Civil Rights in the USA, 1863-1980Heinemann, 2001 - 332 páginas A study of civil rights in the USA. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the margin, and summary boxes to help students assimilate the information. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level examination by concentrating on analysis and historians' interpretations of the material covered in the AS section. There are practice questions and hints and tips on what makes a good answer. |
Contenido
CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE USA 18631968 | 1 |
America land of the free? | 4 |
Towards a kind of freedom 186377 | 21 |
Race relations and civil rights 18771917 | 49 |
The interwar years 192041 | 72 |
The Second World War and civil rights | 98 |
Postwar changes and the Civil Rights Movement | 107 |
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the emergence of Martin Luther King 19556 | 118 |
The achievements of the Civil Rights Movement | 177 |
AS Assessment | 187 |
CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE USA 18631980 | 196 |
The politics of freedom and equality | 213 |
The struggle for black civil rights 18651968 | 241 |
The rights of labour | 277 |
1 | 278 |
4 | 279 |
Further protests in the south | 128 |
Success for the Civil Rights Movement 19635 | 141 |
Changes in the Civil Rights Movement 19656 | 155 |
The origins nature and effects of Black Power | 163 |
Términos y frases comunes
achieved action ADVANCED HISTORY KEY African African-Americans Alabama areas became Birmingham black civil rights black community Black Power campaign cent cities Civil Rights Act Civil Rights Movement Congress Democrats desegregation discrimination economic election emancipation employment federal government freedmen freedom and equality Freedom Rides ghettos groups HEINEMANN ADVANCED HISTORY HISTORY ADVANCED housing immigrants Indian industry issues Johnson Kennedy KEY PERSON KEY TERM King's Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan labour land large numbers leaders legislation Lincoln major Malcolm Malcolm X March on Washington Martin Luther King militant million Mississippi Montgomery Montgomery Bus Boycott NAACP National Native Americans Negro nineteenth century Nixon non-violent northern organisations Party population poverty President presidential protest race racial racist Republican Roosevelt schools SCLC segregation Selma significant sit-ins slavery SNCC social southern success Supreme Court trade unions violence voters Voting Rights W. E. B. Du Bois white Americans women workers
Referencias a este libro
The United States, 1763–2001 Tim Clancey,John Spiller,Simon Mosley,Stephen Young Vista previa limitada - 2004 |