CRM+Tweets


 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important?**
 * Tweet ** – **// Plessey overturned by SC, separate is not equal, schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”, should lead 2 more – bye bye Jim Crow? Will be some opposition! //** (that’s 138 characters … and a pretty complete tweet!)


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

More Americans saw racism as evil. War made African-Americans more determined to win equality at home. Gained resources to help fight.
 * What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813) **
 * Tweet ** –


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


 * Tweet ** – Rosa Parks, tired, didn't give up her seat for a white. She Was Arrested . Blacks boycotted, they didnt ride the bus anymore. Buses became integrated.

Segregation of Montgomery buses. And the founding of the SCLC
 * What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? ** **(CA 816, video) **
 * Tweet ** –

Nine African-American students enroll at a newly integrated school. They were told to leave by Nat. Guard troops sent by the Gov. Dwight admitted the 9 children into the school.
 * What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event? (CA 817)**
 * Tweet ** –


 * What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South? ** **(CA 816) **
 * Tweet ** – The oppposition of whites to desegregation is called massive resistance. it was effective in delaying desegregation.


 * What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event? ** **(CA 817) **
 * Tweet ** – 4 black college srudents staged a sit-in at a local diner, because they couldn't be served there. more people followed and eventually there were sit-ins across the south.


 * Provide a tweet describing SNCC. ** **(CA 817) **
 * Tweet ** – Student nonviolent coordinating commitee, was an organization for young people to protest.


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


 * What happened on the Freedom Rides? ** **(CA 818, video) **
 * Tweet – They were brutally beaten when they reached Montgomery, Alabama by segregationists. **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( **[|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video]**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – SCLC recruited children for marches. Police used dogs and fire hoses on the kids.

Led white leaders to desegregate luch counters, remove segregation signs, and employ more blacks.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ****<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 819-820, video) **
 * Tweet ** –

the march united many groups that called for passage of civil rights laws.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the impact of the March on Washington? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 820, video) **
 * Tweet ** –


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 820) **
 * Tweet ** – It made segregation illegal throughput the united states.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was Freedom Summer? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 821, **[|Freedom Summer], video**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – brought northern college students to Mississippi to work with SNCC organizers, a group that made a voter-registration drive.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 821) **
 * Tweet ** –Banned bogus literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video) **
 * Tweet ** – a nonviolent march from one city to another. gave support to president Johnson's legislation.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( **[|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL]**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – U.S. Congress will pass the [|Voting Rights Act of 1965], and end racist voting acts.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 822) **
 * Tweet ** – helped the desenfranchised, the poor, and the elderly. to ensure equal opportunity and aid in america.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822, ** [|Chicago Freedom Movement]**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">). **
 * Tweet ** – The impact was protests in chicago but later turned to riots that spread nationwide.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 822-823) **
 * Tweet ** – Some began to reject nonviolence and cooperation, the saying "black power" arises, and the nation of Islam encouraged the separation from whites.

is different from king's non-violent civil rights movement.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. (CA 822,** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X]**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">\ **
 * Tweet ** – black pride, self-sufficiency, and self-defense


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( **[|The Black Panther Party]**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – thoroughly watches police actions in the black community, serves the poor and needy, and publishes a newspaper


 * EXAMPLE TWEET – Why was Brown v. Board important?**
 * Tweet ** – **// Plessey overturned by SC, separate is not equal, schools must desegregate “with all deliberate speed”, should lead 2 more – bye bye Jim Crow? Will be some opposition! //** (that’s 138 characters … and a pretty complete tweet!)


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">Section 1 – Origins of the Civil Rights Movement **

More Americans saw racism as evil. War made African-Americans more determined to win equality at home. Gained resources to help fight.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What "changes" were making the efforts of African Americans more successful than ever? (CA 813) **
 * Tweet ** –


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What happened with the buses in Montgomery in 1955? (CA 815, video) **


 * Tweet ** – Rosa Parks, tired, didn't give up her seat for a white. She Was Arrested . Blacks boycotted, they didnt ride the bus anymore. Buses became integrated.

Segregation of Montgomery buses. And the founding of the SCLC
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the impact of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 816, video) **
 * Tweet ** –

Nine African-American students enroll at a newly integrated school. They were told to leave by Nat. Guard troops sent by the Gov. Dwight admitted the 9 children into the school.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What happened in Little Rock in 1957, and what were the results of this event? (CA 817)**
 * Tweet ** –


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the "massive resistance" that developed in the South? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 816) **
 * Tweet ** – The oppposition of whites to desegregation is called massive resistance. it was effective in delaying desegregation.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What happened in Greensboro in 1960, and what were the results of this event? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 817) **
 * Tweet ** – 4 black college srudents staged a sit-in at a local diner, because they couldn't be served there. more people followed and eventually there were sit-ins across the south.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Provide a tweet describing SNCC. ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 817) **
 * Tweet ** – Student nonviolent coordinating commitee, was an organization for young people to protest.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">Section 2 – Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights **


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What happened on the Freedom Rides? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 818, video) **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet – They were brutally beaten when they reached Montgomery, Alabama by segregationists. **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Can you describe the "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham? ( **[|Project "C" in Birmingham], [|video]**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – SCLC recruited children for marches. Police used dogs and fire hoses on the kids.

Led white leaders to desegregate luch counters, remove segregation signs, and employ more blacks.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the impact of the Birmingham Protests in 1963? ****<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 819-820, video) **
 * Tweet ** –

the march united many groups that called for passage of civil rights laws.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the impact of the March on Washington? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 820, video) **
 * Tweet ** –


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was the deal with the Civil Rights Act of 1964? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 820) **
 * Tweet ** – It made segregation illegal throughput the united states.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What was Freedom Summer? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 821, **[|Freedom Summer], video**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – brought northern college students to Mississippi to work with SNCC organizers, a group that made a voter-registration drive.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 821) **
 * Tweet ** –Banned bogus literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Provide a tweet describing the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. ([|video], video) **
 * Tweet ** – a nonviolent march from one city to another. gave support to president Johnson's legislation.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Describe what President Johnson did as a result of the Selma march. ( **[|The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL]**<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – U.S. Congress will pass the [|Voting Rights Act of 1965], and end racist voting acts.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about Johnson’s Great Society – how will it help the Movement? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 822) **
 * Tweet ** – helped the desenfranchised, the poor, and the elderly. to ensure equal opportunity and aid in america.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about the impact of the movement in the North, especially Chicago, in the later 1960s (CA 822, ** [|Chicago Freedom Movement]**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">). **
 * Tweet ** – The impact was protests in chicago but later turned to riots that spread nationwide.


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How is the Movement dividing in the later years of the 60s? ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">(CA 822-823) **
 * Tweet ** – Some began to reject nonviolence and cooperation, the saying "black power" arises, and the nation of Islam encouraged the separation from whites.

is different from king's non-violent civil rights movement.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tweet about the ideas of Malcolm X. (CA 822,** [|The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X]**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">\ **
 * Tweet ** – black pride, self-sufficiency, and self-defense


 * <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What is the story with the Black Panthers? ( **[|The Black Panther Party]**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">) **
 * Tweet ** – thoroughly watches police actions in the black community, serves the poor and needy, and publishes a newspaper