DO NOW: STUDY THE U.S. CITIES BY POPULATION CHART. ANSWER QUESTIONS #1-4. Agenda Analyze & Apply Data Interpret & Draw Conclusions using Multimedia Summarize & Generalize Notes Organize & Classify Data in Workbooks Projects-Invent/Connect/Compare/Contrast

CITIES BY POPULATION 1.How many cities in the top 10 are located in the Midwest? Which ones? 2.How many cities in the top 10 are located in the Northeast? Which ones? 3.Which states are tied for the most cities in the top 10? Which states and cities? 4.For reference, St. Louis has a population of 319,294 and ranks 58th in the country. How might life in St. Louis be better if its population doubled? How might it be worse?

CITIES BY POPULATION Label each of the top 10 cities from the chart on the previous page and St. Louis, Missouri.

THE MOVEMENT BEGINS - REVIEW 1.Segregation____________________________ 2.Lack of voting Rights___________________________ 3.African American Experiences in World War II_ Civil Rights Movement

DESEGREGATION OF THE ARMED FORCES SOURCE: EXECUTIVE ORDER OF PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, JULY 26, It is hereby declared that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. 2.There shall be created in the national military establishment an advisory committee to be known as the President’s Committee on Equal Treatment and Opportunity in the armed services. 3.The committee is authorized to examine the rules, procedures and practices of the armed services in order to determine in what respect such rules, procedures and practices may be altered or improved with a view to carrying out the policy of this order. 4.All executive departments and agencies of the federal government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the committee in its work. 5.When requested by the committee to do so, persons in the armed services or in any of the executive departments and agencies of the federal government shall testify before the committee. 6.The committee shall continue to exist until such time as the President shall terminate its existence by executive order.

DESEGREGATION OF THE ARMED FORCES SOURCE: EXECUTIVE ORDER OF PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, JULY 26, What year did World War II end? When was this order given? 2.What does the first part of the order state, and are there any exceptions to this declaration? 3.What is the name of the committee designed to oversee the order? How long will it exist? 4.Explain how our system of federalism and checks and balances limited what the president could legally do to end legal racial discrimination.

 Open your textbook to pages  What causes societies to change?  Analyze the photo of Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta in Selma, Alabama March 7,  What type of activity is taking place in the photo?  What people are participating?  Why do you think the civil rights movement made gains in postwar America?  What strategies were most effective in winning the battle for civil rights? THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

 Watch the video and answer the questions in the viewing guide. 42 JACKIE ROBINSON’S STORY

CIVIL RIGHTS AND JACKIE ROBINSON’S LETTERS RT (Right There) In 1957, President Eisenhower ordered the use of National Guard troops to force the integration of Little Rock Central High School. In his 1958 letter, Jackie Robinson approves of the use of presidential action in this matter against which governor? TS (Think and Search) Which of these presidents did Jackie Robinson likely not vote for? Explain how you know this. TS (Think and Search) In his 1961 letter, which foreign events give Jackie Robinson hope? AY (Author and You) Jackie Robinson ends his 1957 letter of his request for the government (to provide— in the near future—for Negroes—the freedoms we are entitled to under the constitution). Based off what you know about the United States before 1957, list three freedoms that you believe were being denied to African Americans. AY (Author and You) What do you believe that Jackie Robinson most approved and disapproved about Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy? Use evidence from the letters to support your answer. OYO (On Your Own) Following his career as a baseball player, Jackie Robinson forged close friendships with Civil Rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. What evidence does he provide you in his letters that let you know he was supportive of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States?

 Fill in the dates for each civil rights event  /default/files/swf/hn_41/timeline 41.html TIMELINE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964: LEGISLATING EQUALITY

1940 Racial segregation at a bus station in Durham, North Carolina December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks upon her arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama September 25, 1957 "The Little Rock Nine" entering the racially segregated Little Rock Central High School escorted by armed federal troops May Student members of "the Richmond 34," participants in a sit- in at a Richmond, Virginia lunch counter May 3, 1963 A young man, Walter Gadsden, being attacked by police dogs in Birmingham, Alabama June 11, 1963 President John F. Kennedy delivering his Civil Rights Address

TIMELINE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964: LEGISLATING EQUALITY August 11, 1963 Bayard Rustin and Cleveland Robinson, organizers of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom August 28, 1963 Demonstrators at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom demanding equal rights, integrated schools, and an end to segregation August 28, 1963 Leaders of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 1963 The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the March on Washington September 15, 1963 The four young girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama by members of the Ku Klux Klan on September 15, 1963

TIMELINE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964: LEGISLATING EQUALITY July 2, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act into law July 2, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. shake hands upon the passage of the Civil Rights Act May 7-18, 1965 Civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, 1965

 Compare/contrast the timeline you just completed with the timeline in your textbook pages  What events/dates were similar?  Why?  Why were some events/dates different? COMPARE/CONTRAST TIMELINES