi; Greensboro, North Carolina;
  2. Use a school house to label - Topeka, Kansas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Ole’ Miss in Oxford, MS
  3. Draw a Blue line symbolizing the March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
  4. Label Washington, D.C.; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Atlanta, Georgia
  5. Label Wounded Knee, SD; Sacramento, CA
  6. Use a red colored pencil to trace and LABEL the COURSES of the Freedom Riders.