HIS 200 Week 5 Short Responses - Assignment PDF

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This was on how to identify the historical lens being used in the assessment presented in the text, formulating a research question, and primary and secondary sources used....

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Name: Christine Lampson Course: History 200 – Applied History Southern New Hampshire University May 31, 2019 Week 5 Short Responses – Question 1 In the space below, specify which historical lens you'd like to use for this exercise. For this exercise, I would like to use the political lens. Using this lens will show how discriminatory laws enacted by the states in the South, affected the lives of freed African Americans. Week 5 Short Responses – Question 2 Next, formulate a research question about the Civil Rights Movement, using the lens you've chosen. How did segregation laws implemented by states in the south, even after the Fifteenth Amendments, disenfranchise blacks? Week 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. Two different primary sources that I might use to answer this question would be a letter from a civil rights leader and newspaper article/photographs from eyewitnesses. Week 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. Two different secondary sources that could be very helpful to answer my research question on the civil rights movements would be scholarly journals and popular periodicals that would highlight the events or the people's reaction to those events at the time. Week 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. Research Question: How did segregation laws implemented by states in the south, even after the Fifteenth Amendments, disenfranchise blacks?

Thesis Statement: Even after the Fifteenth Amendments, laws such as Jim Crow, Black Codes and de jure segregation, were implemented by states in the South, to disenfranchise and discriminate against African-Americans by denying them access to schools, restaurants, and public transportation. Week 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. Three specific historical events that can be considered as having a contribution to the passing of the Voting Rights Act are, i) the letter written by Dr. Martin Luther King from behind bars; ii) the brutal assault on non-violent African-American protesters who were marching for their right to vote, and iii) President Johnson's speech to Congress to implore the members to stop blocking the Voting Rights bill. Week 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. The course of the passage of the Voting Rights Act by Congress consisted of civil rights supporters and opponents gaining an understanding of the importance of black American voting rights; the passing of the Fifteenth Amendments, as well as the Enforcement Acts from 1865 through to 1965. Week 5 Short Responses – Question 8 Name three specific consequences caused by the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Three specific consequences caused by the passage of the Voting Rights Act, were i) an immediate increase in black voter registration occurred, in an effort to limit the effectiveness of African-American voting, white-dominated state legislators enacted new measures, and iii) which I think is the most poignant, the Voting Act also led to a sharp increase of African Americans in Congress, state legislatures, and local offices. Week 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? David M. Kennedy was the political analyst that relied on substantial evidence in his debate. According to Dr. Kennedy, though postponed for more than a century, the substantial fulfillment of the civil rights agenda, "took place in that context of shared affluence, raising expectations all around, and great national self-confidence". The evidence he referred to was the fact that the political system designed to reconcile differences such as abortion, gay rights, etc. resembles the politics of the nineteenth century.

Week 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? Richard Pildes was the political analyst that relied on evidence about the political process in his debate. The evidence Plides used to debate the political process was the "purification" or "maturation" of the American political system. This, he said, was seen in the rise of a genuine political system which ultimately destroyed the one-party monopoly and eventually gave birth to the normal system of competitive two-party politics. Week 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? The topic of the essay is about a sit-in by a group of high school students on April 1, 1960, which was made clear in the author's introduction. The author's thesis statement 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." I believe the author will use primary sources in the form of a newspaper article, eyewitness report, or a photograph that captured/recalled the action as it happened on the day, to support his thesis....