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Module 5 Short Responses – Question 1
In the space below, specify which historical lens you'd like to use for this exercise.
For this exercise I'll be using the social lens.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 2
Next, formulate a research question about the civil rights movement (historical time
from 1954 – 1968), using the lens you've chosen.
During the Civil Rights Movement how did marches and protest contribute to the success of
the movement in the south?
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 3
First, go back and review the research question you developed in Step 1. For Step 2,
first name two different primary sources that you might use to answer that question. Be
as specific as you can. Your primary sources should be found using the Shapiro Library.
Beginning with Brown vs. the Board of Education and Rosa Parks in 1954 the civil rights
movement made headlines. I would use headlines and news paper articles from Newspaper
Archive.com. (I struggled finding primary sources for this in Shapiro Library)
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 4
Next, name two different secondary sources you could use to answer your research
question. Again, be as specific as you can. Your secondary sources should be found using
the Shapiro Library.
"The Legitimacy of Protest: Explaining White Southerners' Attitudes Toward the Civil Rights
Movement" Kenneth T. Andrews, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Kraig
Beyerlein, University of Notre Dame
Tuneka Tucker Farnum, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill pg. 1021
"The Thousand and One Little Actions Which Go to Make Up Life": Civil Rights
Photography and the Everyday. By: Wood, Sara, American Art, 10739300, Fall2018, Vol. 32,
Issue 3
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 5
Construct a thesis statement that provides an answer to the research question you posed
in Step 1. Base your response on the historical evidence that's been presented in this
course so far, as well as any research you may have done on your own.
The beginning of the Civil Rights Movement started with Brown vs. The Board of Education
in 1954 along with Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott. The South was extremely
resistant to change, but through the years the courts agreed and began to push for the change
necessary to push the Civil Rights Movement through to freedom.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 6
Name three specific historical events that can be considered contributory causes of the
passage of the Voting Rights Act. Briefly explain why you believe each of these events
contributed to the passage of the Act.
I believe that beginning in 1877 at the end of the Reconstruction is where the voting rights
movement started. The end of the Reconstruction led to no more policing of the polls and
created a loophole for the South to prevent African American's from voting. The next
contributory cause would be the election of President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. President
Johnson was a support of the Voting Rights Act. And lastly is Bloody Sunday, March 3rd,
1965 was a huge public cause. The whole nation saw the aftermath of a peaceful protest that
turned bloody and I believe that the nation wide coverage pushed the Voting Rights Act to
pass.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 7
Based on what you read about the passage of the Voting Rights Act on Page 1 of this
learning block, name one event that was part of the
course
of this bill's passage by
Congress.
The main push for the Voting Rights Acts was "Bloody Sunday". In 1965 President Johnson's
hand was pushed to make a decision and support the Voting Right's Act.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 8
Name three specific consequences caused by the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Three consequences caused by the Voting Rights Act were increased voter registration from
6.7% to 59.8% and more representation in Congress and other local offices. A negative
consequence was the gerrymandering to rig the election areas.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 9
One of these scholars relied heavily on evidence about the
substance
of today's political
debate. Which scholar was that? What sort of evidence did he use?
I believe Kennedy relied on evidence about the substance of today's political debate. He gives
examples about current divisiveness in our political debates such as abortion and gay
marriage. He argues also the point of historian David M. Potter saying "economic abundance
has proved to be a kind of preemptive emollient" that I understood as economically if we
were all in good or well standing, some of the harder debates ie: minimum wage wouldn't be
as difficult.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 10
One of these scholars relied heavily on evidence about the
political process
. Which
scholar was that? What sort of evidence did he use?
I believe Pildes relied on evidence about the political process. Pildes harps on the process of
government and political process throughout his paper. Under section III titled "History" he
discuss how the Voting Rights Act was a catalyst for parties to realign themselves along more
polarized lines, whereas Kennedy approached the situation from a view of culture and
differences of opinions.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 11
1.
What is the topic of this essay? Does the author make it clear in the introduction?
2.
What is the author's thesis?
3.
What kind of sources and evidence do you think the author will use to support
his thesis?
The author makes it clear that he is going to discuss the sit in and the impact it had. The
author's thesis is "this article will illustrate how a small, committed group of local high school
students and teachers played an integral, though overlooked, role in the civil rights
movement". He may support this with first-hand tellings of the day and the impact thereafter
on the Civil Rights Movement.
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