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200 Points
Book Mark: Ch. 29
LESSON PACKET – Civil Rights
US History
DUE w/Test: _____________________
Essential Question:What impact did the Civil Rights movement have on the U.S.?
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In the late 1800s the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of segregation. By
the 1950s, African American leaders were ready to challenge that decision. The
case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, combined with several
similar cases, reached the Supreme Court in December 1952. On May 17, 1954,
the Court unanimously ruled that separate schools were unconstitutional. It was,
however, still a long, slow battle to integrate schools across the nation. In
Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat
on the bus to a white man. The bus boycott that followed lasted for more than a
year, until the bus segregation law was also ruled unconstitutional.
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In 1960 John Kennedy was elected president of the United States. His youth
and new ideas promised to "get the country moving again." His plans included
increasing government spending on social programs and education and helping the
poor. He also sought to guarantee civil rights for all Americans. On November 22,
1963, Kennedy took part in a parade through the streets of Dallas, Texas, where
he was shot and killed by an assassin. The new president, Lyndon Johnson,
introduced even more proposals to help society.
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Through the early 1960s many different groups, such as the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Congress of Racial Equality, organized
efforts to gain equality for African Americans. Many of these efforts were met with
violence. In the summer of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., organized a massive
march on Washington, D.C. In 1964 President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act
of 1964. The following year Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Other groups also sought equality during the 1960s and 1970s. Women,
Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and people with disabilities all found
inspiration in the struggles of African Americans.
Directions: Use the reading above to answer the questions below.
1. Highlight the case that ruled separate schools unconstitutional? Line # _________
2. Why was Rosa Parks arrested?_____________________________________________________________
3. Whose youth and new ideas promised to get the country moving again?____________________________
4. Put
boxes around the place and time of JFK’s assassination.
5. Circle the president that took the oath of office as president after JFK was shot.
6. Underline the groups fighting for equality for African Americans.
7. Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? ______________________________ Line # ____
8. Highlight the other groups that fought for equality in the 60’s and 70’s. Line# ____
Civil Rights – OBJ # 1 – Impact of WWII
List 3 Jim Crow Laws:
1.____________________
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2.____________________
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3.____________________
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What did TV show the
world?
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List other wars where
African Americans
experienced
discrimination when they
returned home:
1.____________________
2.____________________
3.____________________
What was WWII fought
for?
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I. OBJ #1: Explain the impact of WWII on the Civil Rights Movement.
A. WWII Fought Against Racism
1. Fascism used ______________ to explain ‘Superiority’ of
Japan / Germany
a. Jewish Segregation Policies in Germany
-Hitler used _________________ (1936) to exhibit
‘SUPERIORITY’
-Limited places where they could live and jobs they
could have, even where they could sit, play, and drink
b. Holocaust & Brutal treatment of _______________
-OK because those affected were less than _______
2. U.S. uses Racism as Propaganda reason for fighting
a. Helps to enlist minorities (Af. Am./ Native Am)
B. African Americans return home to ____________________
1. Questions: Why did we ________ to end racism around the
world but not at home????????
2. All parts of U.S. had extreme RACISM
a. SOUTH- Jim Crow Laws: ______________ and
punishable race laws
-“Separate But Equal” . . Ya Right!
-Old Black Codes . . . Segregation
-‘Black ONLY’ Jobs (Trash Men) . . Tiny Pay
b. NORTH & Rest of Country - _____________ Racism
-Remember KKK in North during 1920’s
-‘Redlining’- maps of areas where minorities could
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-White neighborhood, Black, Asian
-‘Black ONLY’ Jobs
3. Several WWII veterans __________________
a. Just like after WWI, Sp. Am. War, & Civil War
C. 1950’s Veterans & Church Leaders _______________
1. Military is De-Segregated by Pres. Truman
a. African Am. again fighting for country in Korea
2. Baseball (National Pastime) De-Segregates . . . Jackie
Robinson
3. Organized groups for to counter racism and threats
4. New Technology : ___________
a. allows EVERYONE to see ugliness of RACISM/HATE
1. Explain the impact of WWII on the Civil Rights Movement. A) What part of German and Japanese
aggression were Americans fighting in WWII? B) How did African-Am. who fought in WWII feel when
they returned home? C) How did each region of the country discriminate (officially / un-officially)? D) In
what decade after WWII did African Am. begin an active Civil Rights movement due to this?
Civil Rights
OBJ # 2: Supreme Court Rulings
Who led the battle in
court for the Brown vs.
Board of Education:
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Draw Plessy v.
Ferguson’s idea of
‘Separate But Equal’.
List 4 results of the
Brown v. Board of
Education:
II. OBJ #2: Compare & Contrast the Supreme Court rulings of Plessy v.
Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education.
A. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
1. Summarize (SOURCE:______________________________)
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2. ‘Separate But Equal’ . . . Ya Right!
a. Upheld ‘__________ Codes’ that turned into Black
Codes/Jim Crow
b. Segregation:
** NO help since Reconstruction ended ___________
* Jim Crow Laws 1890 (Segregation of Races)
- restaurants, bathrooms, drinking fountains, schools
- lasted more than ____ years
c. Everyone knew it wasn’t equal (Big Joke)
B. Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka, Kansas) (1954)
1. Summarize (SOURCE:______________________________)
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2. NAACP (est. 1909): leads battles in ________________ (1949)
a. Ask Govt. to enforce Amendments 14th (Equal protection)
b. Thurgood Marshall 1st Af. Am to argue in Sup. Ct
c. Separate but equal __________ Equal
3. Integration of schools:
a. All white school, must ___________ African Americans
b. Little Rock, Arkansas (& rest of South said- NO Way)
- President Eisenhower steps in
-Federal troops needed to escort little kids to class through
screaming racist mobs
4. All other ‘INTERSTATE’ Business must ___-______________
-Bus Lines, Trains, Airlines
2. Compare & Contrast the Supreme Court rulings of Plessy v. Ferguson* and Brown v. Board of
Education*. A) What year did each occur? What racial policy was established by Plessy? B) What did
Brown do to the Plessy ruling? C) What lawyer argued the Brown case for the NAACP, what did he
become the 1st African-American to do in the U.S. government?
Civil Rights
OBJ # 3: Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the example of
non-violent protest?
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Who followed in his
footsteps?
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What did the Montgomery
Bus Boycotts do for the
public transportation
business?
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Draw your version of a
Freedom Rider:
Where did African
Americans and their
supporters sit during “sit
in’s”
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III. OBJ # 3: Outline the role and impact Martin Luther King Jr. had on the
early Civil Rights Movement.
A. Peaceful Protests
1. Studied _______________ and Bible
a. Non Violent Protest (Gandhi- India)
*Gandhi used __________ protest to show how cruel
British control of India was . . India wins independence
b. “Turn the Other Cheek”
-Show how mean and evil racist were to the rest of
the country while NEVER hitting back
B. Civil Disobedience
1. Intentionally __________ laws that you believe are wrong, and be
willing to suffer the consequences . . . arrest, jail, beatings
2. Boycotts:
a. Montgomery Bus Boycotts- 1955
-_______ __________ arrested- didn’t move for whites
-Af. Am. were the majority of bus riders
b. Court ruled bus segregation ________________________
**Non violet protests successful
3. Sit In’s: 1950’s
a. Greensboro, NC college student protest segregation
b. Sit at “__________ __________” lunch counter
c. Lasted one year, 70,000 protesters, 3,600 arrested
4. Freedom Riders:
a. Group of blacks and _________ riding down South on bus
b. Mob of white men, beat and set bus on fire
5. March on Washington:
a. More than 200,000 people protest Civil Rights Bill
b. Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream” Speech
6. Protest Marches: 1965
a. Selma to Montgomery, AL March
b. Police ___________ marches: beat, dogs, abuse
c. All on national TV, public outraged.
“Silent ___________________”- people who lived where no blacks were but saw
on TV how horrible racism really was . . . school girls bitten by police dogs
C. Legislation (using Congress & Presidents)
1. President Kennedy & Johnson _____________ law changes
a. Civil Rights Act 1964:
-banned discrimination in public place
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965:
-federal government helps African Americans Vote
-End ‘Grandfather Clauses’ and other stupid rules
3. Outline the role and impact Martin Luther King Jr.* had on the early Civil Rights Movement.
A. Who was his inspiration? B. Define Civil Disobedience*? C. Give two examples of successful
protests types he helped lead. D. How did their movement and T.V. affect the “Silent Majority”?
Civil Rights
OBJ # 4: Approaches of Resistance
Who was Malcom X
originally affiliated with?
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Which leader advocated
hitting back?
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What did Malcom X think
of Whites?
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Draw a picture or symbol
to represent Black Power.
IV. OBJ #4: Describe other approaches to fighting for Civil Rights
in contrast to peaceful protests?
A. Opposition to ‘Peaceful Protests’ . . . __________ POWER
1. If they hit us . . .we’ll hit ___________!
2. Taking Pride in being Black . . . not
wanting to be white
B. Malcom X
1. Nation of ________ . . . Self-Segregation (Blacks take
care of Blacks)
a. Saw whites as __________
b. Violence if necessary
c. Changes view after trip to Mecca (1964)
**All races could coexist in PEACE
d. _______ Ties with the Nation of Islam (1965)
**Assassinated in 1965 by three members
of the Nation of Islam
C. Black Panther
1. Called for African American _________________
a. Blacks should reject integration
b. Focus on controlling their own communities
2. Used ______________- bombs, killing
3. Started in Oakland, California
a. Black Panthers – Stokely Carmichael
**Mexico City Olympics (1968)
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4. Describe other approaches to fighting for Civil Rights in contrast to peaceful protests? A)
Describe the Nation of Islam. B) What role did Malcolm X have in the Nation of Islam and how did he
change? C) Describe the Black Panther Party. D) Define Black Power (880)*. E) What did they disagree
with MLK’s approach to protesting?
Essential Question: What impact did the Civil Rights movement have on the U.S.?
OBJ # 1 – Impact of WWII
OBJ # 2 – Supreme Court Rulings
OBJ # 4 – Approac
hes of
Resistance
SUPPORTING
EVIDENCE
FROM
OBJECTIVES
OBJ # 3 – Martin Luther King Jr.
CLAIM: A simple statement that asserts a main point of an argument (a side)
Reason: “because” part of an argument; the explanation for why a claim is made; the links between the evidence and the claim.
Reason #2
Reason #1
EVIDENCE
Evidence: support for the reasoning in an argument; the “for example” aspect of an
argument; the best evidence is text-based, reasonable, and reliable.
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SUPPORT
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ELABORATION
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EXAMPLES
EXPLANATION
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**Add a conclusion paragraph (¶) and you have an essay!