Civil Rights Slide Questions (Answers) 13th Amendment 15th

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Civil Rights Slide Questions (Answers)

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13 th

15 th

14 th

Amendment

Amendment

Amendment

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A Narrow Interpretation that allowed racial discrimination as long as outside the

regulation of the federal government

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It established the concept of separate equal facilities; legalized segregation

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Jim Crow Laws

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Lunch counters, Burials, Parks, Textbooks, Prisons, Nursing and Marriage

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Satisfy their prejudice, Maintain control as in slavery, Prevent each group from learning

acceptance of the other

A song from Thomas D. Rice 9.

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NAACP

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Education

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Better Economic opportunity and fear of the KKK

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A important American cultural movement in the arts by blacks which began in Harlem

New York between 1919 and 1935

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World War II

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Executive Order 8802; which prohibited racial discrimination in hiring in federal

agencies, unions and war-related companies

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Harry S. Truman

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Sit-ins, jail-ins and Freedom bus rides

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Gandhi

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Brown v. Topeka

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It set the precedent that the concept of separate equal was unconstitutional and that all

segregation laws would be found unconstitutional

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Unconstitutional for “white only” primaries

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1940’s

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Bus boycott prompted by the Rosa Parks incident 24.

Rosa Parks

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Dr. Martin Luther King

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Ordered the National Guard block their admission

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Federal Troops

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Created the Civil Rights Commission and enabled the Attorney general to sue those who

blocked voting based on racial terms

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The first sit-in

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Yelled insults, poured drinks and food on them

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It forced stores to stop “white only” serving areas, parks, swimming pools, beaches and

more

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Give both black and white students a political voice in the Civil Rights Movement,

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encouraged people with same views to register to vote

The former ejected the whites and worked with the Black Panthers, while the later

abandoned the groups belief in non-violence

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His efforts to gain the release of a jailed Dr. King

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Mississippi and Alabama

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Ku Klux Klan

They wanted quicker results and began to call for more radical measures to secure their

civil rights

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To gain support for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and to increase voter

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registration and participation in Mississippi

A less controversial method to achieve desegregation in the South. It succeed in

registering over 650,000 African Americans to vote in 11 Southern States

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An African-American student that applied admission into all-white University of

Mississippi. The Governor of the state tried to block this, but failed.

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A. Water cannons

B. Attack dogs

C. Jailing

D. Beatings by citizens and various police agencies

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They empowered those citizens against integration, caused unnecessary physical and emotional damage to the various communities, impeded federal attempts towards

integration

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Showed the brutality of anti-integration forces and the nobility and courage of those,

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especially blacks, demonstrating for integration

Pressured white leaders to negotiate and sent troops into Birmingham when an

agreement was reached to restore order

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Violence upon the marchers

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Federal legislation ending discrimination

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250,000

Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Dylan

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He was able to get the legislation through Congress and signed it into law

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A. REQUIRED UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR VOTING AND ABOLISHED

LITERACY TESTS

B. MADE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC PLACES,

SUCH AS THEATERS, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, ILLEGAL

C. OUTLAWED DISCRIMINATION IN ANY FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM OR

JOB, INCLUDING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER

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Taught primarily by Northern white college students, to African-American students. The curriculum included basic education, plus African-American History, African History,

Government, Voting procedures. It was meant to compensate for the poor local

educational funding provided to African-American students

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It forced the Democratic Party to recognize the African-Americans as political important

and as equals. The concept of “Black Power”

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He initially preached Black Separatism and the use of violence if necessary; however, after a pilgrimage to Mecca he called for unity between the races. He left the Nation of

Islam, only to be gunned down by three men believed to be part of that organization

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To prevent states from denying citizens the right to vote in federal elections due to the inability to pay a poll tax. It was used mainly in the South to prevent African-Americans

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from voting

Jackie Robinson

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Encourage more African-Americans to vote and protest the unfair voting restrictions; marchers were met with violence from police causing “Bloody Sunday”, however, a few

months later the Voting Rights of 1965 was passed

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A. THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AUTHORIZED THE USE OF FEDERAL VOTING

REGISTRARS

B. THE LAW PREVENTED STATES FROM CHANGING THEIR ELECTION LAWS

WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

C. THE LAW ALSO PREVENTED THE USE OF LITERACY TESTS AS A

PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING

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A seven day period of riots prompted by the beating of a drunk driver arrested by police.

Many African-Americans were angered at police brutality and their poverty in the city. It

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led to 34 deaths and over 1000 injured, with 40 million in damages

A march to encourage African-American voter registration. Nearly began in tragedy with the wounding of the James Meredith by a sniper, however, African-American leaders

MLK, Carmichael and McKissick arrived to help the march continue

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Chicago Race Riots of 1966; MLK led a protest into the all-white community of Cicero, in which the demonstrators were pelted with stones and beaten by residents. Chicago

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agreed to end discriminatory housing practices. Additional riots occurred in Cincinnati

and Newark

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Begun in Detroit in the 1930s by Wallace Fard, claiming the embodiment of Allah. Fard’s teachings were based on Marcus Garvey’s work in the 1910’s. It still exists today.

A trial against 21 members of the Black Panther Party for conspiracy to blow up(terrorism) the New York Botanical Gardens, and other sites in the city. All 21 members were acquitted of the charges with just 45 minutes of deliberation by the jury

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Leader of the National Farm Workers Association which fought for fair treatment for migrant farm workers using many of the same methods that African-Americans had used.

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