7.01 The Civil Rights Movement

Match each of the three (3) Reconstruction Amendments that were added to the US Constitution following the Civil War with their description.

• Prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude

• 15th

• Defines citizenship and guarantees equal protection

• 13th

• Grants voting rights regardless of race

• 14th

List three (3) barriers or challenges that Black Americans faced during and after Reconstruction.

• Jim Crow laws

• Violent white supremacist groups (KKK)

• Slavery

• Poll taxes/literacy tests for voting

Which Black leaders that drew attention to civil rights issues BEFORE the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and Martin Luther King, Jr. ?

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• W.E.B. DuBois

• Ida B. Wells
• A. Philip Randolph
• Booker T. Washington

(a)   overturned legal segregation established by Plessy v. Ferguson.

• Brown v. Board of Education (Topeka)
• Roe v. Wade
• Loving v. Virginia
• Miranda v. Arizona

Many white individuals, organizations, and states responded to the Supreme Court’s order to desegregate public schools by (a)  

• resisting the order
• supporting the order
• ignoring the order
• accelerating desegregation efforts

Briefly describe the following examples of non-violent protest during the Civil Rights Movement.

• A series of marches aimed at securing voting rights for African Americans.

• Sit-ins

• A large rally held to advocate for civil and economic rights.

• Selma March

• Interstate bus trips taken by activists to challenge segregation in public transportation.

• Freedom Rides

• Refusing to purchase goods or services to protest against racial discrimination.

• March on Washington

• A form of protest where individuals occupy a space to challenge segregation.

• Boycotts

What two Civil Rights laws in the 1960s prohibited discrimination in the workplace, desegregated public spaces, and protected voting rights?

• Civil Rights Act of 1968, Age Discrimination Act of 1967
• Civil Rights Act of 1965, Fair Housing Act of 1968
• Voting Rights Act of 1964, Equal Pay Act of 1963
• Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965