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 * [[image:514117276_5db175b223_m.jpg]] || The civil rights movement exposed the ugly face of racial prejudice and pushed a reluctant federal government to take action on behalf of African Americans. Both Eisenhower and Kennedy used the military to enforce desegregation. Although the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for all citizens regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude,” most Southern states restricted African Americans’ access to the ballot. The civil rights movement changed that. ||

• identify the significant events that framed the Civil Rights Movement • evaluate the goals and objectives of the Movement as a whole • analyze the leaders of the Movement and how they influenced the direction and focus • compare multiple perspectives written about the same issue so that students will learn how to effectively differentiate between historical facts, historical interpretations and historical opinions

Course credit: .25 social studies Instructor: Sarah May