HIS 200 Short Answers Module 5
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Module 5 Short Responses – Question 1
In the space below, specify which historical lens you'd like to use for this exercise.
For this learning block, I will focus on the historical political lens as it relates to the Civil
Rights Movement.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 2
Next, formulate a research question about the civil rights movement (historical time
from 1954 – 1968), using the lens you've chosen.
After ratifying the 15th Amendment, the southern states continued their practice of
disenfranchising African Americans. How did the southern states eventually eliminate these
practices, and what policies were implemented to help stop them?
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 3
First, go back and review the research question you developed in Step 1. For Step 2,
first name two different primary sources that you might use to answer that question. Be
as specific as you can. Your primary sources should be found using the Shapiro Library.
One primary source I can use to help answer my research question is a telegram from James
Weldon Johnson regarding the disfranchisement of black voters. A secondary primary source
is an excerpt from The Voting Rights Act of 1965 found in the Digital Public Library of
America via The Shapiro Library.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 4
Next, name two different secondary sources you could use to answer your research
question. Again, be as specific as you can. Your secondary sources should be found using
the Shapiro Library.
A secondary source I could use for my paper is Enfranchisement and Incarceration after the
1965 Voting Rights Act. This source was found on EBSCOHost via The Shapiro Library.
Another secondary source I would utilize is Voting Rights of 1965 from Gale U.S. History
Online Collection.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 5
Construct a thesis statement that provides an answer to the research question you posed
in Step 1. Base your response on the historical evidence that's been presented in this
course so far, as well as any research you may have done on your own.
Following the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, southern states imposed varying voter
requirements that unfairly targeted African Americans. However, subsequent policies and acts
were enacted in order to eliminate these disenfranchisements and ensure that all Americans
have equal voting rights.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 6
Name three specific historical events that can be considered contributory causes of the
passage of the Voting Rights Act. Briefly explain why you believe each of these events
contributed to the passage of the Act.
Three historical events that were contributory causes to the ratification of the Voting Rights
Act were Bloody Sunday, a targeted act against peaceful protesters; news crews and
photographers captured this event, the assassination of civil rights activists, and the passing
of President Kenedy which enabled President Johnson to continue with what Kennedy had
begun.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 7
Based on what you read about the passage of the Voting Rights Act on Page 1 of this
learning block, name one event that was part of the
course
of this bill's passage by
Congress.
One event that was part of the course for the Voting Rights Act's passage was the acts that
occurred during Bloody Sunday against the peaceful protesters.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 8
Name three specific consequences caused by the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
Three consequences of the passage of the Voting Rights Act were:
The increase in Black voter registration.
Increased representation of African Americans in Congress.
An increase in African-American state legislators.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 9
One of these scholars relied heavily on evidence about the
substance
of today's political
debate. Which scholar was that? What sort of evidence did he use?
David Kennedy is a scholar who heavily relied on evidence related to the substance of current
political discussions. The issues of abortion, gay marriage, war, and peace, among others,
have many properties that resemble those of slavery in the nineteenth century. These issues
are challenging to reconcile using a political system designed to resolve differences.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 10
One of these scholars relied heavily on evidence about the
political process
. Which
scholar was that? What sort of evidence did he use?
Richard Pildes is a scholar who heavily relied on political process evidence. According to the
evidence, the Republican Party's progressive stance on racial issues diminished at the national
level and was replaced with a more conservative stance, while the Democratic Party became
the national party of racial liberalism.
Module 5 Short Responses – Question 11
1.
What is the topic of this essay? Does the author make it clear in the introduction?
2.
What is the author's thesis?
3.
What kind of sources and evidence do you think the author will use to support
his thesis?
1. The author makes the topic of his essay clear in the introduction; it is about high school
activism as it relates to the Civil Rights Movement in Charleston.
2. The author's thesis statement is, " By examining the effort to desegregate public facilities
through the lens of the first sit-in in Charleston, this article will illustrate how a small,
committed group of local high school students and teachers played an integral, though
overlooked, role in the civil rights movement."
3. The author's sources will be primary as he is part of his narration.
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