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11.78 Civil Rights Movement Law, Protest, and Voting Rights Worksheet

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Civil Rights Movement: Law, Protest, and Voting Rights: Select the court case, organization, tactic, law, or source interpretation that best explains school desegregation, direct action, federal intervention, and voting rights. Aligned to Broad national and selected state U.S. History alignment: C3 Framework; CCSS Literacy in History/Social Studies 11-12; AP U.S. History; NAEP U.S. History; selected CA, NY, MA, FL, and TX frameworks where applicable. 11.78 - Civil Rights Movement: Law, Protest, and Voting Rights: Select the court case, organization, tactic, law, or source interpretation that best explains school desegregation, direct action, federal intervention, and voting rights. (C3 D2.Civ.7-12.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.6, RH.11-12.9; APUSH Period 8; NAEP Themes 1-2; CA HSS 11.10; NY 11.10; FL SS.912.A.7; TEKS 113.41(c)(9).)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which synthesis best captures this civil rights skill?

ACivil rights change came only from one court case and required no activism or enforcement

BVoting rights were unrelated to school desegregation and direct action

CFederal law consistently supported segregation after Brown

DThe movement combined litigation, organizations, nonviolent direct action, federal intervention, and voting-rights laws to challenge segregation and disfranchisement

Solution & Explanation:The skill requires connecting court cases, groups, protest tactics, laws, and source interpretation rather than treating civil rights change as a single event.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

A state closes public schools rather than integrate them. Which concept best explains this response?

AOpen housing enforcement

BFreedom Ride compliance

CMassive resistance to school desegregation

DPreclearance under the Voting Rights Act

Solution & Explanation:Closing schools to avoid integration was one form of massive resistance to Brown and desegregation orders.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Which evidence best shows the federal government moving from limited voting-rights enforcement to more active oversight?

AThe Civil Rights Act of 1957 eliminating every barrier immediately

BThe Voting Rights Act's use of federal examiners and preclearance in covered jurisdictions

CThe Brown decision creating federal voter-registration offices

DThe Southern Manifesto requiring federal approval of election rules

Solution & Explanation:Federal examiners and preclearance represented a more active federal role in preventing discriminatory voting practices.

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