America’s History: Printed Page 900
America’s History: Value Edition: Printed Page 796
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
Why did the civil rights movement begin when it did?
How would you explain the rise of the protest movement after 1955? How did nonviolent tactics help the movement?
How did the civil rights movement create a crisis in liberalism and in the Democratic Party?
How did the civil rights movement and other activist groups cause changes to government and society?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING One of the most significant themes of the period from 1945 to the 1980s is the growth of the power of the federal government. (See “Politics and Power” and “Identity” on the thematic timeline.) In what ways is the civil rights movement also part of that story?