Taking on Segregation

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“Taking on Segregation”

Chapter 21 Section 1

Directions: Read Chapter 21 Section 1 (pp. 700 to 707) in your textbook and answer the following questions in complete sentences in your Social Studies notebook. When you are finished, use the stapler and staple this half sheet in front of the answers in your notebook.

1.) What was the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and why did it not remain in force?

2.) What did Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896 declare and how did the South use

this court case?

3.) What world event inspired African-Americans to fight for civil rights at

home? Name three reasons why.

4.) What area of segregation did the NAACP challenge first?

5.) How did Thurgood Marshall help advance the cause of civil rights?

6.) Explain the following court cases:

Morgan v. Virginia:

Sweatt v. Painter:

Brown v. Board of Education Topeka:

7.) Why did the Supreme Court issue Brown II?

8.) Explain the 1957 Crisis in Little Rock and the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

9.) Explain the Montgomery Bus Boycott? (Include people, causes, & outcomes)

10.) What policy did MLK Jr. and civil rights activists use?

11.) Explain both the SCLC and SNCC and their goals?

12.) What organization first used a sit-in and how did sit-ins advance the

cause of the civil rights movement?