Name: ______________________________________________ Period: __________

Civil Rights Movement Guided Notes

Annotations:

Vocabulary:
Write down any words throughout the Powerpoint (on the left) you
are not familiar with and define them (on the right).

Word(s): Definitions:

Segregation Divides America

● __________ _________ _________ -enforced strict separation of the races in the
South
● Schools, hospitals, transportation, & restaurants
● ________ __________ ______________-imposed by law
● 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson-”__________________ _______ _____________”

Segregation in the North

● ____ ________ _________: segregated by unwritten custom or tradition, face of life

● Blacks were __________ housing in many neighborhoods and faced _____________
in _______________(NORTH)

The Implications of Segregation

● African Americans received _______-_____________ ________
● __________ rates of __________ and _____________
● ___________ rates of homeownership and life expectancy
● Couldn’t ___________in the south

Brown vs. Board 1954

● NAACP challenged the “separate but equal” ruling

● The Supreme Court ___________ with NAACP argument that ____________
public education _____________ the U.S. Constitution
● Effects:
■ ________ ____________since it touched so many Americans
■ ______________ to the ruling declared that the South
___________ __________ be __________(White Citizens Council)

Think-Pair-Share

Directions: Talk to your partner after reviewing these questions…

● Did this ruling violate the 14th amendment?

● Why do you think the ruling was 7-1 in Plessy v. Ferguson? Use what we have
talked about in class and previous notes when discussing this question.
● How/why do you think the people at the time (1896) thought that “seperate, but
equal” was fair?

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NAACP Challenges Segregation

● ___________ became the _____________ and most _______________ civil

rights organization
● _____________ ______________-headed the team that challenged the legality
of segregation

Notable Leaders

● Thurgood Marshall

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● Rosa Parks

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● Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Think-Pair-Share: How did they do it?

Directions: Make a list of all of the ways YOU think civil rights leaders
were effective in making political and social change. Make sure to
turn to a partner after you are done thinking/writing to discuss what
you put down.

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Civil Disobedience = non-violent protest

● Boycotts: ____________ to buy _________ or ___________ from a

____________ in order to force it to ___________ its policies
● Hunger strikes: ___________ to eat anything in order to get ___________ for
your ___________
● Petitions:___________ a ___________to ask the ____________ or a
______________ to change its ___________, and then getting as many people to
__________ it as possible.
● Marches and demonstrations: Getting as many people as possible to gather in
_______ ___________to get _____________to your cause
● Strikes: _____________ to ___________in order to ________ your
______________ or _____________ to change their policies
● Sit-ins: The __________ come into a place, ______ __________, and
___________ to ____________.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

● Rosa Parks actions transformed the movement

● NAACP began preparing a legal challenge
● Rise of MLK: urged _____-_______________
● Boycott lasted a ________
● In _______ the __________ __________ruled the Montgomery bus
______________ law was __________________

Little Rock Nine

● President ______________ sent ____________ ___________to Little Rock to

____________ the African American ___________ and to ______________ Brown vs.
Board
● For the entire ____________ _________, federal troops stayed in Little Rock
____________ the ________________to and from _______________

Effects of Little Rock Nine

● It demonstrated that the President would _______ _____________ ___________

______________ of the law
● However, most southern states found ways to resist __________________
and it would take ___________ before __________ and __________ children went
to _____________ ______________
The Push for Voting Rights

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● All kept blacks from voting

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

● The act _____________ ________________in public accommodations

● Gave the federal government the ability to ______________ ____________
● ________________ individuals who violated people’s ___________
______________
● _____________ ____________________ in ________________
● Established the ___________ __________________ __________________
_________________(EEOC)

Voting Rights Act 1965

● Prohibited __________________ at ______________ ______________

● Established _______________ _______________in areas with large amount of
_______-_____________ ____________ __________________
● Outlawed ______________ ______________for _________________
● Gave Federal Government power to _______________ all __________________

Civil Rights Act of 1968

● Written as a follow-up to the CRA of 1964

● Created to enforce ____________ ______________ ___________________for all
races
● Basically you _________refuse to ________ or __________a _____________ to
anyone, anywhere, based upon their ______________