Chapter+21-The+Civil+Rights+Movements

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**3/5/14**
Chapter 21, section 1 assessment: page 703, #s 1-4
 * 1) What was the principle behind the Supreme Court's ruling in //**Brown v. Board of Education**//?
 * 2) What were the goals of the Southern Manifesto?
 * 3) How did President Eisenhower react to the incident over **integration** in Little Rock, Arkansas?
 * 4) How did Mexican Americans and Native Americans assert their rights in the 1950s?

**3/13/14**
After reading your assigned article, write down three details used to support school integration, or write down three details used to oppose school integration. After you have done this, answer the three questions on the back of the worksheet in complete sentences.

**3/18/14**
PA DISSIMILARITY INDICES

**3/19/14**
Using the extra space on the above “Prom Night-Mississippi” worksheet, please write a three paragraph essay explaining whether you agree or disagree with the following quote. Use examples from the Prom Night documentary and use examples of your own community in your essay: //“We are the first post-segregation generation” (Bakari Kitwana)//

**3/21/14**
Chapter 21, section 2 assessment: page 708, #s 1-5
 * 1) What functions did the National Urban League and **CORE** serve for African Americans?
 * 2) What was Dr. King’s approach to civil rights?
 * 3) What role did **SNCC** play in the movement?
 * 4) Why was Bob Moses an effective?
 * 5) **__Determining Relevance__**: What do you think are some of the strengths and weaknesses of nonviolent protests as a means to bring about social change?

**3/25/14**
Chapter 21, section 3 assessment: page 714, #s 1-4
 * 1) What reaction did **sit-ins** provoke?
 * 2) How did the violent response to the **Freedom Rides** and the Birmingham marches aid the civil rights movement?
 * 3) Compare the government’s response to the controversy at “Ole Miss’ with its response to the Little Rock controversy in 1957.
 * 4) What was the aim of the Birmingham campaign?

**3/26/14**
a) A just and unjust law? b) Evading the law and direct action?
 * After reading Dr. Martin Luther King’s letter from a Birmingham jail, answer the questions below**.
 * 1) What was the purpose of the nonviolent action used in the Birmingham march?
 * 2) According to MLK, what is the difference between:
 * 1) Explain the two forces dividing the Negro community.

**4/1/14**
Chapter 21, section 4 assessment: page 721, #s 1-4
 * 1) Why did President Kennedy hesitate at first to support civil rights whole heartedly? How did his position change?
 * 2) How did the **Civil Rights Act of 1964** overcome the **filibuster** some senators used to try to block it?
 * 3) What events led to the passage of the **Voting Rights Act of 1965**?
 * 4) **Recognizing Cause and Effect**: How did President Johnson’s previous experience in Congress help achieve the passage of civil rights legislation?

4/7/14