Civil Rights Strategies
What event started a movement which catalyzed the modern period of Civil Rights activism in the United States?
Rosa Parks sitting in the front of the bus/Bus Boycotts
this civil rights organization, founded in the early 1900s, emphasized litigation to achieve progress
NAACP
the shift in culture where Americans had loyalty to their home area instead of the US as a whole
sectionalism
this President was the successor to Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
example of youth protets in the 60s and 70s
answers vary
Which marches led to new federal legislation for equal rights?
Washington DC, Selma
this organization began with the Greensboro sit ins in 1960 and was more bottom-up, youth driven than the SCLC
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
proposed legislation that caused conflict over whether new states should have slavery
Missouri Compromise
this amendment protected the right to vote, regardless of race
15th
2 important Civil War/post civil war era Supreme Court cases
Dred Scott, Plessy v Ferguson
What movement provided special training for its participants?
Nashville Student Movement
this organization was created largely by MLK after the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
late 1700s agricultural tech development that made cotton growing more profitable
cotton gin
this period of Reconstruction accomplished more than the other
Congressional Reconstruction
2 key rights and protests cases
Brown v Board of Ed, Tinker, Heart of Atlanta Hotel, Loving v Virginia
What group continued protesting for various causes after the Civil Rights movement into the 60s and 70s?
Youth-Baby Boomers, Counter Culture (hippies)
a movement created by students in Tennessee to desegregate public areas; the leader taught demonstrators how to act in the face counter-protesters
Nashville Student Movement
the documents that defined 1828-1832, 1850, and 1863 respectively
Nullification Crisis, Fugitive Slave Act, and The Emancipation Proclamation
2 steps forward and 1 failure of Reconstruction
political participation, government positions; lack of economic equality/sharecropping
Cuba - economic, political, social answers
Compare and contrast ideology and strategy of Malcom X vs MLK
Both- racial equality (equal opportunity, access, rights, etc.); Malcolm- Black Power, own power instead of being in a white-dominated world; willing to go to the point of violence; MLK- desegregation, brotherhood w/ white vs black; leading movements, participation in marches, active nonviolence
movement influenced by Malcolm X; focused on racial pride and Afro-American Unity
Black Power
Write a thesis statement: To what extent were moral and/or religious stances the ultimate driving factors in the causation and resolution of the Civil War?
answers vary
reasons Reconstruction ended
3 social impacts of WWII on the US
women, minorities, economy...