Segregation and the Civil Rights Movement

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Segregation and the Civil Rights Movement Questions and Answers

In what ways did the Civil Rights Movement succeed?

What challenges did Martin Luther King Jr. face and/or overcome?

What were the short-term and long-term results and effects of Martin Luther King Jr.'s actions? 

Compare and contrast Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

What are the factors responsible for the success of the Civil Rights Movement in the US during 1960s?

Freedom Riders Significance

What challenges did Rosa Parks go through?

How did the philosophies of the Black Panther Party contrast with those of Martin Luther King Jr?

What is "militant nonviolence" in the context of the Civil Rights Movement? Martin Luther King created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, whose philosophy is "militant nonviolence."  What does that mean?

Why did the civil rights movement fall apart in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

What were the effects of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

How did the Civil Rights Movement inspire other reform movements by minority groups?

How did segregation in the North differ from segregation in the South?

How many Civil Rights Acts have there been?

We Must Accept Finite Disappointment

Explain and compare the strategies of the NAACP, SNCC, and SCLC.

How did white Southerners limit the rights of blacks?

How did the media influence the civil rights movement?

Why was gaining the right to vote an important goal for many African Americans?

What were some of the important contributions of Martin Luther King Jr in the Civil Rights movement?

American Indian Movement Goals

Was the 1960s a progressive or conservative era in American history?  

Analyze the changes that occurred in the 1960s in the goals, strategies and support of the African American civil rights movement.

How did Martin Luther King Jr. use compromise to affect change in the Civil Rights Movement?  Give examples.

Why was non-violent action so effective in the civil rights movement?

What was the major piece of civil rights legislation enacted during the 1960's?

What do the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Mississippi Appendectomies suggest about the history of African Americans and medicine?

Was Martin Luther King Jr. ever President of the United States of America?

What caused civil unrest in America in the 1950s and 1960s?

Who were the major leaders in the Red Power movement?

Why and how did a grassroots civil rights movement emerge in the South in the mid 1950s and early 1960s? What was the movement’s guiding philosophy, tactics, and greatest accomplishments? Why and how did civil rights activists change their goals and tactics in the mid to late 1960s? What are some of the most important legacies of the movement? How were students and other marginalized groups influenced by its example?

How was the Civil Rights Movement similar to the Progressive Era?

What is an example of how the principle "All Men Are Created Equal" has affected government policies in the modern era since 1945?

Do the Jim Crow Laws have an impact today?  Why or why not?    

Identify a lesson that the Civil Rights Movement can teach about how everyday people can enact significant social change. 

Do you agree or disagree with Martin Luther King Jr's view that nonviolence is the best way to fight injustice? Explain.

Explain how the Supreme Court justified the practice of segregating railroad passengers in Louisiana by race.

What were the three most important achievements in the civil rights movement?

Why did Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders support nonviolence as a strategy for civil rights demonstrations?

How have African-Americans become active agents in responding to the problems of the post-Reconstruction era?

Why Was The Civil Rights Movement Necessary

How did the 1960s change the lives of African Americans?  

What circumstances in the South led to the struggle of African Americans for equal rights?

Compare President Truman's attitude toward and efforts on behalf of civil rights with President Eisenhower's attitude and efforts.

How did the Supreme Court affect civil rights?

What were the important characteristics of Rosa Parks?

Why did civil rights activists decide to focus their desegregation efforts on interstate buses?    

Was Martin Luther King Jr. a president? Has the USA had a black president in the past?

What were the 10 most important events in the civil rights era and why?

Compare the pros and cons of migrating from the South to the North. In what ways did moving to the North meet the expectations of blacks? In what ways were they disappointed?