AP US History
Chapter 27 Reading Guide
Part A
Using the text, answer the following on a separate sheet of paper. Be detailed in your responses.
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What domestic and foreign policies did Kennedy support?
What major decisions did the Warren Court make in the 1950s and 1960s?
How did the Great Society address social issues of the time?
What methods were used by the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s?
What was Bloody Sunday and how did it impact the Civil Rights Movement?
What views did the New Left and counterculture groups of the 1960s hold?
How did the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X challenge the views of SCLC and Martin Luther King?
What specific actions did the National Organization of Women take to challenge traditional views of gender?
Why did some critics challenge the Great Society?
What problems did Mexican and Native Americans face in the 1960s?
Part B
Provide a brief definition of each of the following key terms and people.
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New Frontier
Great Society
March on Washington
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
New Left
Black Power Movement
Betty Friedan
Part C
Provide a detailed example from the chapter for each of the 7 APUSH Learning Objectives on a separate sheet of paper.
19. P (Politics and Power)
20. A (America in the World)
21. S (Social and Cultural
22. T (Technology, Work, and Exchange)
23. I (Identity)
24. M (Migration and Settlement)
25. E (Environment and Geography)