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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.

The historical lens I'd like to use for this exercise is the Political History Lens.

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.

How were the Southern States able to stop African American's from voting once the Fifteenth Amendment had been passed?

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.

My first primary source is This Bright Light of Ours: Stories from the Voting Rights Fight by Maria Gitin. This source gives first-person accounts from the people who helped to win voting rights. Cite: Maria Gitin. This Bright Light of Ours: Stories from the Voting Rights Fight. University Alabama Press, 2014. EBSCOhost, search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/login.aspx? direct=true&db=e871sww&AN=681641&site=eds-live&scope=site. My second primary source is Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980. This source gives stories from multiple people who became civil rights lawyers from the time period of 1964-1980. Cite: Spriggs, Kent, and Marian Wright Edelman. Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers?: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980. University Press of Florida, 2017. EBSCOhost, searchebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/login.aspx? direct=true&db=cat04477a&AN=snhu.b1598864&site=eds-live&scope=site.

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.

The first secondary source I found is Federal Enforcement of African American Voting Rights in the Post-Redemption South: Louisiana and the Election of 1878. This source talks about what the African Americans struggled with on their rights to vote in Louisiana in 1878. Cite: LOU FALKNER WILLIAMS. "Federal Enforcement of African American Voting Rights in the Post-Redemption South: Louisiana and the Election of 1878." Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, vol. 55, no. 3, July 2014, pp. 313 - 343. EBSCOhost, search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/login.aspx? direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.24396706&site=eds-live&scope=site. The second secondary source I have is RACE-BASED POLITICAL EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL SUBJUGATION: RACIAL GERRYMANDERING AS A BADGE OF SLAVERY. This article talks about the different struggles and unfairness that African American's faced with their right to vote. Cite: Okonta, Patricia. "Race-Based Political Exclusion and Social Subjugation: Racial Gerrymandering as a Badge of Slavery." Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 49, no. 2, Winter 2018, pp. 254 - 296. EBSCOhost, search-ebscohostcom.ezproxy.snhu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edo&AN=129779137&site=edslive&scope=site.

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.

Though the Fifteenth Amendment was passed, allowing African American's the right to vote, many Southern states came up with ways to keep them from the polls. They created propertyownership requirements, literary tests, and even the grandfather clause which restricted voting to those whose grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction (before the Fifteenth Amendment had been passed).

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.

The Fifteenth Amendment can be considered a contributory cause of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. This is because this amendment declares that the citizens' right to vote cannot be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Thus, allowing African-American's the right to vote. "Bloody Sunday" can also be considered a contributory cause of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Bloody Sunday was a peaceful march on March 7, 1965, that ended with many African-American's being beating, tear gassed, and charged at. This led to Voting Rights Proposal being passed. The Civil Rights Act (1964) is another event that can be considered a contributory cause of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. This is because it ended segregation in public places and banned employment discriminations.

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.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954): case in which the Supreme Court found that segregation of the public schools was unconstitutional because it violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Module 5 Short Responses – Question 8 Name three specific consequences caused by the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

One specific consequence caused by the passage of the Voting Rights Act is the surge of African American's Voter Registration. Another consequence caused by the passage of the Voting Rights Act is that it made it illegal for anyone to make laws that were based on race. And lastly, it led to a sharp increase of representation "of African Americans in Congress, state legislatures, and local offices". 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?

Kennedy relied heavily on evidence about the substance of today's political debate. He talked about gay marriage and abortion rights; topics that relate to today's political debates.

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?

Pildes relied heavily on evidence about the political process. He used the political structures of the politics from the southern party as his evidence. 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 topic of this essay is how people contributed to the Civil Rights Movement. I do not think the author makes it clear in the introduction. 2. The author's thesis 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. I think the author will use interviews of high school students and teachers and any information about the Civil Rights Movement he is able to find to support his thesis....