Civil Rights Movement: Solutions

Learn about Civil Rights Movement solutions, key acts, and protests!

Jim Crow Laws existed for about 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until 1968, and were meant to discriminate African Americans by denying them the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities.Why did it take it take so long to change? Reform is to change something that is unfair, dishonest, or in need of improvement for the public good.The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the Civil Rights Movement.The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, is considered one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. Who do you recognize in this picture? Civil Rights Act of 1964 - On the journey to equality 1) True or False:The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. True False 2) The following titles were included in the Civil Rights Act of 1965. Voting rights Desegregation of public education Equal employment All of the above Voting Rights Act of 1965 3) True or False:The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. True False 4) True or False: The Voting Rights Act led to an increase in the number of Africans Americans voting in elections. True False Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott 5) True or False: The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. True False 6) True or False: The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Montgomery to integrate its bus system, and one of the leaders of the boycott, Martin Luther King, Jr., emerged as a prominent leader of the American Civil Rights Movement. True False Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Black Panther PartyThe Black Panthers, also known as the Black Panther Party, was a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community. Dressed in black berets and black leather jackets, the Black Panthers organized armed citizen patrols of Oakland and other U.S. cities. At its peak in 1968, the Black Panther Party had roughly 2,000 members. The organization later declined as a result of internal tensions, deadly shootouts and FBI counterintelligence activities aimed at weakening the organization. 7) The goal of the Black Panther Party was.................... Animal control Challenge police brutality Support farm assistance programs 8) As a result of the Civil Rights Movement, how did life change for African Americans? Write at least two sentences. Check for punctuation and capitalization. Match the key idea from the Civil Rights Movement on the left with the correct description of that key idea on the right: Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and ended employment discrimination Voting Rights Act of 1965 stopped illegal voting practices against African Americans Montgomery Bus Boycott African Americans refused to ride city buses to protest segregated seating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and March on Washington Black Panther Party Challenged police brutality against the African American community