Civil Rights Review

1. Explain why Southern States passed the Jim Crow Laws after the addition of the Civil War Amendments to the Constitution.

The Civil War Amendments (13,14,15) gave African American rights – the Jim crow Laws were a way to oppress the African Americans politically and economically.

2. Which 19th Century court case allowed separate but equal facilities to segregate the races?

Plessy V. Ferguson (Train Guy)

3. How was Emmett Till connected with the Civil Rights movement?

He was murdered because of his whistling at a white woman.

4. Which 20th Century court case required public schools to desegregate

Brown Vs. Board of Education

5. Why is Thurgood Marshall an important leader in the Civil Rights movement

Lawyer for the NAACP.Won Brown V. Board of Education.Later became Supreme Court

Judge.

6. Why is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. an important leader in the Civil Rights movement

Non Violent Approach to ProtestLetter from A Birmingham

Prison“I Have A Dream” Speech at

the March on Washington

7. How did the African American community of Montgomery get around town every day during the Montgomery bus boycott?

WalkCarpoolBike

8. Why did the Freedom Riders travel on buses through Southern states in 1961

To show the de-segregation needed to happen.

Some of the riders were injured when they were attacked in the Southern States

9. Explain how a sit-in is an example of civil disobedience/non-violent protest

Those that participated insit-ins where told to leavebut refused, however did not prescribe to violence – so it is considered civil disobedience.

10.How was technology like television connected to a huge wave of support for civil rights?

Children’s March in Birmingham brought national attention to the situation in the South.

Many people were upset over what they saw and supported the protests.

11. What did civil rights leaders want President Kennedy to do after the March on Washington in 1963?

Vote on the Civil Rights Act.President Kennedy was

assassinated before it could be signed, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) then signed it into a law in 1964.

12.What piece of legislation banned segregation in public places?

Civil Rights Act of 1964

13.Explain the similarities between the 15th Amendment & the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Guaranteed the right for all PEOPLE to vote.

14. Which civil rights leader is most closely connected with the strategy of non-violence?MLK

15. Explain how the philosophy of Malcom X differed from Dr. King.

Whatever it TakesVs. Non-Violence

16. What were the goals of people following the ideals of Black Nationalism

Protect their communities by any means necessary – that included violence.

17.What were the effects of the Hispanic Movement on education?

Creation of Bi-lingual education programs.

18. Goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)Gain better education and

reservation resourcesTo destroy the political machine

and control that the government had over natural resources and native lands.

19.Which civil rights leader fought for farm workers?Cesar Chavez

20. Which two court cases helped guarantee Mexican Americans protection from discrimination?Delgado v. Bastrop ISD Hernandez V. Texas

These two cases proved that Mexican Americans were entitled to protection from discrimination.

21. Which court case dealt specifically with Mexican Americans being excluded from juries?

Hernandez V. Texas – 1954

22. List the major goals of the Women’s Movement

Equal Pay for women.

23.Explain the Title IX education law.

comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.

24.Explain how farm workers used boycotts.

Boycott Grapes – don’t buy this brand – they don’t treat their workers well.

25.How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 impact the amount of African Americans who vote in elections?Increased the number of African

Americans that voted.