Thursday, April 28, 2011

Topic 11 Study Guide

United States History
Mr. Michael Meechin
Formative Assessment Topic.11 Study Concepts

The following concepts will be on the Topic.11 Formative Assessment. It is the student’s responsibility to prepare for this assessment. Information could come from in class activities, discussion and readings.

For your benefit the definition of concept has been provided below:
con·cept [kon-sept] –noun
1. a general notion or idea; conception.
2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct.

MLK and Civil Disobedience
Power of the “Mob”
Plessy v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Goals
Eisenhower’s Role in Little Rock
Rights of the Accused Brown v. Board of Education
Chavez and the United Farm Workers
FHA and ADA
Purpose of Filibusters
Sit-Ins and Other Protests