Civil Rights and Great Society Review:
To be successful on the test, you should be able to do the following:
1. Identify the following individuals and groups:
a. NAACP:
Civil Rights group; filed lawsuits to challenge
unfair laws, segregation
b. SNCC:
Student-led Civil Rights group
c. SCLC:
Started by MLK; included religious leaders
d. Freedom Riders:
Called attention to segregated in bus
terminals
e. Nation of Islam:
Black nationalist group; Killed Malcom X
when he split from them; separate from
whites
f. Emmet Till:
14 year old whose violent death sparked the
Civil Rights movement (from Chicago visited deep south)
g. James Meredith:
African-American to attend Univ. Of
Mississippi to break color barrier
1st
h. Thurgood Marshall:
Lawyer in Brown vs Board of Ed, later 1st
Black Supreme Court Justice
i. Malcolm X:
symbol of Back Power Movem’t
j. Martin L. King:
Civil Rights Leader, minister, nonviolent
protest
k. Rosa Parks:
l. Bobby Seale:
Started Black Panther Party
m. Black Panther Party:
Use force, revolution if necessary, police
especially a problem
n. Lyndon Johnson
Author of the Great Society, President after
Kennedy
2. Describe the following:
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Outlawed segregation in restaurants and other
public places
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965:
Placed Federal government in charge of voter
registration; removed barriers to voting
c. Brown v. Board:
Over turned Plessy vs Ferguson; outlawed
segregation in public schools
d. Civil Rights Act of 1968:
Outlawed segregation in housing
e. Kerner Commission:
Racism was root cause of riots/problems in urban
America
f. Medicare:
Helped the elderly
g. Medicaid:
Helped the economically disadvantaged
h. VISTA:
Domestic Peace corps.; Volunteers help in USA
**3. Tell the beliefs/goals of the Black Power Movement
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o
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Revolution/violence if necessary
Black nationalism (separate state)
Cultural Pride
Self defense; karate etc.
**4. Describe the tactics used by MLK to fight/protest discrimination
o
o
Civil Disobedience
o Break law to show unjustice
Speeches
o
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Boycotts
Sit-ins
Marches
5. Tell the goals of the Great Society programs
To eliminate poverty and create more equal &
just society (Lyndon Johnson)
6. Tell the significance of Little Rock’s Central High School
o First attempt to integrate a southern high
school.
o Students escorted in by Army
7. Tell what led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Arrest of Rosa Parks
8. Identify criticisms of the Great Society
Cost a lot of $$, not enough change
**9. Tell successes and failures of the Civil Rights Movement
Success
o Barriers to voting rights
eliminated
o Outlawed segregation
o Better educational
opportunities
o More job opportunities
Failure
o Poverty
continues
o Racism
still
exists