Question Description
The Civil Rights Movement:
To answer the first 2 questions, re-watch the Civil Rights sections of the “1953-1960: Happy Days” episode of The Century documentary series…
What are members of the Civil Rights Movement protesting during the 1950s? (worth 1 point)
What role do state governments and the federal government play in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s? (worth 2 points)
To answer the next 2 questions, re-watch the Civil Rights sections of the “1960-1964: Poisoned Dreams” episode of The Century documentary series…
Who were the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement during the early 1960s? Why? (worth 2 points)
What dangers did protesters face? (worth 2 points)
Please answer from here and below.
To answer the next 3 questions, re-watch the Civil Rights sections of the “1965-1970: Unpinned” episode of The Century documentary series…
Describe the evolution of the Civil Rights Movement during the last half of the 1960s. (worth 2 points)
Who were the new leaders of the movement and why? (worth 2 points)
Why did a Voting Rights Act have to be passed? (worth 2 points)
To answer the next 2 questions read “The Front of the Bus” (pages 524-527) in Eyewitness to America
What is the historical significance of this document and how does it fit with what we are studying? (worth 2 points)
What surprised you most? (worth 1 point)
