Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Topic 2

The Black Panthers

1) What were some of the most important of the 10 Points in the Panther's program?
2) What were the reasons for the arrests of Black Panthers in 1967?
3) Are the Black Panthers and Nat Turner's rebellions mostly similar or different? In what important ways?
4) By the end of 1969, how many children every day were fed through the efforts of the Black Panthers?
5) What happened to Fred Hampton in 1969? How many shots were fired and by whom?
6) What is the source for most of the references used by the KKK to argue for raciqal separation?
7) How did the Black Panthers' see Democracy in America? Do you think this is reasonable and logical? Explain.
Common Questions: Focus on the armed demonstration at the California state capital.


1) Who was the group?
2) Where were they from?
3) What was their motivation? (cause?)

4) What did they do? (the Act?)
5) What happened immediately? (the result of the Act?) (# of deaths or casualties or type of damage)
6) What, if any, were the long-term outcomes of the Act?
7) Did the end justify the means? (did the outcome make the act okay?)
8) Do you believe this was an act of terrorism or a fight for freedom? 



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