redlining was the process used in Chicago to limit black Americans to specific, run-down areas of the city

King's campaign in the North

History

Segregation and discrimination in the USA

Civil rights organisations in the 20th century

Progress in education, 1954-60

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

Martin Luther King Jr and the early civil rights movement

Early opposition to the civil rights movement

The changing position of black Americans by 1960

Greensboro and the sit-in movement

Freedom rides: protests and progress for civil rights (1961)

The James Meredith case (1962)

The peace marches (1963) and Freedom Summer (1964)

The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)

Reasons why the civil rights movement was more successful from 1960 to 1965

The role of Malcolm X in the civil rights movement

The emergence of the Black Power movement

The Black Panther Party

The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report (1968)

How successful was the civil rights movement by 1975?

French Indochina

Containment and the Domino Theory

Vietcong resistance

Gulf of Tonkin incident

The Tet Offensive

US involvement in Vietnam

The effect of Vietnamisation on US policy in Vietnam

The expansion of the war into Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam, 1969-1972

Opposition to the Vietnam War in the US

Support for the Vietnam War in the US

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

North Vietnamese strengths in the Vietnam War

Impact of the Vietnam War

In this unit, pupils study a modern society and the issues that affected it in great depth over a shorter period. They learn about the key events, developments, people and stories that shaped this modern society over a period of around twenty to thirty years.

Modern depth studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

What keyword describes the process used in Chicago to limit black Americans to specific, run-down areas of the city?

to tackle issues of poverty and poor housing for black Americans

to tackle issues of poverty and poor housing for white Americans

to tackle issues of integration and separatism

Why did Martin Luther King Jr move north in 1966?

How many Chicago residents marched to City Hall alongside King on Freedom Sunday in July 1966?

The mayor committed to building more public housing in white neighbourhoods.

The mayor made mortgages available to all residents of Chicago.

The negotiation between Mayor Daley and King was seen as too little too late.

The SCLC received a $4 million federal grant to improve housing in Chicago.

Civil rights activists faced a great deal of opposition during their campaign.

How could the Chicago Freedom Movement be considered as a success?

What was the reasoning behind much of the criticism behind King's campaign in the North?

When was Martin Luther King Jr assassinated?

the unjust treatment of a person or group of people

a group of people trusted by a government to carry out a task

groups with both black and white Americans

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

Which of the following were consequences of the Watts riots?

There was ongoing discrimination against white Americans.

The acts in 1964 and 1965 were seen as too little too late.

Unemployment amongst black Americans was still extremely high.

The acts in 1963 and 1966 were seen as too little too late.

There ongoing discrimination against black Americans. 

Why did riots break out in the summer of 1965?

Marquette's brother, Ronald, stepped in to help him as a scuffle broke out

dangerous items were thrown at buses and cars

What order of events led to the outbreak of the Watts riots?

Who ordered an investigation to be launched into the causes of the riots and to provide recommendations to prevent it happening again?

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