U6C2 The Civil Rights Movement

What is promised to all Americans in many of the United States’ laws and documents?

• Civil rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Access to free higher education, guaranteed employment, and the ability to vote

• The promise that every citizen will have equal wealth, a government position, and personal security

• The right to earn as much money as possible and be given land by the government without restrictions

What did segregation laws do?

• Gave African Americans more rights and freedoms than other groups.

• Separated African American and white people in public spaces.

• Allowed all people to use public spaces equally, regardless of race.

• Allowed people of different races to live and work together without restrictions.

Why was the right to vote so important to many African American people?

• Voting was not important to African Americans.

• It meant they no longer had to follow any laws they disagreed with.

• It allowed them to elect officials to pass new laws to end segregation.

• It gave them special privileges and benefits that other citizens did not have.

What did Jackie Robinson do after he left the army?

• Became a teacher at an all white school.

• Started the first African American owned business.

• Played baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs

• Became a musician.

What happened when the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers saw Jackie Robinson play?

• He asked him to play for the Kansas City Monarchs.

• He asked him to become the first African American athlete to play Major League Baseball.

• He offered him a coaching position for an all white team.

• He criticized his performance and treated him unkindly.

What important thing did Jackie Robinson do on April 15, 1947?

• He retired from baseball.

• He was the first African American to play on a Major League team.

• He gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

• He fused to get out of his seat on a public transit.

How did many players and fans react when Jackie Robinson began playing for the Dodgers?

• They were nice to him

• They were indifferent

• They were cruel and unkind

• They supported him

Why did U.S. deputy marshals have to guard Ruby Bridges as she went to school?

• Because she was a famous African American

• Because she was a white teacher

• Because crowds of angry people gathered outside the school to protest desegregation

• Because she was late for school

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. get involved in the Civil Rights Movement?

• To become the first famous African American.

• To end the unfair treatment of people of color and replace it with legal equality

• To start a new school for African American children.

• To write a book about his experience as a slave.

Why was leading the Civil Rights Movement dangerous?

• Because they often had to give long speeches in front of the public.

• Because many people were angry about the changes being worked on.

• Because they had to travel often and it was exhausting.

• Because leading the movement meant giving up all personal freedoms.