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**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement** **Tweet** – Getting voting rights and full citizenship also deseregation of schools was allowing equal edjucation and opportunities.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever?**

**Tweet** –Rosa Parks decided she would not sit in the back of the bus..... This caused african americans all over the U.S. to boycott busses by carpooling.
 * What happened in Montgomery in 1955, and what were the results of this protest?**

**Tweet** –Agianst many people's beliefs 9 black students were chosen to desegrigate a school. Many opposed but it was a government order so it happened. The crowd got out of control so the military escorted these students into the school. Eventualy only one graduated but this was a step in the right direction.
 * What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?**

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** **Tweet** –4 students black and white sat at a white only luch bar and waited till they were served... this sparked the tequnique called non-violent protest to be spread across the CRM.

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** **Tweet** –1960 black students were denied service at a restuarant. So they sat in the white section and protested their freedom.


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

**Tweet –Civil disobedience kicked in and whites and blacks protested segregated busses by attacking them! OMG ** 
 * What happened on the Freedom Rides?**


 * What was the story and impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **
 * Tweet** –Birminham was extremely segregated so mlk marched in tons got arrested but then more people joined in and even children were arrested. Water cannons and dogs were used. JFK pushed civil rights throug congress because of fear that it could escalate to full on assault.

**Describe the March on Washington, including the impact** **Tweet** –About 250 thousand people marched from the lincoln memorial the the washington memorial..... Mlk dream speach.

**Tweet** –Outlawed segregation in public places. Ended racial discrimination when hiring.
 * What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?**

**Tweet** –White and black traveled to missisippi to try and earn blacks the right to vote.... The faced actual violence.
 * What was Freedom Summer?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –Gave blacks the full right to vote without being disriminated
 * Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –3 54 mile protest marches from selma to montgomery to end segrigation!
 * Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965.**

Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –He sent the voting rights act to congress and gave african american men the right to vote. Enforced 15th amendment

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –Ensure basic civil rights to blacks and outlaw segregation.
 * Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –The movement in the north was unsuccessful almost everywhere and even chicago. When it moved there it got complicated...
 * Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**Tweet** –The movement expanded to other groups wanting civil rights not just african americans.
 * How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?**