CP Level Homework
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HW # 1 Origins of the Movement (10 points)
- Read the text Chapter 16.1, pages 684-690.
- Identify the following items for their Significance to the Civil Rights Movement AND/OR what these items established.
- Jim Crow Laws
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Little Rock
- Please identify AND EXPLAIN WHY which way of protesting injustice (c., d., or e. above) was most effective.
HW # 2: Reform & The Great Society (10 points)
- Read the text Chapter 16.3, pages 713-718, stopping at The Impact of the Warren Court.
- Who/What group of people did President Johnson’s Great Society aim to help in America?
- What areas of reform did Johnson believe could bring about a Great Society? In a way, he wanted to “make America great.” How did he think that could be achieved?
- Define the following:
- Medicare
- Medicaid
HW # 3: A Changing Approach (10 points)
- Read the text Chapter 16.3, pages 698-706.
- Identify the following items for their Significance to the Civil Rights Movement AND/OR what these items established.
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Malcolm X
- Black Power
- Black Panthers
- Explain what Affirmative Action is and explain the reasoning behind this idea.