Civil rights legislation in the 1960s

History

Causes of the 'boom'

The role of Henry Ford in the 'boom'

Losers of the 'boom' in 1920s America

The Red Scare in 1920s America

Racial tension in early 20th century America

American society in the 1920s

Women and the 'boom' in 1920s America

American people and the 'boom' in the 1920s

The Wall Street Crash

The Great Depression

President Hoover and the 1932 presidential election

Effects of the Great Depression on American society

Roosevelt's New Deal

Opposition to the New Deal

1930s American popular culture

World War Two and the US economy

World War Two and US society

American recovery from the Great Depression

The American Dream in the 1940s and 1950s

Post-war American popular culture

McCarthyism and the second Red Scare

Change in Post-War America

Segregation in the USA

Direct action and the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King and peaceful protest

Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement

The New Frontier and Great Society

The US Feminist Movement in the 1960s and 1970s

Social and civil progress in the USA, c.1950-1973

In this unit pupils undergo a period study that provides an unfolding narrative which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the chosen period.

Period Studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Write the missing word. A law is {{}} if authorities make sure that people obey it.

Write the missing surname. President Lyndon B {{}} was responsible for signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 1965 Voting Rights Act and 1968 Civil Rights Act into law.

Which law set up the Equal Opportunities Commission?

African Americans were almost half as likely to be unemployed.

African Americans were just as likely to be unemployed.

African Americans were almost twice as likely to be unemployed.

How did African American unemployment rates in 1970 compare to those of white Americans?

Which of the following encouraged the government to pass the 1968 Civil Rights Act?

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Write the missing word. A person may be described as {{}} if they support big social, economic or political changes.

Malcolm X was a spokesperson for which radical group?

Write the missing two words. During the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the {{}} {{}} salute.

Write the missing word. Over 20 000 children were fed by the Free {{}} for Children Program in the first year after it began.

The Black Panthers only focused on the use of violence against oppression.

The Black Panthers only focused on providing services for their community.

Black Panthers provided community services and used violence in self defence. 

Supreme Court declared segregation in schools unconstitutional.

President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock.

President Johnson approved the Civil Rights Act.

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