registration is the act of signing up to do something - for example, voting

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

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)

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)

King's campaign in the North

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

An {{ }} is a law passed by the government.

The support of black Americans helped him win the election.

He was a Republican who had promised his support to the movement.

Why was Kennedy expected to address the issue of civil rights?

Which president successfully passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964?

Few Southern politicians were opposed to the act by 1964.

Kennedy had eliminated most Southern opposition before his assassination.

Many people wanted to honour the work of Kennedy.

Why did Southern opposition become less of an obstacle when Johnson attempted to pass the Civil Rights Act?

Which issue did the march on Selma address?

Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by a police officer.

The first march was violently pushed back by police.

James Reeb was murdered following a second attempt at the march.

Johnson gave his support for a Voting Rights Act.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events relating to Selma into the order in which they happened. Use numbers to show the correct order.

Temporary schools set up in Mississippi to help overcome the inequalities in schooling were known as {{ }}. 


Who ordered his officers to use dogs and powerful fire hoses on the protesters in the Birmingham campaign?

At which famous march did Martin Luther King give his 'I have a dream speech'?

 Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into the order in which they happened. Use numbers to show the correct order.


In April 1963, CORE and ACMHR launched the Birmingham campaign.

The Birmingham campaign quickly gained a lot of support.

On 12th June, King was arrested and wrote the ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’.

King was released from jail after 8 days, despite not having Kennedy's support.

Which two of the following statements are correct?

 use of demonstrations or protests to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation

negotiation to achieve a goal, rather than demonstrations or protests

Which of the following statements is the best definition of direct action?

Exit Quiz