USH Module 7 Introduction Bellwork

What was the main goal of the Freedom Rides during the Civil Rights Movement?

• To protest school segregation

• To test desegregation laws in interstate travel

• To support voter registration in the South

• To end housing discrimination

Match each figure to their associated movement or action.

• Betty Friedan

• Women’s rights and The Feminine Mystique

• Cesar Chavez

• Labor rights for Latinx farm workers

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Black Power and Nation of Islam

• Malcolm X

• Civil disobedience and March on Washington

The ​ (a)   banned poll taxes in federal elections, while the ​ (b)   outlawed literacy tests and allowed federal oversight of voter registration.

• 24th Amendment
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
• 15th Amendment
• 26th Amendment

Sort each action as either Civil Disobedience or Radical Resistance.

Groups:

(a) Civil Disobedience

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(b) Radical Resistance

• Watts Riots

• Sit-ins

• Freedom Rides

• Black Panthers

Arrange the following events in chronological order.

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• March on Washington

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

"Each suburban wife struggles with it alone... she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question—Is this all?"

Betty Friedan, 1863, The Feminine Mystique

What idea is most clearly expressed in this excerpt?

• Women were seeking more personal fulfillment

• Women were satisfied in traditional roles

• Economic struggle was the main issue for women

• Women were uninterested in education

Match each description to match the event.

• Pentagon Papers

• Expanded presidential military powers

• Tet Offensive

• Revealed government deception

• Vietnamization

• Gradual U.S. troop withdrawal

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Sparked credibility gap and anti-war sentiment

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 achieve?

• Banned discrimination in public places and employment

• Outlawed de facto segregation and Jim Crow laws

• Legalized poll taxes and literacy tests

• Passed women’s voting rights and the 14th Amendment

Match each president with a significant action or policy.

• John F. Kennedy

• Support for Civil Rights legislation

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Great Society programs

• Richard Nixon

• Vietnamization and détente

• Gerald Ford

• Pardoned Nixon after Watergate

Categorize each as a Military or Cultural impact of the Vietnam War.

Groups:

(a) Military Impact

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(b) Cultural Impact

• “Poor Man’s Fight”

• Music and film reflecting disillusionment

• Vietnamization

• Media coverage and anti-war protests