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The Civil Rights Movement
The Struggle Begins – 1865-1955
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How was the 13th Amendment the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement?
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What was the key provision of the 14th Amendment?
3.
Who could now vote because of the 15th Amendment
4.
How did the Civil Rights Supreme Court cases, starting 1883, affect African Americans?
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What did the Plessy v Ferguson case make legal?
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What did the Jim Crow laws mandate?
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From where did the term “Jim Crow” come?
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When was the NAACP formed?
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What was the strategy of the NAACP?
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What would be the main “battlefield” in the war for equal rights?
11.
How did the Harlem Renaissance contribute to the fight for civil rights?
12.
Even though WWII meant plenty of jobs, what was the situation for many blacks?
13.
Who was instrumental in helping to inform FDR of the problem and bringing attention to the plight of black men?
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As a result, what was issued by FDR?
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What did this executive order say?
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Because of Executive Order 8802, who was able to make significant contributions to the war effort?
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What was created in 1942?
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By whom was CORE influenced?
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What was their purpose?
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Historically, in what kind of units did African Americans serve?
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What did Truman order by executive order in 1948?
22.
What did black leaders want to prove?
23.
In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case, a study was cited to show the detrimental effects
of segregation. Basically what did the study show?
24.
Celebrating a unanimous decision, what did Chief Justice Earl Warren write in his decision?
25.
How did the Supreme Court begin to interpret “Jim Crow” based laws?
Changes are Underway: 1955-1959
1955: The Montgomery Bus Boycott
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In 1955, what was being challenged across the South?
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Who becomes famous for her refusal to give her seat to a white man and move to the back of the bus?
28.
In support of Rosa Parks’ defiance, what was organized?
29.
Because of the success of this one day protest what was organized?
30.
Who became the leader of this boycott?
31.
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
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1957: The Little Rock Nine
32.
What had the 1955 follow up to the Brown decision order?
33.
Who was openly defying this order?
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What had the Governor of Arkansas order?
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After meeting with Eisenhower, what did Governor Orval Faubus have removed?
36.
What happened when black students tried to enroll?
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What did Eisenhower do in response?
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Who were the Little Rock Nine?
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Who wrote a letter to Eisenhower voicing his support for the Little Rock Nine?
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What organization in formed in 1957?
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What was its mission?
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What does Eisenhower sign in 1957?
The Movement Gains Momentum: 1960-1956
1960 – The Greensboro Sit-In
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From what college were the participants?
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Why did they keep coming back with more students?
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What eventually happened?
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What happened to the protest?
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How many Southern cities experienced protests where African Americans were trying to sit and eat at all white
lunch counters?
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At what other kinds of public facilities were sit-ins used to defeat segregation?
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To what group did most of these protestors belong?
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What did they believe?
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Why didn’t this work?
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What was the original purpose of SNCC?
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How did Martin Luther King’s arrest in the fall of 1960 affect John F. Kennedy’s election as president?
1961 – The Freedom Rides
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What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?
55.
With what were the Freedom Riders met when they reached the Deep South?
56.
What happened to their buses?
57.
What happened to some of the Freedom Riders?
58.
To prevent interference with interstate buses, who was issued a restraining order?
59.
What happened to a group of Freedom Riders and Martin Luther King in Albany, Ga.?
60.
Instead of negotiating, what did the city officials of Albany do?
61.
What did some of the students begin to advocate?
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1962 – New organizations, James Meredith is admitted to the Univ. of Mississippi
62.
What was created in 1962 by local Mississippi activists?
63.
What did they begin to organize in 1963?
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What were they trying to tell state and federal officials?
65.
Besides holding a mock election in 1963, what else did they organize?
66.
There to register as many sympathetic people to vote as possible, for who did they want to people to vote?
67.
As a result of the violence, who else began to organize voter registration drives?
68.
How many blacks were registered to vote in how many states?
69.
Who began applying for admission to all white University of Mississippi?
70.
What position did the Governor of Mississippi take on this man’s application for admission to the University of
Mississippi?
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How did James Meredith gain admission to the University of Mississippi?
72.
What was needed to insure his safety on campus?
1963 – The Assassination of Medgar Evers, The Birmingham Protests, Letter from the
Birmingham Jail, The March on Washington
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Who was Medgar Evers?
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What happened to him?
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What had he been doing?
