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Year 11
AQA
Social and civil progress in the USA, c.1950-1973
I can assess the extent of progress experienced by African Americans and women in the USA between the 1950s and 1970s.
New
New
Year 11
AQA
Social and civil progress in the USA, c.1950-1973
I can assess the extent of progress experienced by African Americans and women in the USA between the 1950s and 1970s.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Many women and African Americans felt like second class citizens.
- Women and African Americans benefitted from changes in the law in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
- Some new laws were poorly enforced.
- Some groups continued to oppose equality for women and African Americans.
Keywords
Second class citizen - someone who is not given the same rights and opportunities as other people in a society, usually because they belong to a particular group
Common misconception
New laws immediately improved the lives of women and African Americans.
Poor enforcement and unchanged attitudes undermined the impact of some changes in the law.
After Task C, get pupils to debate with one another whether African Americans and women could still be considered second class citizens by the mid-1970s. Students may wish to distinguish between black and female experiences when formulating their responses to this.
Teacher tip
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is a drug or object that prevents a woman from becoming pregnant called?
Q2.
Which of the following individuals helped to inspire the Feminist Movement?
Phyllis Schlafly
Richard Nixon
Q3.
Which Supreme Court case legalised abortion in the USA?
Plessy v. Fergusson
Brown v. Board
Q4.
Which group threw products such as mops, pans, high heels and bras into 'freedom trash cans'?
Libbers
NOW
Q5.
In 1975, the average female income was what percentage of the average male income?
50%
70%
80%
100%
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is a second class citizen?
someone who is poorer than most other people
someone who is richer than most other people
Q2.
What were the segregationist laws in the US South known as?
Q3.
Out of a total of 531, how many members of Congress were female in 1955?
0
51
110
Q4.
What happened to the number of registered African American voters in the South in the years immediately after the Voting Rights Act was passed?
decreased
remained the same
Q5.
Which examples best demonstrate that new laws did not always change the views of those who opposed equality?
Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress in 1969.
The 1964 Civil Rights Act banned discrimination on the basis of race and sex.
Q6.
Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.