Rights of the 20th Century Lesson

Poll

As you look around, ask yourself:

Is this the start of something new, or the beginning of a fight?

• A Team with "One Heartbeat"

  The lines between them are gone; they are finally one team.

• Psyching Out the Enemy

  They are using their new team spirit to scare and confuse the other team.

• Breaking the "Old Rules"

  The crowd is confused because the Titans are acting in a way no one expected.

• Choosing Fun Over Fighting

  Instead of hating each other like people expected, they are choosing to be happy.

• A Messy Change

  It’s a mix of both. The players are happy, but the crowd is still struggling to accept it.

Multiple Choice

Which two major social changes are highlighted as examples of 'erasing the lines' in American history?

• Women winning the right to vote and ending unfair racial laws

• The abolition of slavery and the start of World War II

• The creation of the Bill of Rights and the end of Prohibition

• The election of the first female president and the moon landing

Drag and Drop

Many states had unfair rules called "​

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" laws.

Keeping people apart based on their race is called ​

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. Everyday people worked together to demand ​

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treatment for everyone.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Jim Crows

segregation

equal

desegregation

unequal

Constitution

Multiple Choice

What was the main outcome of the Brown vs Board of Education Supreme Court case in 1954?

• It allowed separate schools for different races

• It made it illegal to have separate schools for different races

• It promoted segregation in schools

• It had no impact on school laws