civil rights legislation. warm-up why do we have laws?
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Civil Rights Legislation
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Warm-up
•Why do we have laws?
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Can we have real change if laws do not change?
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Question 2: What was the goal of the Civil Rights movement?
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
• PROTECTS: African Americans– Made racial segregation illegal in public places• Ex. Schools, hotels, restaurants, theatres
– Required that federal money be taken away from any program that practiced discrimination.
• We are going to do a short reading to see the scope of the Civil Rights Act
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24th Amendment (1964)• Ended Poll Taxes in National Elections.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965• PROTECTS: African Americans– Outlawed literacy tests– Outlawed poll taxes
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Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act)
• It prevented discrimination in the buying, selling and renting of housing on the basis of race, color, religion and national origin
• It also gave three ways to enforce this law:• 1. the DOJ could file lawsuits• 2. complaints could be made to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development
• 3. Private citizens could bring up their own lawsuits.
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What were the goals of these pieces of legislation?
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Did Civil Rights Legislation get passed quickly or slowly?
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Cartoon Strip
• Use the worksheet to create a cartoon strip about civil rights legislation. Try to incorporate the goals of each piece of legislation.
• Include a 1 sentence description under each picture.
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Exit Slip
• Fill out the Exit Slip on the Front.
• On the back write 2 paragraphs on the following prompt: Pretend to be a citizen in the 1960s as these acts were being passed. Describe each of the four pieces of legislation and then write 1 paragraph describing which of the 4 pieces of legislation was most important in changing their life and why