PPT-THE AMERICAN INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

A Case Study in Civil Society Protest CHANGING AMERICAN INDIAN POLICY Open warfare followed by treatymaking beginning in 1778 Forced removal of Eastern Indians to west of the Mississippi River the Indian Removal Act of 1830 the Trail of Tears beginning in 1831. By . Sarah . Lyczkowski. Overview of the Police’s involvement during the CRM. The police had a big responsibility during the Civil Rights Movement. Many people wanted segregation and when it came to activists fighting for equality and leading marches, the police were the ones who responded to protests. Many of the police officers responded violently and used excessive force but some would try a nonviolent approach. Some policemen would arrest activists in order to avoid violence. . -Suffered greatest drop in population. -Eradication of many languages and cultural customs. -Were the last group of people to earn the right to vote as citizens in the US 1925. 2000 CENSUS. 1.5% of U.S. population. US History. . (Reconstruction to the Present) . Study for End of Course Exam. Topics 8-11 . K. Gonzalez. Topics . 19-23 . are due at the end of the period on . Tuesday . 12/3. Standard:. B.6 . Analyze the development of voting and civil rights for all groups in the United States following . Bull Connor and the Civil Rights Movement - Alabama. Civil Rights. Medger Evers. Rosa Parks. Malcolm X. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Cesar Chavez - UFW. Dolores Huerta - UFW. Gloria Steinem. Russell Means - AIM. Mexican-American and Native American History. Plessy. . v. . Ferguson’s impact. The “separate but equal” ruling of . Plessy. . v. . Ferguson applied to all races, not just African Americans. In Texas and the Southwest, racial segregation widely targeted Mexican-Americans. 11.10.5 . Summarize the . diffusion . (spread) of the civil rights movement in the rural South and the urban North. Rapid Review. Discuss . MLK’s. strategy to obtain civil rights. Black Muslims supported this leader. Who?. What was the Civil Rights Movement?. civil rights movement. The . civil. rights . movement. can be defined as a mass popular . movement. to secure for African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. Although the roots of the . 1950-1975. Red Scare, Mass Culture, Civil Rights and Social Movements. The Red Scare . ‘Round Two’. Background information: . Influenced by the First Red Scare (1917-20). Communist party in the US grows (peak of about 75,000 in 1940-41). Red Scare, Mass Culture, Civil Rights and Social Movements. The Red Scare . ‘Round Two’. Background information: . Influenced by the First Red Scare (1917-20). Communist party in the US grows (peak of about 75,000 in 1940-41). The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. The “Civil Rights Movement” we know…. Montgomery Bus Boycott-1955. Montgomery Alabama. Rosa Parks, Dr. King. Lunch Counter Sit- Ins-1960. Chapter 30: A time of Social Change. MAIN IDEA: In the 1960s women and Native Americans struggled to achieve social justice.. Chapter 30 Section 1: Women and Native Americans Fight For Change. Revival of the Women’s Movement. - The goals were to:. desegregate schools, restaurants, buses and other public accommodations . to freely exercise the right to vote; . and to win protection against intimidation, harassment and violence — in general, to gain full and equal rights for African Americans. BILL CLINTON, 1993-2001. DOMESTIC POLICY. . *Cut Federal spending, raised taxes on wealthy. *Proposed health care reform; failed to pass. *CONTRACT WITH AMERICA—Newt Gingrich proposes. smaller government/ more responsible to people. 1 The Civil Rights Movement We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write it in the books of law. ~ President Lyndon Johnson