Marche groups
Activity 1: Understand the initial actions of the
Civil Rights Movement
Use the information in the text to answer questions 1 to 3.
1 Examine why the Civil Rights Movement was necessary in the US. (3X2) (6)
2 Read the information on the Constitution of the USA and Source A and
explain why the Constitution played an important role in the Civil Rights
Movement's ability to gain support and to fight for justice.
(4x1) (4)
Explain how the court case, Brown versus the Board of Education of
Topeka, illustrates the strength and weakness of the Constitution as a
guarantor of human rights.
(2x2) (4)
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Illustythe strengths and weaknesses if the constitution as a guarantor of human right of the court case brown versus the board of education in Topeka

In the decision for dred scott vs.sanford, (1857) in which a slave petitioned for his freedom in a st. louis court, on the grounds that his owner had taken him into free territory, and thus he ought no longer be regarded as possessing "slave" status, but should be regarded as a free man, the court decided as follows (excerpt): "in the circuit courts of the united states, the record must show that the case is one in which by the constitution and laws of the united states, the court had jurisdiction--and if this does not appear, and the court gives judgment either for plaintiff or defendant, it is error, and the judgment must be reversed by this court--and the parties cannot by consent waive the objection to the jurisdiction of the circuit court. a free negro of the african race, whose ancestors were brought to this country and sold as slaves, is not a 'citizen' within the meaning of the constitution of the united states. when the constitution was adopted, they were not regarded in any of the states as members of the community which constituted the state, and were not numbered among its 'people or citizen.' consequently, the special rights and immunities guarantied to citizens do not apply to them. and not being "citizens" within the meaning of the constitution, they are not entitled to sue in that character in a court of the united states, and the circuit court has not jurisdiction in such a suit. the only two clauses in the constitution which point to this race, treat them as persons whom it was morally lawful to deal in as articles of property and to hold as slaves. since the adoption of the constitution of the united states, no state can by any subsequent law make a foreigner or any other description of persons citizens of the united states, nor entitle them to the rights and privileges secured to citizens by that instrument." why does the court say that the petitioning party in this case had no right to sue for his freedom? a) because he is too young b) because he is from a different state c) because he is "of the african race" with enslaved ancestors d) because he is, properly speaking, within his owner's jurisdiction

How did the united states obtained the purchase of floridia to extand its frontiers to the pacific ocean

Which describes what happened when anne hutchinson questioned the teachings of puritan leaders?