SOL Prep

The United States since World War II

Virginia SOL VUS.16

Analyze the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Movement.

Study VUS.16 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 11 - Virginia and United States History

What students need to be able to do

  • Analyze the origins of the Civil Rights Movement, the effects of segregation, and efforts to desegregate schools, transportation, and public areas.
  • Evaluate and explain the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision and Virginia's response of Massive Resistance.
  • Evaluate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., including "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail," civil disobedience, the SCLC, the "I Have a Dream" speech, and his assassination.
  • Analyze key events of the Civil Rights Movement, including the murder of Emmett Till, bus boycotts, Little Rock Central High School desegregation, Greensboro sit-ins, Freedom Rides, Birmingham demonstrations, the 1963 March on Washington, Freedom Summer, and Selma to Montgomery Marches.
  • Explain how the tenets of the NAACP, the 1963 March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had an effect on all Americans.
  • Analyze the effect of the Black Power Movement.