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CHAPTER 29
Democratic Ideals
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It is 1960, and you live in a Southern city. For decades,
African Americans in the South have endured racial
segregation. Now they are protesting against it—in spite of
the risk of being attacked. You must decide whether or not
you will participate in the protests and in what way.
How would you stop injustice in society?
• How far would you be willing to go to
help the protestors?
• In what ways, besides protesting, could
you help end segregation?
1954 The Supreme Court decides Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka.
1955 Montgomery bus boycott begins.
1957 Federal troops are sent to desegregate
Little Rock Central High School.
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1963 The March on Washington takes place. Kennedy
is assassinated and Johnson becomes president.
1964 Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
1965 Congress passes the Voting Rights Act.
1968 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is assassinated.
1970 La Raza Unida is founded.
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1972 Members of AIM occupy the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
1957 African nation of Ghana wins independence.
1962 African National Congress leader
Nelson Mandela is imprisoned.
1967 Civil War rages in Nigeria.
1971 India and Pakistan go to war.
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Main Idea
Changes after World War II helped African
Americans make progress in their struggle for
equality.
Why It Matters Now
The African-American struggle for equality
became a model for modern protest
movements.
What were important events of the early civil rights
movement? What did they challenge? What were the results?
Brown
v. Board
of Education
Montgomery
bus boycott
Early
Civil Rights
Movement
challenged
school
segregation
Little Rock
governor
sends troops
to prevent
integration
Supreme Court
rules bus
segregation
unconstitutional
sit-ins
Eisenhower
sends troops
to enforce
integration
college students
try to desegregate
lunch counters
• How did World War II help lead to the civil
rights movement?
• What role did Thurgood Marshall play in
challenging segregation?
• How did Martin Luther King, Jr., become a
well-known civil rights leader?
Contrasting
How did the tactics used by civil rights
protestors differ from the response of
many Southern whites?
Think About
• the Montgomery bus boycott
• the events in Little Rock
• the nature of sit-ins
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Main Idea
The civil rights movement led to the end of
legal segregation.
Why It Matters Now
African Americans still face discrimination but
now have more opportunities than before.
What important events of the civil rights movement
occurred between 1960 and 1968?
1960 Kennedy elected president
1961 CORE starts Freedom Rides
1963 March on Washington
1964 Civil Rights Act, Freedom Summer
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1965 Voter registration drive in Selma, Voting Rights Act
1966 SCLC protests in Chicago
1968 King assassinated
• Why did civil rights workers believe Birmingham
was a good place to protest?
• How did civil rights workers fight to improve
African-American voting rights?
• Why did the movement begin to break apart?
Making Inferences
Why do you think African Americans
placed so much importance on the right
to vote?
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Think About
• who and what they might want to vote for
• what they were willing to endure to win
voting rights
• how Southern whites kept them from voting
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Main Idea
The African-American struggle for equality
inspired other groups to fight for equality.
Why It Matters Now
Nonwhites and women continue to fight for
equality today.
What were important details about the Mexican-American,
Native American, and women’s struggle for equal rights?
Mexican Americans
Native Americans
Women
Founded La Raza
Unida to fight for
better wages,
education, and
housing
Issued Declaration
of Indian Purpose,
Self-Determination
Act of 1975
Published The
Feminine Mystique,
founded the
National
Organization for
Women
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• What was La Raza Unida and what did it do?
• What was the Declaration of Indian Purpose?
• How did Betty Friedan help to launch the
women’s liberation movement?
Analyzing Points of View
What were the different opinions about
the ERA?
Think About
• what NOW and other women’s groups would have
thought of it
• what Phyllis Schlafly thought of it
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS: READ AND TAKE NOTES
1 What factors helped to give strength to the demands of
the civil rights movement?
2 What were the immediate and long-term effects of
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
3 How did white people react to civil rights protests?
4 What factors made it difficult for Kennedy to act on civil
rights?
5 Why did Congress eventually pass civil rights legislation?
6 What effects did Johnson’s Great Society legislation
have?
7 How did farm workers participate in the civil rights
movement?
8 What challenges did Hispanics face in their civil rights
struggle?
9 Why did Native Americans protest U.S. government
policy?
10 What kinds of discrimination did women challenge
during the civil rights era?
Analyzing Causes
Causes
Events
NAACP lawyers challenge the
Plessy decision.
Brown v. Board of Education
of Topeka
Arrest of Parks and the anger of
African Americans in Montgomery
Montgomery bus boycott
Protests in Birmingham and March
on Washington increase pressure
for civil rights legislation.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Protests in Selma and problems
African Americans have registering
to vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Analyzing Causes
Causes
Events
Mexican Americans organize to
fight for rights.
La Raza Unida
Women want more opportunities in
American life.
Publication of The Feminine
Mystique by Betty Friedan
Native Americans seek protection
for their land and their traditional
cultures.
The federal government ends its
“termination policy.”
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