4.+CRM+Tweets

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement**

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813)** **Tweet** – American begin to c racism is bad. Racism didnt belong in the U.S

** What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video) **

**Tweet** – Rosa Parks arrested. Protested by not riding the buses.

**What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video) ** **Tweet** –Martin Luther King Jr. becomes face of movement.

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – Nine black students sent to school. At school, turned away by national guard.

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** **Tweet** – Sit Ins. People sat in places and refused to move until demands were met. First started in a diner.

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – 4 boys sit down in a white reserved area. Sat there all day for many weeks. Sparked many more protests. Silent Protest

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** – Support the Sit-ins. one organization that pressured for change in 1960's/

**Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights **

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video) ** **Tweet –**

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** **Tweet** – 1000 kids peacefully protest. 700 arrested. 1000 more. Dogs and hoses used on them. 2000 kids in prison. Americans horrified

** What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ** ** (CA 819-820, video) ** **Tweet** – Africans want to integrate public facilities and housing.MLK arrested. Children used and some killed.

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video) ** **Tweet** – Build support for CR. MLK gives famous speech at Lincoln Mem. 100 years after Gettysburg and EP.

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** **Tweet** – Segregation banned. Hotels, restaurants, theaters, etc. Segregation is now illegal.

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) ** **Tweet** – College students from North work with SNCC. Endure bombs, beatings arrest and murder. 1200 blacks added to voting.

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) ** **Tweet** – Literary tests and laws the prevented blacks from voting banned. 10-> 60% increase in voting in Selma.

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video)** **Tweet** – Blacks and Whites march from Selma to Montgomery. March is put down violently. Leads to other marches.

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) ** **Tweet** –

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) ** **Tweet** – Series of programs to help the poor, elderly and women. promoted education, end discrimination and protect environment.

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).** **Tweet** –Not interested in desegregation. SCLC abandoned campaign. Blacks in Chicago frustrated. Lead to riots

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) ** **Tweet** – Riots in Chicago. blacks begin to reject nonviolence and cooperation with whites.

** Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, ** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X] ** ) ** **Tweet** – spokesman for Nation of Islam. Black Pride, self defense and sufficient.

** What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( ** [|The Black Panther Party] ** ) **
 * Tweet ** – Aggressively monitor police activity in black towns. Spreads to 25 nations cross country.