8th Grade Final Possible Write Out Questions

Name 3 events that Civil Rights protestors peacefully protested the laws of the United States at the time and their goals.

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Name 3 protest events from the Civil Rights Movement and each goal of that protest.

Who was Ruby Bridges? How did she impact the Civil Rights Movement?

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SG #65

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1. Explain who Ruby Bridges is

2. Explain the impact she had on the Civil Rights Movement

What were 3 goals of Civil Rights Movement protests? Give a SPECIFIC example of a protest that tried or did accomplish each of the goals.

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SG # 64, 63

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1. Give 3 goals of the Civil Rights Movement

2. Give a SPECIFIC example of protest that tried to accomplish each goal

EX:

Goal: Desegregate public busses

Protest: Baton Rouge Bus Boycott.

Did Huey P Long leave a positive or negative impact on Louisiana? Give 4 examples of either positive impacts or negative impacts on Louisiana to back your answer.

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SG #54, 55,56

Answer Expectations:

1. Your opinion: Was Long a positive or negative impact?

2. Back your answer: Give 4 examples to back your answer.

What is sharecropping? Who does this system most benefit, who losses the most, AND WHY?

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SG # 48

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1. Define sharecropping, explain what it is.

2. Who does it benefit

- Land owner

3. Who doesn't Profit

- sharecropper

4. WHY?

-Sharecroppers gave majority of crops to land owner = very little profit

- Sharecroppers also would need to buy supplies from land owner's store = more debt to land owner

-As debts grow sharecroppers get stuck on land owners land works for nothing to try and pay off debts

Was it Constitutional for the President to buy Louisiana? What power did the President use to buy Louisiana?

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SG #5

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This power was not specified. It did not say whether a President could or couldn't

Jefferson used the Elastic Clause to buy LA because it could be negotiated and signed as a treaty

After Reconstruction, what would limit Freedmen's rights? Give a specific example of how Freedmen's rights were limited under these rulings or policies.

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SG #40, 45,46,47

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1. Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, Plessy vs Ferguson

2. Black Code - Freedmen's movements, actions, and conduct

Jim Crow Laws - created separate but equal facilities when they were not equal

Plessey vs Ferguson - ruled separate but equal to be Constitutional but it violated rights of non-white citizens