Civil rights and social movements in the Americas
By: Vivienne Sanders
Series: Access to History for the IB Diploma; Access to history for the IB Diploma
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781444156638; 9781444156621
Subjects: Human Rights; Examinations; Political Freedom & Security; Civil rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Study guides; Civil Rights; Social movements
Description: This series has taken the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of our best-selling Access to History series and tailor-made it for the History IB Diploma.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title page; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; 1 What you will study; 2 How you will be assessed; 3 About this book; Chapter 1 Native Americans and civil rights in the Americas; 1 The indigenous population in Latin America; 2 Native Americans in the USA; 3 First Peoples in Canada; Examination advice; Examination practice; Chapter 2 African Americans and the Civil Rights Movement; 1 African Americans to 1945; 2 Short-term causes of the Civil Rights Movement 1945-55; 3 Key debate: When did the Civil Rights Movement begin?; 4 The end of segregation in the South 1955-65.; title: Examination adviceExamination practice; Chapter 3 Martin, Malcolm and Black Power; 1 The role of Martin Luther King Jr in the Civil Rights Movement; 2 Key debate: Who or what played the most important role in the Civil Rights Movement?; 3 The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X; 4 The rise of Black Power in the 1960s; 5 Key debate: How new and successful was the Black Power movement?; Examination advice; Examination practice; Chapter 4 Afro-Latin Americans; 1 Afro-Latin Americans in the nineteenth century; 2 Afro-Latin Americans in the twentieth century.; title: 3 The impact of the Afro-Latin American Civil Rights Movement4 Key debate: Have Afro-Latin Americans attained equality through agency and racial democracy?; Examination advice; Examination practice; Chapter 5 Role of governments in Civil Rights Movements in the Americas; 1 The US government and civil rights; 2 The Bolivian government and civil rights; 3 Key debate: Were Latin American constitutional guarantees of indigenous rights due to activism?; Examination advice; Examination practice; Chapter 6 Youth culture and protests of the 1960s and 1970s; 1 Youth culture and protests in the USA.; title: 2 Key debate: How 'new', effective and widespread was 1960s' US student radicalism?3 Youth culture and protests in Canada; 4 Youth culture and protests in Latin America; Examination advice; Examination practice; Chapter 7 Feminist movements in the Americas; 1 Women's movements in Canada; 2 Women's movements in Latin America; 3 Women's movements in the USA; 4 Key debate: When and why did the modern women's movement start?; Examination advice; Examination practice; Timeline; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Further reading; Internal assessment; A.; title: BC; D; E; F; Index; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.