Rights and Liberties
What are human rights?
Basic rights and freedoms that belong to everyone, just for being human!
True or False: “The Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved people in the South.”
TRUE
What was a poll tax?
A fee people had to pay to vote (used to stop Black Americans from voting)
What were lynchings?
Torture and executions (often hangings) carried out
by lawless mobs
What are civil liberties?
Freedoms protected from government interference. and guaranteed to citizens under law
True or False: “The 15th Amendment gave women the right to vote.”
FALSE (It gave Black men the right to vote)
What does “disenfranchise” mean?
To take away someone’s right to vote.
Who was Emmett Till?
A 14 yr old Black kid who was brutally murdered for "flirting" with a white woman
What are civil rights?
Protections from unfair treatment based on things like race, gender, class, etc.
True or False: “Segregation meant everyone had the same opportunities.”
False (separate but not always equal)
Give one example of how Black Americans were kept from voting.
Poll Tax, Literacy tests, violence, white-only primaries
How did violence affect travel?
Black travelers used the “Green Book” and avoided “sundown towns”
Share one of the ten amendments to the US constitution
Freedom of speech
Right to bear arms
Protection from quartering soilders
Protection from unreasonable search
Rights to persons accused
Right to trial
Jury trial
Protection from excessive bail & punishment
Rights not listed
States & People have more rights
Describe what segregation looked like in the United States
Variety of answers
What was the impact of Emmett Till’s murder?
It shocked the nation and helped spark the Civil Rights Movement