Chapter 21 - Civil Rights Review Sheet
Answer all of the
following questions on another sheet.
1. According
to the Kerner Commission Report, what were the causes of urban violence? What was the main cause?
2. Which
Civil Rights leaders are associated with the Black Power movement?
3. What was
the main type of pressure exerted by the Montgomery Improvement Association in
response to segregation on buses?
4. Define de
facto segregation. Give examples of de
facto segregation.
5. Define de
jure segregation. Give examples of de
jure segregation.
6. What
wording of Plessy v. Ferguson led to
its overturning by Brown v. Board of
Education.
7. What was
the role and importance of A. Philip Randolph?
8. What was
the role and importance of Dwight Eisenhower in the Civil Rights Movement?
9. What was
the role and importance of Stokely Carmichael?
10. What was
the role and importance of Huey Newton?
11. What was
the role and importance of Bobby Seale?
12. What was
the role and importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
13. What was
the role and importance of Orval Faubus?
14. What was
the role and importance of Rosa Parks?
15. What was
the role and importance of Malcolm X?
How did he change? Why? What did he believe before and after the
change?
16. What was
the role and importance of Carl Stokes?
17. What was
the role and importance of Emmett Till?
18. What was
the role and importance of Elizabeth Eckford?
19. What was
the role and importance of Linda Brown?
20. What was
the role and importance of Ernest Green?
21. What was
the role and importance of JFK in the Civil Rights Movement?
22. What was
the role and importance of James Earl Ray?
23. What was
the role and importance of Mohandas Gandhi?
24. What was
the role and importance of Henry David Thoreau?
25. What was
the role and importance of LBJ in the Civil Rights Movement?
26. What was
the role and importance of Thurgood Marshall?
27. Describe
what happened at the Watts Riot and the importance of the event.
28. Describe
what happened at the Hough Riot and the importance of the event.
29. Describe
what happened at Freedom Summer and the importance of the event.
30. Describe
what happened at the March on Washington and the importance of the event.
31. Describe
what happened at the Selma to Montgomery March and the importance of the event.
32. Describe
what happened at the Birmingham Protests and the importance of the event.
33. Describe
what happened at the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the importance of the event.
34. Describe
what happened during the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School and
the importance of the event.
35. Define
boycott.
36. Define
and/or describe Plessy v. Ferguson.
37. Define
and/or describe Brown v. Board of
Education.
38. Define and/or
describe white flight. Tell the reasons
for it, and the results of it.
39. Define
and/or describe black power. Explain
the black power beliefs.
40. Define
and/or describe SCLC.
41. Define
and/or describe SNCC.
42. Define
civil disobedience.
43. Define
sit-in.
44. Define
nonviolent resistance.
45. Define
and/or describe freedom riders.
46. Define
and/or describe Kerner Commission.
47. Define
and/or describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
48. Define
and/or describe the Civil Rights Act of 1968
49. Define
and/or describe Voting Rights Act of 1965.
50. Define
and/or describe the 24th Amendment.
There will be five video clips from the Eyes
on the Prize Civil Rights series.
You will have a list of events and will need
to match the name of the event to the clips you’re watching.
There will be a short essay
on the Kerner Report. You should be
able to explain at least two causes
of riots and two proposed
solutions. This means you’ll need to
explain four things about EACH of the
following: economics, police, government, white racism, and
education.