Why do you think Elizabeth Eckford encountered such a hostile reaction when she arrived at Central High School? Cite evidence from your textbook to support your opinion.
Elizabeth Eckford encountered such a hostile reactiona when she arrived at Central High because the majority of the people of Little Rock did not want thier schools to become intergrated. She was one of the nine brave students who tried to intergrate the school, and because of that she was harrased and threatened by her fellow classmates and anyone who was standing outside watching. "Governor Orval Faubus publicly showed support for segregation. In September 1957, he ordered the National Guard to turn away the 'Little Rock Nine' ". Because of this Elizabeth was met with even more of a hostile enviorment with the national guard trying to push her away.
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Monday, February 4, 2008
HW-29c
1. Which states in the region shown on the map began to integrate their public schools in the year of the Brown v. Board of Education decision? (Do not count the District of Columbia.)
Montanna, Texas, Arkansas, West Virgina, Maryland, and Delware.
2. In which states did school desegregation not begin until the 1960s?
Louissiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
3. What generalization can you make about the relationship between the time a state began the desegregation process and the degree of integration of its schools in 1964?
The earlier a state desegrgated its schools is had a higher percent of African American students in desgregated schools.
Which state is a glaring exception to that trend?
Texas.
4. In which states were 30 to 60 percent of African-American students in integrated schools?
Montanna, Oklahoma, Maryland, and Delware.
5. In which states was the percentage of African-American students in integrated schools less than the region’s average?
Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
6. Which five of the states you listed for question 5 had percentages the farthest below the regional average?
Alabama
How might the economic and social history of those five states have led to a resistance to desegregation?
Sunday, January 6, 2008
AMERICAN LIVES 29-1
1.Why is Parks called the “mother of the civil rights movement”?
Rosa parks is called the mother of the civil rights movement because when she quitely and non violently refused to move from her seat on the bus she started a large amounts of peacful protests that were huge contriubters to the civil righs movment.
2. Jo Ann Robinson recalled later that Parks was “dignified” and had “strong morals and high character.” Why did that make her a good symbol to promote the bus boycott?
This made her a good symbol to promote the bus boycott because what she had done was peaceful and nonviolent, and made a difference. Also because since she did have good morals she was someone to look up to, almost like a hero for her time period.
3. Explain in your own words what Parks’s action meant to American history.
Rosa Parks action was a peacful movement that helped inspire the majority of African Americans to fight against the bus company. She also helped inspire Martin Luther King Junior, who was one of the main factors to abolishing segregation.
Rosa parks is called the mother of the civil rights movement because when she quitely and non violently refused to move from her seat on the bus she started a large amounts of peacful protests that were huge contriubters to the civil righs movment.
2. Jo Ann Robinson recalled later that Parks was “dignified” and had “strong morals and high character.” Why did that make her a good symbol to promote the bus boycott?
This made her a good symbol to promote the bus boycott because what she had done was peaceful and nonviolent, and made a difference. Also because since she did have good morals she was someone to look up to, almost like a hero for her time period.
3. Explain in your own words what Parks’s action meant to American history.
Rosa Parks action was a peacful movement that helped inspire the majority of African Americans to fight against the bus company. She also helped inspire Martin Luther King Junior, who was one of the main factors to abolishing segregation.
SKILLBUILDER PRACTICE 29-2
1. By studying the photo on page 909, what can you infer about the obstacles
facing Eckford and the other African-American students who integrated Central High School?
Ekford and the other African-American students who integrated Central High School were harassed by their fellow white students. In the photograph there is a girl yelling at her in the background, and you can tell by her face that she is not yelling something pleasant.
2. By comparing the photo with the news story, what can you infer about reasons African Americans consider Little Rock a milestone in the civil rights movement?
African Americans considered Little Rock a milestone in the civil rights movement because it made it so schools were integrated. It also showed the hatred towards African Americans at a young age, and helped raise awareness for their cause to abolish segregation.
Guided reading 29-1
1. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do?
The purpose of the act was to outlaw segregation in public areas by making it so “all persons . . . shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations . . . of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement.”. However in 1883 an all white Supreme court declared it unconstitutional.
2. How did the Court rule in Plessy?
The court in Plessy made it so the idea of "separate but equal" was constitutional. This lead to the Jim Crow Laws, making everything separate between the two races, however, they were not always equal.
3. In what three ways did World War II help set the stage for the
modern civil rights movement?
a.The large amount of soldiers needed for war left a huge amount of job opportunities open for minorities, making it able for them to get jobs.
b. Also a large amount of African Americans were in the army, and because of that they had to get rid of the discriminatory polices in the army. This made it so when African Americans that were in the war came home, they were even more determined to get equal rights.
c. During the war large amounts of civil rights groups campained for civil rights, and President Roosevelt issued a presidential directive prohibiting racial discrimination from companies and federal agencies that were involved in the war.
4. Who argued Brown’s case?
Brown's case was argued by Linda Brown's father and the board of education of Topeka, Kansas.
5. What did the Brown ruling declare?
The brown ruling declared that segregation in schools was not equal and was unconstitutional.
6. What organization was formed to support Rosa Parks?
The NAACP.
7. What did it do?
It, along with Martin Luther King Jr., started a bus boycott which lasted 381 days.
8. How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock crisis?
He placed the Arkansas National Guard under Federal control and sent 1000 paratroopers to watch over the 9 students.
9. Who was the president of SCLC?
Martin Luther King.
10. What was SCLC’s purpose?
SCLC's purpose was “to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship.”
11. What did SNCC accomplish, and how?
SNCC accomplished getting the ugliness of racism televised. They did things called sit ins in which they would go to all white lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served. They were beaten and arrested, and these events were televised, which helped raise awareness.
The purpose of the act was to outlaw segregation in public areas by making it so “all persons . . . shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations . . . of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement.”. However in 1883 an all white Supreme court declared it unconstitutional.
2. How did the Court rule in Plessy?
The court in Plessy made it so the idea of "separate but equal" was constitutional. This lead to the Jim Crow Laws, making everything separate between the two races, however, they were not always equal.
3. In what three ways did World War II help set the stage for the
modern civil rights movement?
a.The large amount of soldiers needed for war left a huge amount of job opportunities open for minorities, making it able for them to get jobs.
b. Also a large amount of African Americans were in the army, and because of that they had to get rid of the discriminatory polices in the army. This made it so when African Americans that were in the war came home, they were even more determined to get equal rights.
c. During the war large amounts of civil rights groups campained for civil rights, and President Roosevelt issued a presidential directive prohibiting racial discrimination from companies and federal agencies that were involved in the war.
4. Who argued Brown’s case?
Brown's case was argued by Linda Brown's father and the board of education of Topeka, Kansas.
5. What did the Brown ruling declare?
The brown ruling declared that segregation in schools was not equal and was unconstitutional.
6. What organization was formed to support Rosa Parks?
The NAACP.
7. What did it do?
It, along with Martin Luther King Jr., started a bus boycott which lasted 381 days.
8. How did President Eisenhower respond to the Little Rock crisis?
He placed the Arkansas National Guard under Federal control and sent 1000 paratroopers to watch over the 9 students.
9. Who was the president of SCLC?
Martin Luther King.
10. What was SCLC’s purpose?
SCLC's purpose was “to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of second-class citizenship.”
11. What did SNCC accomplish, and how?
SNCC accomplished getting the ugliness of racism televised. They did things called sit ins in which they would go to all white lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served. They were beaten and arrested, and these events were televised, which helped raise awareness.
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