Warm-up:
1. What new protections did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 offer?
2. What groups were covered by this law?
3. What types of voting restrictions might have been outlawed by the Voting Rights Act?
4. What would the federal government do in cases in which the states continued to discriminate?
5. Why were these laws necessary despite the previous existence of the 14th and 15th amendments?
2. What groups were covered by this law?
3. What types of voting restrictions might have been outlawed by the Voting Rights Act?
4. What would the federal government do in cases in which the states continued to discriminate?
5. Why were these laws necessary despite the previous existence of the 14th and 15th amendments?
Objective:
SWBAT understand the connection between the Civil Rights Movement and the Disability Rights Movement.