U.S. HISTORY
READING GUIDE
ROBERTSON
2011
Civil Rights and other Movements
of the 50s, 60s, & 70s
Recommended study method: Carefully read the entire section first, then refer to the following to check for
comprehension and review the material. For each term you should be able to explain the applicable who, what,
why, where, when, and how details. Also remember to look at the section headings and the Checkpoint Questions
to check your understanding of what you have read. Some sections require you to determine important content on
your own. Only hand-written notes on a separate sheet of paper may be used on certain open-note quizzes.
Due Wednesday, 4/13
Read Chapter 27, section 1 – Early Demands for Equality (pgs 916-923)
de jure segregation
Southern Manifesto
de facto segregation
White Citizens Councils
CORE
Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957
Jackie Robinson
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Thurgood Marshall
Montgomery Bus Boycott
1950 NAACP court cases
Rosa Parks
Brown v. Board of Education
Martin Luther King Jr.
Earl Warren
SCLC
Hernandez v. Texas
Brown II
Due Friday, 4/15
Read Chapter 27, section 2 – The Movement Gains Ground (pgs 925-932)
Sit-ins
Birmingham Campaign
SNCC
Kennedy’s address June, 63
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
Kennedy’s response
events in fall 1963
James Meredith
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Medgar Evers
Due Tuesday, 4/19
Read Chapter 27, section 3 – New Successes and Challenges (pgs 936-944)
Freedom Summer
Kerner Commission
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Malcolm X
Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman
Stokely Carmichael
Fannie Lou Hamer
black power
Selma campaign/March
Black Panthers
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Poor People’s Campaign
th
24 Amendment
assassination of MLK
impact on voting
Thurgood Marshall
Watts Riot
Affirmative Action
Due Thursday, 4/21
Read Chapter 30, section 2 – The Women’s Rights Movement (pgs 1022-1026)
feminism
Phyllis Schlafly
Betty Friedan
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
Sandra Day O’Connor
EEOC
NOW
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Roe v. Wade
ERA
changing economic status
Gloria Steinem
Due Monday, 4/25
Read Chapter 30, section 3 – The Rights Revolution Expands (pgs 1028-1033)
Latino / Hispanic
occupation of BIA building
braceros
occupation of Wounded Knee
Cesar Chavez
Japanese American Citizens’ League
UFW
Ralph Nader / Unsafe at Any Speed
Chicano movement
OSHA
AIM
Special Olympics
occupation of Alcatraz
The Test on
this unit is
Tuesday,
April 26th