Read And Answer The Following Questions:
read chapter 3
Please answer the following questions in complete sentences.
- What tactics did southern cities and states use to disenfranchise African American voters?
- Who was Fannie Lou Hamer?
- Describe the tactics of non-violent, direct action employed by participants in the civil rights movement.
- Describe what happened to Emmett Till.
- What happened to Charlie Lang and Ernest Green?
- Which incident sparked the Montgomery bus boycott?
- Freedom summer: who, what, why, when, where?
- According to the chart on page 101, which states have closed the voting gap between black and white voting patterns?
- What was the key organization of the civil rights struggle? [hint: NOT the NAACP]
- Which California island did 10,000 – 15,000 Native Americans Occupy. In what year? Why?
- Summarize the eulogy that Cesar Chavez delivered at the funeral of Rufino Contreras. What happened to Rufino? Why?
- In what year did Arab Americans begin arriving in the U.S. in significant numbers?
- Define at least 3 “coded” terms politicians use instead of race.
- While Latino voters’ numbers are growing, name the three factors that complicate the issue.
- Describe the process of gerrymandering and how it has been used to dilute the vote of nonwhite communities.
- Historically, which of the two major political parties has gerrymandering helped the most?
- What is the threat hypothesis?
- What is the goal of the organization, True the Vote?
- Describe two of the modern day tactics of voter intimidation.
- Describe the incident that some have argued caused Michael Dukakis to lose the presidential election of 1988. Who won that election?