1. Extract the Facts, Jack! SSUSH22

2. a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to
SSUSH22 – The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement,
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to
integrate the U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a
Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

3. SSUSH 22a
Why was Truman’s order to integrate the armed forces particularly significant at the time?

4. SSUSH 22a
Why was Truman’s order to integrate the armed forces particularly significant at the time?

5. SSUSH 22a
Why was Truman’s order to integrate the armed forces particularly significant at the time?
(L-R) Russell Collins (Cedar Rapids), William Bibb (Ottumwa) and Thurman Spriggs (Des Moines) at Moton Field, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama 1945.

6. SSUSH 22a
Why was Truman’s order to integrate the armed forces particularly significant at the time?
Executive Order 9981 – July 1948

7. SSUSH 22a
Why was Truman’s order to integrate the armed forces particularly significant at the time?
A. It ordered the integration of the defense industry.
B. It established the basis for integration of the armed forces
during WWII.
C. It was part of Truman’s efforts at the federal level to end civil
rights abuse.
D. It ordered the creation of a new civil rights agency.
Truman’s order to integrate the armed forces was part of his efforts at the federal level to end civil rights abuse.

8. b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
SSUSH22 – The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement,
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the
U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a
Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

9. SSUSH 22b
What was the significance of Jackie Robinson’s entry into professional baseball?

10. SSUSH 22b
What was the significance of Jackie Robinson’s entry into professional baseball?
A. He was the first baseball player to hit 1000 homeruns.
B. He was the first African-American to play professional baseball.
C. He moved from player to management within a year.
D. He designed the size and configuration of the infield.
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play professional baseball.

11. c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist
SSUSH22 – The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement,
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the
U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist
the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a
Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

12. SSUSH 22c
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned which principle established in the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) decision?
In 1892 Homer Plessy, from New Orleans, Louisiana, bought a first class train ticket to Covington, Louisiana. He was ejected by a train conductor from a car assigned for whites only. He was also imprisoned in New Orleans. Plessy seems to have deliberately planned and wanted this action. He was involved with civil rights groups and a good friend to Rodolph Desdunnes, a leader of the American Citizens' Equal Rights Association. Following the 13th and 14th amendment additions to the Bill of Rights, other means were used by many people to circumvent the law. Jim Crow laws were established that continued to separate the races.
Plessy argued such laws were opposite to the new amendments. The court ruled against Plessy saying that as long as the accommodations were equal there was nothing wrong with separation of the races. Again the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision against Plessy in an action that reflected the attitudes of the time. The important point of this case is it allowed prejudice between races to continue under the sanction of law. Obviously, this was decision unsatisfactory with many citizens and only postponed problems for a time. The Plessy decision was confronted with the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education.

14. SSUSH 22c
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned which principle established in the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) decision?
A. freedom of speech
B. separate but equal
C. clear and present danger
D. right to petition the government
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned the separate but equal principle established in the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) decision.

15. Brown v. Board of Education
“separate is NOT equal”

16. d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
SSUSH22 – The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement,
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the
U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream
speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

17. SSUSH 22d
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail was written with the hope that others would
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere… We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”

18. SSUSH 22d
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail was written with the hope that others would
A. participate in violent demonstrations to gain civil rights
B. join him in the effort to gain civil rights through non-violent
disobedience
C. end efforts in the South to gain civil rights
D. wait for a better time to work to gain civil rights for African
Americans.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail was written with the hopes that others would join him in the effort to gain
civil rights through
non-violent
disobedience.

19. e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights
SSUSH22 – The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement,
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the
U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a
Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

20. What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act?
*SSUSH 22e
What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act?

21. *SSUSH 22e
What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act?
A. It immediately struck down all Jim Crow laws enacted in the South.
B. It had little effect on political change in the South.
C. Within four years more than 70 percent of southern blacks had
registered to vote.
D. It prompted ratification of the Twenty-Fourth Amendment.
As a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, within 4 years more than 70% of southern blacks had registered to vote.

22. e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights
SSUSH22 – The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement,
a. Explain the importance of President Truman’s order to integrate the
U.S. military and the federal government.
b. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
c. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
d. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from a
Birmingham Jail and his I Have a Dream speech.
e. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

23. **SSUSH 22e
What was one of the purposes behind passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act

24. **SSUSH 22e
What was one of the purposes behind passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
A. to establish federal voting rights
B. to eliminate the segregation of public schools
C. to outlaw discrimination based on race
D. to create a database on immigration
One of the purposes behind the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to outlaw discrimination based on race.

26.
Thurgood Marshall

27. 1839 - Mutiny on Amistad, Cuban slave ship, by enslaved Africans
Mutiny on Amistad, Cuban slave ship, by enslaved Africans