Civil+Movement+Tweets

**Tweet** – //** Plessey overturned by SC, separate is not equal, schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”, bye bye Jim Crow? Will be some opposition! #morechangecoming **//
 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important?**

(that’s 140 characters with a hashtag and a pic … and a pretty complete tweet!)

Getting started -


 * Define "Civil Rights" -**
 * Tweet ** – civil rights protect individuals and allow them to keep having freedom.
 * 1) blacksweren'tprotected


 * Define "Civil Liberties" -**
 * Tweet ** –civil liberties protect an individual from a specific law like not allowing people to have slaves
 * 1) verygood

**Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement**

**What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813)** **Tweet** – People began realizing that racism was bad from learning about the holocaust and Adolf Hitler
 * 1) abouttime


 * What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video) **

**Tweet** –All the blacks were asked to stay off the buses for a day for the Montgomery bus boycott.
 * 1) putittotheman

**What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?** ** (CA 816, video) ** **Tweet** – The blacks ended up being able to ride were ever they wanted to on the bus.
 * 1) nomorerosaparks
 * 2) YOLO

**What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817, **Watch the Video ** ) ** **Tweet** –Nine colored students enrolled in Central High School but the governor of OK send national guards and they did not let them in the school.
 * 1) unconstitutional

**What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South?** ** (CA 816) ** **Tweet** –It was groups of whites that would join together and they were anti desegregation, they were called White Citizens Council.
 * 1) racistagain

**What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event?** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** –Four African American sat in desegregated lunch room. Than a bunch of people over the south St

**Provide a tweet describing SNCC.** ** (CA 817) ** **Tweet** –this increased change in the 1960s and lowed racism
 * 1) swag


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

**What happened on the Freedom Rides?** ** (CA 818, video) ** **Tweet –Civil war activates would take bus rides for long distances to show anti racism. ** **#longride **

** Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( ** [|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video] ** ) ** **Tweet** – They start having children be in the marches to show it affects everyone. #bravechild

**Tweet** – People started looking at them and there was some fights, but other than that it was good.
 * What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? **** (CA 819-820, video) **
 * 1) goodinlongrun

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?** ** (CA 820, video) ** ** Tweet ** – It really showed all the people with power that they need to have more rights and that treating them like this was unconstitutional.
 * 1) dcbound

**What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964?** ** (CA 820) ** ** Tweet ** – It outlawed major discrimination towards the blacks and woman and was a huge step in civil war movement.
 * 1) voicebeingheard

**What was Freedom Summer?** ** (CA 821, ** [|Freedom Summer], video ** ) ** **Tweet** – People in Mississippi getting the right for having black people being able to vote and get there voice heard.
 * 1) everyvotecounts

**Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965** ** (CA 821) **

**Tweet** – They finally were able to be able to vote, know there will be more close races.
 * 1) abouttime

**Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video)**

**Tweet** –Long march with violence but in the long run it was something that they had to do to get away from racism.
 * 1) longwalk

** Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( ** [|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL] ** ) **

**Tweet** –Johnson than created something called the Great Society which will help blacks with there movements.
 * 1) thankyoupresident

**Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement?** ** (CA 822) **

**Tweet** – He made sure there would be no violence as long as it was peaceful and they could go where ever they want.
 * 1) aintnothinglikefreedom

**Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822,** [|Chicago Freedom Movement] **).**

**Tweet** – Chicago wasn't as racist as other southern cities but there was still Freedom Movements and people started to listen which influenced the south.

**How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s?** ** (CA 822-823) **

**Tweet** – Its way better than it used to be, blacks are starting to get respected and they are being treated way bteer.
 * 1) almostdone


 * Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. **** (CA 822, **[|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X]** ) **

**Tweet** –Malcolm X said that we shouldn't be violent, but if they come at us we can fight with them because of self defense.
 * 1) warrior


 * What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( **[|The Black Panther Party]** ) **

**Tweet** – They were black males that were trying to get rights but they weren't as peaceful as others, they were more do it any way we can.
 * 1) bravemen