Topics 7 & 8: Civil Rights Events

Unit: 7 & 8 Civil Rights & War at Home
Topic: Civil Rights Events
EQ: To what extent did the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s represent continuity and change in history?

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Cornell Notes 11/2/23

Open Ended

Think of as many things about Civil Rights that you can remember and add them here.

(Hint: MLK, Jr.)

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Multiple Choice

What was the impact of MLK, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail?

• It had a minimal impact on the Civil Rights Movement.
• It had no impact on the Civil Rights Movement.
• It had a negative impact on the Civil Rights Movement.
• It had a significant impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Encourage violence and unrest among African Americans
• Promote segregation and discrimination against African Americans
• Advocate for civil rights and equality for African Americans
• Support the status quo and maintain racial inequality

Match

Match the following acts and amendments with their description

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 24th Amendment

• Fair Housing Act of 1968

Illegalize racial descrimination

Banned literacy tests in voting

Abolish Poll Taxes

Prohibits racial discrimination w/ house

• Illegalize racial descrimination

• Banned literacy tests in voting

• Abolish Poll Taxes

• Prohibits racial discrimination w/ house

Match

Match the following supreme courts cases with their decisions

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Loving v. Virginia

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Roe v. Wade

Right to representation

Interracial Marriage

Right to remain silent

Right to privacy (abortion)

• Right to representation

• Interracial Marriage

• Right to remain silent

• Right to privacy (abortion)

Multiple Choice

What act resulted from the Selma March?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Civil Rights Act of 1964

Multiple Choice

Who were the Black Panthers?

• They were a group of environmental activists.
• They were a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization.
• They were a professional basketball team.
• They were a jazz band from the 1960s.

Reorder

Order the following Civil Rights leaders and their level of peaceful approach to protesting

First is the most peaceful and last the most aggressive.

• MLK, Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Stokely Carmichael

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

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