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What was notable about Birmingham, Alabama?
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What was being done to end segregation in Birmingham?
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How were American becoming aware of what was happening in Birmingham?
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What did city official obtain to try to stop the protests and more negative news coverage?
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Who was arrested for defying the court order?
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While in jail, what did Martin Luther King write?
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To who was it addressed?
83.
Who was Bull Conner?
84.
What were the TV images of police brutality doing?
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What did Bull Conner order?
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Who else came forward to try to prevent the protests and maintain segregation in Alabama?
87.
When were federal troops sent in to restore order?
88.
What happened as a result?
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What was agreement was made?
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What did Civil Right leader tell Kennedy when they met with him in January 1963?
91.
What would be the name of this peaceful demonstration?
92.
How many people gather around the Reflecting Pool and the Lincoln Memorial on that August day in 1963?
93.
What did the protestors want?
94.
What helped make this event one of the most important Civil Rights events?
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Who showed up for the March on Washington?
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1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Mississippi Summer Project, Malcolm X, the 24th
Amendment
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Who was meeting with President Johnson to discuss civil rights legislation?
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When was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 originally introduced?
98.
With Kennedy having difficulty getting the legislation passed, how was LBJ able to get the Civil Rights Bill
passed?
99.
What are the major provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a.
b.
c.
100.
Who volunteered for the Mississippi Summer Project?
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What were the two purposes of the Mississippi Summer Project?
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What happened to three of the volunteers for the Mississippi Summer Project?
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When were they found?
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What had happened to them?
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Of what were the suspected killers convicted?
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Why were they not convicted of murder?
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Why was there a need for the Freedom Schools?
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What did they teach at the Freedom Schools?
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To who was the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party a challenge?
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Why was the MFDP challenging this party?
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Although the MFDP was supporting Lyndon Johnson for president, was the political cost if Johnson openly
supported the MFDP?
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Although the MFDP was never very powerful, to what did their political presence lead?
113.
Who was bringing alternative ideas to the struggle for civil rights?
114.
How did he begin his career in Black activism?
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What did he believe that Black people should do?
116.
What was he willing to use to achieve his goal if necessary?
117.
Upon whose ideas was the Nation of Islam based?
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Who was their leader?
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Where did Malcolm X go in 1964?
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How did his beliefs change on this trip?
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Because of his changing beliefs, how did this affect his relationship with the Nation of Islam?
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Passed in 1964, what did the 24th amendment do?
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Why were poll taxes made illegal?
1965: The March from Selma to Montgomery, Bloody Sunday, the Voting Rights Act of
1965, the Watts Riots
124.
What happened to Malcolm X in February 1965?
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What may have been a reason for this?
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What was organized in March 7, 1965?
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What were the marchers demanding?
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What happened to the marchers?
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As what did this event become known?
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Who sent a telegram to President Johnson advising that something be done about the brutality of the police?
131.
When was a second march organized?
132.
Who was there to motivate the marchers?
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As a result of this successful second march, what did President Johnson sign in August 1965?
134.
What were the three main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
a.
b.
c.
135.
What occurred in a predominantly black neighborhood of Los Angeles, California in 1965?
136.
What caused the riots?
137.
What were the people rioting?
138.
What were the results of the riot?
The Movement Splinters and Comes to an End: 1966-1970
1966-1967: The Rise of Black Power, Black Nationalism, the Black Panther Party, more
violence and race riots
139.
Who became the new leader of SNCC in 1966?
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What became their new focus?
141.
How did he change the organization?
142.
What did he write in order to explain his concept of black power?
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What was formed in Oakland, California in 1966?
144.
Who were the co-founders of this organization?
145.
What was organized in 1966 to repeat the success of the march from Selma to Montgomery?
146.
Who was shot on the second day of the march?
147.
Who came in to help carry on with the march?
148.
Where did Martin Luther King go in July, 1966?
149.
What broke out in mid-July?
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Who was brought in to stop the rioting?
151.
Where did King then take the protests?
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What happened as a result of this action?
153.
What occurred in many cities across the US in 1967?
1968: Martin Luther King is Assassinated
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What happened on April 4, 1968?
155.
In what city was he assassinated?
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Why was he in Memphis?
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Who shot him?
158.
Who made a statement honoring Martin Luther King upon his death?
159.
What did other groups begin to do in their struggles for equal treatment under the law?
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