Law Makers and Breakers | ||
#1 | This Supreme Court case declared that separate but equal was constitutional. | Plessy v. Ferguson |
#2 | This landmark civil rights legislation outlawed discrimination based on race. | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
#3 | This Supreme Court case declared that separate but equal was unconstitutional. | Brown v. Board of Education |
#4 | The Voting Rights Act of 1965 identified______ throughout the South known to have kept blacks from registering to vote. | counties |
#5 | The N.C. legislature voted unanimously on the Federal Civil Rights laws. Were they for or against? | against |
Make it Non-Violent | ||
#1 | The most famous sit-in occurred in this N.C. city | Greensboro (Woolworths) |
#2 | Name 3 ways to protest in a non-violent manner other than a sit-in | Boycott, march, write a letter, petition with signatures... |
#3 | The Freedom Riders were a diverse group. How were they diverse? | Race, gender, religious affiliation, age... |
#4 | Name 3 things you needed to do if you were going to become a Freedom Rider. | Risk your life, train in non-violent resistance, leave school or your job... |
#5 | What are the 4 steps of a non-violent campaign? | Fact gathering to determine that injustice has occurred, negotiation,self purification, and direct action |
Power of the Pen | ||
#1 | Who was MLK, Jr. writing to from his cell in Birmingham? | clergymen |
#2 | Why did King come to Birmingham from Atlanta? | hotbed of injustice |
#3 | True or False? MLK, Jr. believed that time healed all injustice. | False |
#4 | Which group was King most disappointed with? | white moderate and clergy |
#5 | What did MLK, Jr. want for America? | Equality and Brotherhood |
Word Wall | ||
#1 | What does it mean to prosper? | to have good fortune, success or wealth |
#2 | What does it mean to reform? | to improve by removing faults |
#3 | True or False? Integration was a well organized and smooth process in the South. | False |
#4 | A secret, racist organization whose purpose was to return political and social control to native whites. | Ku Klux Klan |
#5 | State and local segregation laws enacted after the Reconstruction period. | Jim Crow Laws |
Reactive | ||
#1 | What is injustice? | answers will vary/unfair treatment under the law |
#2 | Give an example of a sacrifice made by a person involved in the Civil Rights Movement. | Leaving school early, leaving family to travel, putting up with unfair treatment including physical harm without fighting back |
#3 | Identify an invention or innovation that affected North Carolinians. | Cotton gin, Gatling gun, Bright leaf tobacco/ Answers will vary. |
#4 | List an invention and how it impacted the development of N.C. | Railroads. Increased trade. Built cities. Connected communities. Answers will vary. |
#5 | How do people react to injustice? (3 ways) | Violence, boycotting, anger/talking, marching, joining a movement. Answers will vary. |
Final Question | |
Name a person from the Civil Rights Movement, other than MLK, Jr. and tell me what they contributed to the fight for justice. | Ex: Rosa Parks. Boycotts hit the bus companies in the pocketbook which brought significant changes to the way they conducted business. |