IB History of the Americas
Mrs. Holloway
Civil Rights Movements Study Guide
This is a study guide that you will be using next year. You need to be as detailed as possible with the
information, while it is all fresh in your mind. I would use references to the book as much as possible as it will be
a resource you have direct access to. (I would make sure you site your pages.)
Chapter 1: (The important information about the revolution. This is where you take what we’ve talked about,
presentations, John Lewis info and class discussions and apply it to this chapter. This should be where the BULK
of your information is gathered.)
Native Americans and civil rights: Brief description of the Who, What, Why, When and How.
Latin America:
The United States:
Canada:
African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement:
Origins
Tactics
Organizations
The US Supreme Court and legal challenges to segregation in education
Powell v Alabama
Plessy v Ferguson
Brown v Board of Ed
Ending Segregation in the South
CORE
SCLC
SNCC
Emmett Till
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Little Rock Nine
University of Alabama
Vivian Malone
James A Hood
University of Mississippi – Mississippi Riot
James Meredith
Freedom Riders
Freedom Summer
Roles of:
Dr. Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael
Huey Newton & Bobby Seale
Black Panthers
Black Muslims
Black Power
Role of government in civil rights movements in the Americas
Youth culture (Characteristics and Manifestations of:
counter culture
anti-war
characteristics
Chapter 2: DO NOT USE PEOPLE FROM CHAPTER ONE
Cause of movements:
Political: 2 people, 2 events and 2 issues
Social: 2 people, 2 events and 2 issues
Economic: 2 people, 2 events and 2 issues
Chapter 3:
Practices of the movements:
These are the practices used during the movement. How did they fight? What tactics did they
use? Where were they success or unsuccessful in these tactics.
Chapter 4:
Effects
People (Do not use the same people from Chapter 2)
Key Dates
Key Battles
Historical Perspectives
Short term
Long term
Immediate
2 Influential Quotes:
Chapter 5: Past Essay Questions and Paper Outline
Part I: Find five previous IB civil right movement questions.
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Part II: Of the five above questions, choose one and complete TEARL essay below. Please follow the
outline.
Chosen Questions:
Write a thesis statement
Para 1: Topic
Evidence
Analyze
Evidence
Analyze
Relevance
Link it to the thesis
Para 2: Topic
Evidence
Analyze
Evidence
Analyze
Relevance
Link it to the thesis
Para 3: Topic
Evidence
Analyze
Evidence
Analyze
Relevance
Link it to the thesis
Conclusion statement is your thesis restated without restating exactly what your thesis states.