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Political Survey on the blackboard

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Reflection Paper (Blackboard) (sunday)

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Agenda

Open Ended

Describe your political Party you are creating?

Multiple Choice

What are the key objectives related to the civil rights movement as outlined in the image?

• Analyze & Evaluate the text, intent, meaning, & importance of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, & the Bill of Rights

• Explain the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968) as a turning point

• Trace the historical development of the civil rights movement from the late 1800s through the 21st century

• Describe the roles of political organizations that promoted African American, Chicano, American Indian, & women's civil rights

Multiple Choice

Compare & Contrast the approach taken by the Black Panthers with the nonviolent approach of Martin Luther King Jr.

• Black Panthers

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• Rosa Parks

Multiple Choice

Analyze effects of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions; Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, & Hernandez v. Texas.

• Plessy v. Ferguson upheld segregation

• Brown v. Board of Education declared segregation unconstitutional

• Hernandez v. Texas addressed discrimination

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What were the main events and issues in the U.S. during the 1960s as mentioned in the recap?

• Political interventions

• Social movements

• Economic inequalities

• All of the above

Multiple Select

Which of the following are our unalienable rights? (Select ALL that apply)

• life

• speech

• liberty

• pursuit of happiness

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

What were the Black Codes and how did they affect the freedoms of African Americans in the South?

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896?

• It ended segregation

• It upheld segregation laws

• It promoted civil rights

• It was a landmark voting rights case

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between the voter requirements for white and Black applicants as described in the Alabama Constitution?

• White applicants have easier tests

• Black applicants have no requirements

• Both groups have the same requirements

• Only Black applicants are tested

Open Ended

Explain the purpose of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.

Multiple Choice

What were the effects of the New Deal programs on Black Americans during the Great Depression?

• Provided economic aid through work programs

• Increased segregation in the South

• Decreased support for the Democratic Party

• Limited job opportunities for Black Americans

Multiple Choice

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 established a Civil Rights Division within the U.S. Department of Justice. What was the main purpose of this division?

• to enforce laws prohibiting discrimination

• to integrate public schools

• to enforce privacy protections

• to integrate the armed forces

Multiple Choice

Thurgood Marshall's arguments before the Supreme Court were instrumental in overturning which doctrine?

• "Separate but equal"

• "Manifest destiny"

• "States' rights"

• "Federalism"

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Sweatt v. Painter regarding segregated law schools?

• It upheld segregation in education

• It declared segregation unconstitutional

• It allowed for separate but equal schools

• It mandated integration in all schools

Open Ended

What did Brown v. Education (1954) overturn?

Multiple Choice

What actions did Southerners take in response to the court ruling on school integration?

• They accepted the ruling

• They ignored the order with massive resistance

• They supported the integration

• They closed all schools

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the "Massive Resistance" laws passed by Southern Democrats?

• To promote school integration

• To maintain segregation

• To support civil rights

• To increase funding for schools

Multiple Choice

This confrontation centered around -

• Disagreement over the use of taxes to fund public education

• The refusal of federal courts to hear cases concerning civil rights violations

• The denial of First and Fifth Amendment freedoms by southern state legislatures

• Resistance by state and local governments to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Multiple Choice

Who was the attorney in charge of advocating for the desegregation of schools in the American South in the famous Brown v. Board of Education case?

• Thurgood Marshall, later the first Black Supreme Court Justice

• Douglas MacArthur, former American general

• Harriet Tubman, organizer of the Underground Railroad

• John Brown, Bane of Slaveowners and Racists

• Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most prominent Civil Rights leaders

Multiple Choice

In the 1954 trial of Brown v Board of Education, the US Supreme Court ruled that

• private schools should be controlled by the federal government
• issues of racial segregation should be decided by the states.
• racially segregated public schools are unconstitutional
• the "separate but equal" doctrine should be contnued

Open Ended

If the President did NOT openly support Brown decision, could this have encouraged opposition to it?

Multiple Choice

What was the result of Rosa Parks' challenge to segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama?

• African-Americans staged sit-ins on the bus until the law changed

• African-Americans boycotted the bus company until the law changed

• African-Americans staged protest marches to the bus station every day until the law changed

• African-Americans protested at city meetings and church services held in the white community

Multiple Choice

All of the following were reasons for why the Montgomery Bus Boycott was an effective protest EXCEPT:

• Rosa Parks was arrested.

• The bus company lost lots of money.

• African Americans stopped riding the bus for over a year

• The Supreme Court ruled bus segregation unconstitutional