Section 17 Civil rights and social movements in the Americas

This section focuses on the origins, nature, challenges and achievements of civil rights movements after 1945. Movements represented the attempts to achieve equality for groups that were not recognized or accepted as full members of society. The groups challenged established authority and entrenched attitudes.  Native Americans and civil rights: Latin America, the United States and Canada  African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement: origins, tactics and organizations; the US Supreme court and legal challenges to segregation in education; ending of the segregation in the South (1955-65)  Role of Dr Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights Movement; the rise of radical African American activism (1965-8): Black Panthers; Black Muslims; Black Power and Malcolm X  Role of governments in civil rights movements in the Americas  Youth culture and protests of the 1960s and 1970s: characteristics and manifestation of a counterculture  Feminist movements in the Americas

1. To what extent can Martin Luther King be said to have achieved his goals in the Civil Rights movement? (M12)

2. Compare and contrast the impact of the Feminist movements in two countries of the Americas after 1945. (M12)

3. Compare and contrast the tactics used by two organizations within the Civil Rights Movement to end segregation in the South between 1955 and 1965. (N12)

4. Assess the success of feminist movements in one country in the Americas. (N12)

5. Evaluate the successes and failures of the feminist movement in one country of the region during the period 1945–1979. (M13)

6. How successful were United States governmental institutions in advancing civil rights for African Americans after 1945? (M13)

7. “Dr Martin Luther King was the most influential leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? (N13)

8. With reference to one nation in the Americas, explain the impact of the youth culture of the 1960s and 1970s. (N13)

9. “The rise of radical African American activism (1965–1968) damaged the efforts of Dr Martin Luther King to achieve racial equality in the United States.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? (M14)

10. Analyse the reasons for, and the impact of, the youth protests of the 1960s and 1970s in one country of the Americas. (M14)

11. Examine the reasons for, and the success of, Native Americans’ (indigenous people’s) increased demand for civil rights in one country of the Americas after 1945. (N14)

12. To what extent was the Civil Rights Movement successful in ending segregation in the South between 1955 and 1965? (N14)

13. Evaluate the contrbutions of either Dr. Martin Luther King or Malcolm X to the Civil Rights movement. (M15)

14. Examine the extent to which native peoples of one country of the Americas advanced their civil rights after 1945. (M15)

15. With reference to two countries of the region, to what extent did their countries contribute to the progress of civil rights after 1945? (N15)

16. With reference to one or more countries in the Americas, discuss the challenges faced by feminist movements after 1945 (N15)

17. Evaluate the tactics used to support Civil Rights for African Americans in the US up to 1968. (M16)

18. Evaluate the achievements of feminist movements in the Americas after 1945. (M16)

19. Evaluate the reasons for the emergence and development of radical African American activism in the 1960s and 1970s. (N16)

20. Evaluate the factors that led to the emergence of a counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s in the Americas. (N16)

21. Evaluate the impact of the US Supreme Court decisions on ending segregation in education between 1955 and 1965. (sample)

22. Examine the reasons for the rise of feminist movements in the Americas post-1945. (sample)

23. “While the US national government attempted to advance civil rights for African Americans, state and local governments resisted change.” Discuss. (M17)

24. To what extent did Cesar Chavez advance the civil rights of Hispanic Americans in the United States after 1945? (M17)

25. To what extent did indigenous peoples in the Americas achieve their civil rights in the period after 1945? (N17)

26. Discuss the importance of US Supreme Court rulings in advancing the civil rights movement up to 1980. (N17)