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FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTIONS ON     SM 15:  THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT             Fall,  2007

1.  In relation to the common quals of successful soc mvmts, successful soc mvmts gain support by having  _____________________________  &  _____________________________  tailored to their constituencies so that they do no alienate financial, political or social supporters

2.  In relation to civil rights, civil liberties are guarantees in that a person will enjoy freedom from govt  __________________________________

3.  In relation to civil rights, under  ________________________________________ , anything that detracts from a person's human qualities, or prevents their full achievement, violates natural law

4.  In relation to the Civil Rights Mvmt, the Montgomery bus  ___________________________________  came after a black passenger was arrested for refusing to yield her seat to a white person

5.  In relation to the Civil Rights Mvmt, while the CRM, the NAACP & other orgs are still powerful today, some believe that the fragmentation & radicalization of the splinter groups as well as the very  of  ________________________________________  the early CRM has ultimately reduced its power

6.  In relation to segregation & Jim Crow Laws, the term Jim Crow came into common use in the 1880s, when racial segregation was made  ____________________________  in many parts of the Southern US

7.  In relation to segregation & Jim Crow Laws, as immigration proceeded throughout US history, discrimination against each  ___________________________________________________  in turn has been common

8.  In relation to the growth of discrimination & segregation, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 & the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, had forbidden the states to  __________________________________________________________  to any person

9.  In relation to discrimination in other countries, prejudicial & discriminatory practices often are based, at least in part, on an ideology based in  _____________________________________  beliefs

10.  In relation to apartheid, it segregated not only almost all whites from nonwhites but also major nonwhite groups  _________________________________________________

11.  In relation to the Brown v. Board Ed of Topeka Decision, segregated schools violated the  _____________________________________________  to the Constitution of the US, which requires that all citizens be treated equally

12.  In relation to integration,  ___________________________________  is the process that occurs when people are no longer segregated & their relationships become more fair & just as they move away from discrimination

13.  In relation to the NAACP, It urges publishers to produce textbooks that provide an  __________________________________________  of the achievements & activities of blacks

14.  In relation to the history of the civil rights mvmt, President Kennedy again called in the __________________________________________ , & the black students were admitted

15.  In relation to the history of the civil rights mvmt, the fed govt began to enact laws designed to assure rights for groups such as the  _______________________________________  that formerly had suffered discrimination

16.  In relation to the history of the NAACP, Bond helped found the Southern Poverty  ____________________________________________  & he was the organization's president from 1971 to 1979

17.  In relation to the history of the NAACP, Mfume became president & chief executive officer of the NAACP in 1996 when he resigned from the  ______________________________________  to accept the position

18.  In relation to the NAACP-LDF, in 1940, the NAACP-LDF was established w/  ____________________________________________  status to attract wealthy donors

19.  In relation to the NAACP-LDF, the Civil Rights Mvmt attacked the law of the land, not the  ____________________________________  of the people who lived in it

20.  In relation to an analysis of civil rights mvmt success, speeches emphasized the connection btwn the goals of the civil rights mvmt & American  ___________________________________  & beliefs

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ESSAY QUESTION ON     SM 15:  THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT              Fall,  2007

  Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long.  Be sure & answer all parts of the question.

1.  In relation to the common quals of successful soc mvmts, briefly discuss the common qualities of successful soc mvmts.  Give an example from the civil rights mvmt on how they did or did not demonstrate each quality.  In relation to the common qualities of a successful soc mvmt, why was the early civil rights mvmt more successful than the present day civil rights mvmt? 

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