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Tong USH Civil Rts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is the death of Emmett Till significant in the movement? | The media publicized that murder and mutilation of a black child was acceptable in the South |
| What was the court decision regarding Till’s murder? | No one was found guilty |
| Why was Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat significant in the movement? | The media publicized Southern segregation practices to the entire nation |
| What did the black people want to happen with regard to the bus system in Alabama? | End separate seating areas |
| How did black workers in Montgomery, Alabama get to work during the bus boycott? | Walked, rode in private cars, used taxis |
| Why did the bus boycott end? | Protests continued, bus company lost money, negative media coverage |
| What were the purposes of the Citizens’ Council? | Support segregation, refuse African-Americans rights |
| What did the Citizens’ Council do to people who opposed the council and its goals? | Refuse loans, boycott businesses, raise taxes |
| How did the Jackson, Mississippi police react to the protests by students? | Attacked the students with dogs, gunfire, beatings, and high pressure water hoses |
| What was the effect of the assassination of Medgar Evers? | President Kennedy and other leaders publicly condemned the murder but an all-white jury found the killer innocent |
| What types of people came from the north during Freedom Summer? | Black and white college students who were the children of teachers, professors, engineers |
| What activities did these northerners plan to do in order to “open up” Mississippi? | Register people to vote, open Freedom Schools, do research |
| What was the significance of the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson? | Legalized “separate but equal” laws which aimed at separating the races |
| What was the effect of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education? | All schools had to be desegregated |
| What was the effect of the protest by the Little Rock Nine? | State was forced to desegregate and obey Federal law |
| Before her arrest, what did Rosa Parks do every day to resist segregation? | Refused to use segregated drinking fountains or segregated elevators |
| Who were the sources of Martin Luther King Jr.’s beliefs in nonviolent resistance? | Jesus, Thoreau, Randolph, Gandhi |
| Which two groups were the most important in organizing resistance to segregation? | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, National Association of Colored People |
| What was the effect of the white mob’s violence against the second bus of Freedom Riders in 1961? | Newspapers everywhere denounced the beatings and the Federal government banned segregation in all interstate travel areas |
| Between May 2-3, 1963, what happened during the “Children’s Crusades”? | Police used high-pressure fire hoses, attack dogs, and clubs on children |
| Which American presidents were directly involved in ending segregation? | Kennedy, Johnson |
| When did the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech occur? | August 28, 1963 |
| During the Democratic National Convention, what was the effect of Fannie Lou Hamer’s speech? | Public urged the DNC to support the Mississippie Freedom Democratic Party delegates |
| What was the immediate effect of the Voting Rights Act of 1965? | Removed literacy tests, percentage of African American voters in South tripled |
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