Mississippi FREEDOM SUMMER-

Use the information in the PowerPoint presentation to answer the questions below

1. This lesson focuses on US History standard _____________. –Students will analyze the development of federal ___________________________________________________________.

1. List two of the things that you “need to know”

         1.___________________________________________________________________________

         2.___________________________________________________________________________

1. The Civil Rights Movement was an effort to fulfill the promises and expectations of _______________________________________________________________________________

1. What was Freedom Summer? ______________________________________________________

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1. What was the goal of Freedom Summer? _____________________________________________

1. The Freedom Summer campaign was organized by _____________________________________

1. Mississippi was the ____________________ state in the nation.   How many non-white families lived below the poverty line in Mississippi in the early 1960’s? ___________________.           

1. What tactics did they use to keep blacks from voting in the South? ______________________________________________________________________________

1. The SNCC started workshops to teach black youth methods of _____________________________________________________________________________.

1. What does CORE stand for? _______________________________________________________

1. Whose teachings of nonviolent resistance influenced CORE? _____________________________

1. What does NAACP stand for? ______________________________________________________

1. What case is the NAACP famous for? ________________________________________________

1. What did the decision in that court case accomplish?_____________________________________

1. What does SNCC stand for? ________________________________________________________

1. What was the SNCC dedicated to accomplishing? ______________________________________

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1. Who did SNCC recruit to help with Freedom Summer? __________________________________

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1. SNCC recruited these people to create ______________________________________ and organize _______________________________________________________________________
2. What does SCLC stand for? ________________________________________________________

1. Who was the leader of the SCLC? ___________________________________________________

1. What were the Freedom Schools designed to do? _______________________________________

1. There were _____________ functioning freedom schools, with _____________ students enrolled.

1. What does MFDP stand for? _______________________________________________________

1. The MFDP wanted to challenge_________________________________________________ and

______________________________________________________________________________.

1. Fannie Lou Hamer _______________ the MFDP in the hearing to _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________.

26. The 1964 Civil Rights Act did the following (name 2)

      1._____________________________________________________________________________

      2._____________________________________________________________________________

27. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed by ___________________________________________.

28. The Voting Rights Act banned ______________________________________________________

      _______________________________________________________________________________

1. During Freedom Summer ________ black homes and _________ black churches were 

______________________________________ and ___________ volunteers were beaten.  

1. Who were the three volunteers that were murdered as a result of a conspiracy between police and the KKK? _____________________________________________________________________

1. Would you have volunteered to help with Freedom Summer? _______________________  explain why or why not-___________________________________________________________

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1. Was the goal of Freedom Summer reached? ___________ explain- _________________________

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Choose 1 of the pictures and write a “caption” as well as a brief description and your feelings on the picture.

1. caption: _______________________________________________________________________

description:_____________________________________________________________________

                   _____________________________________________________________________

feelings: _______________________________________________________________________