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US B Unit 4
Exit ticket questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Plessy v. Ferguson court case end? | Segregation in schools |
| What was the importance of the Brown v. Board of Education court case? | Ruled that any "separate but equal" was constitutional |
| What is de jure? | concerning the law |
| What is de facto? | by fact |
| What are three- civil war amendments? | end slavery, grant citizenship, and grant the right to vote |
| How could the Southern states prevent freed slaves from voting if the US government granted them the right afte the Civil War? | poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause |
| What is the main focus of the modern civil rights movement? | Equality and the right to vote |
| Explain the importance of NAACP | inter-racial, fought to pass anti-lynching acts and desegregation laws |
| Explain the importance of National Urban League (NAU) | Helped insure fair treatment in the workplace |
| Explain the importance of CORE | "peaceful concentration" |
| Explain the importance of SCLC | idea of non-violent protesting, don't resist if attacked |
| Explain the importance of SNCC | worked more for young African Americans |
| Who were MLK Jr.'s inspurations and why? | Gandi: peacefully refuse to obey unjust laws, Henry David: civil disobidence |
| What did MLK Jr. win for his role in the Civil Rights Movement? | Noble Peace Prize |
| Why did people respect Bob Moses as leader? | Seemed humble, ordinary, acessible |
| Why was SNCC formed? | They didn't feel SCLC and NAACP were working for the young |
| How was the murder of Emmitt Till a moral victory for the Civil Rights movement? | Gave justification for continued protest |
| Who were the little rock 9? | 9 black high-school students trying to legally integrate into an all white high school |
| What happened as LR9 tried to enter school? | A violent, angry mob formed to not let them into the school |
| How did the LR9 ultimately get to go to Central High School? | 101st airborne to protect each black student |
| What caused the Montgomery Bus Boycott? | Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus |
| What are some of the methods/tools used by the civil rights movement? | Non-violent protest |
| How did the group CORE integrate the restaurants? | Sit-ins |
| What are the main organizations of the Civil Rights movement? | Sit-ins, marches, protests, rides |
| What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides? | Desegregating bussing |
| What group or organization did MLK Jr. run? | SCLC |
| How did television affect the Civil Rights movement? | Made what was happening known nationally and internationally |
| Why did the Birmingham Protest upset so many Americans who had previously not been supportive of the movement? | Everyone wanted to take action because of the terrible treatment |
| Why did MLK Jr. write "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail" ? | He was being blamed for everything bad happening to Aftican Americans |
| Why did civil rights activists March on Washington? | Showing support for JFKs bill |
| How are the incidents at Ole miss and Central High school similar? | Both deal with African Americans trying to be stopped from learning with white students |
| What are the main provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? | Banned discrimination, gave schools right to desegregate, allows supreme |
| Who was president during the passing of the Civil Rights Legislation? | LBJ |
| What was Freedom Summer? Why was this different then many of the protests and movements before it? | A push for voting registration in Mississippi, two white men were found dead |
| What was the Selma March? Why was it violent? How did it end? | A group of Afircan Americans marching toward Montgomery to gain the right to vote. They were met with police brutality. Several dead. |
| How did the pilgrimage to Mecca change Malcolm X? | Nation of Islam |
| What group did Elijah Muhammad run? | Recognized black heritage in public way, often controversial |
| Who is Black Power? | Recognized black heritage in a public way, often controversial |
| What finally allowed African Americans to register to vote in large numbers? | Voting Rights Act |
| How did African Americans respond after the death of Martin Luther King jr.? | Riots broke out |
| What are some results of the Civil Rights Movement in regards to equality and voting? | Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act |
| What was the main focus of the Civil Rights Movement until the mid 1960's? After? | Discrimination and segregation laws, voting laws |
| What groups were militant in the Civil Rights Movement? Who practiced Civil Disobedience? | Black panthers, SCLC, CORE, NAU, NAACP |
| How did America respond to the assassination of MLK Jr.? | The faith of progress quickly eroded |
| What were the black panthers? | Armed group of protesters in the civil rights movement |
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