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Reading Guide: The Civil Rights
Movement
Directions: Complete the pre-read portion prior to reading each textbook
chapter. Use the textbook to help you find the answers to the following
questions. You must cite the page where you located each answer. When
you finish reading return to the beginning of each reading guide to identify
the main idea of the textbook lesson and create 2 hashtags about it.
Due: 5/4
The Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 29: Lesson 1 (814-819)
Pre-Read: Hypothesize how WWII could be a turning point for the civil
rights movement (think of Hitler, the Holocaust, the Tuskegee Airmen, etc)
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Questions
5. When did Congress say schools should integrate?
6. Why were the actions of Governor Faubus so
important to the federal government?
7. What were the goals of the Montgomery Bus
Boycott?
8. What did the Supreme Court decide in regards to
this boycott?
Main Idea:
9. How did the Montgomery Bus Boycott impact
people’s daily lives (2)?
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*after reading the lesson please create 2 hashtags about it
Questions
Where?
1. In your own words, what is discrimination?
10. Describe Martin Luther King in 3 sentences.
2. Name two organizations mentioned in the text
that were involved in the civil rights movement.
3. What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v.
Ferguson?
11. Who inspired Dr. King to support nonviolent
protest?
4. Name a result of Brown v. Board of Education.
12. Name 2 effects of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Where?
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Due: 5/9
Civil Rights in the 1960’s
Chapter 29: Lesson 3 (826-833)
Pre-Read: Look at the picture of Martin Luther King on page 828. Write
down three adjectives to describe how he appears in this image.
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Questions
7. What was the purpose of Dr. King’s letter from
Birmingham jail?
8. Name a result of the violence in Birmingham.
Main Idea:
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*after reading the lesson please create 2 hashtags about it
Questions
Where?
1. During which decade did the civil rights
movement gain strength?
2. Why was it import for sit-ins to be nonviolent?
9. The march on Washington ended at the Lincoln
Memorial. Why do you think that area was
chosen?
10. What was the goal for Freedom Summer?
11. What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
3. Who were the Freedom Riders? What did they
want?
12. What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
4. Name two places where Freedom Riders met
violence.
13. How were the ideas and goals of the Black
Panther Movement and the Black Power
Movement different?
5. What happened at the University of Mississippi?
6. How do you think going to jail helped Dr. King and
his supporters achieve their goals?
14. What was the difference between these groups
and the movement led by MLK?
Where?