Unit 11: Paper 3 — History of the Americas (HL)
Topic 11.11: Social movements in the Americas (1945–2020) Questions
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Which piece of legislation banned discrimination in employment and public places, and was pushed through Congress by President Johnson in 1964?
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Rosa Parks's arrest in 1955 directly triggered which protest campaign?
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Which US president desegregated the armed forces by executive order in 1948?
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To what extent do you agree that the Chicano Movement's economic gains for farmworkers proved lasting?
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that Cold War pressure was the most important political factor pushing the US federal government to act on civil rights before 1955?
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Which Chicano leader co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez and negotiated the first contracts with grape growers?
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In 1957, which US president sent federal troops to enforce the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School?
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In March 1968, over 15,000 students walked out of East Los Angeles high schools. What were they primarily demanding?
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What was the main significance of the 1970 Delano contracts?
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The 1954 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the 'separate but equal' principle from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) is known as:
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Which event launched the non-violent phase of the Chicano Movement's farmworker campaign in 1965?
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Discuss the view that non-violent direct action under Martin Luther King Jr. was more effective than radical activism in achieving the civil rights movement's goals between 1955 and 1968.
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that non-violent methods were more effective than confrontational methods in advancing the Chicano Movement's goals?
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Evaluate the claim that Jim Crow's violent enforcement, rather than its economic effects, was the primary reason African Americans mobilized against segregation after 1945.
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Discuss the view that women were sidelined within the Chicano Movement despite their central role in its organizing.
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Evaluate the claim that grassroots organizations such as SNCC and CORE were more important than national leaders in driving the civil rights movement's methods after 1960.
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Evaluate the claim that Cesar Chavez was the single most important leader of the Chicano Movement.
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Evaluate the claim that political success, rather than social and cultural change, was the Chicano Movement's most significant achievement.
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To what extent do you agree with the claim that women such as Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer were as important to the civil rights movement's success as its most famous male leaders?
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Which organization did Ella Baker help found in 1960 to encourage youth-led, grassroots leadership?
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