PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Things had changed drastically from the Old South era to the modern South era for the better.
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The “climate” of the Old South had shifted from many examples of racism and bigotry to openness and tolerance by the time the Civil Rights era had emerged.
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Many/All of the anti-Lincoln states (during the 1860s) were also the same anti-integrations states of the 50s and 60s.
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John Lewis and MLK, Jr., had made tremendous strides towards shifting and changing attitudes of racism in the South to gaining voting rights for ALL during the 1930s and 1940s (pre-Brown vs Board of Ed era).
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Detailed explanation-1: -For nearly a century, the people and politicians of the Northern and Southern states had been clashing over the issues that finally led to war: economic interests, cultural values, the power of the federal government to control the states, and, most importantly, slavery in American society.
Detailed explanation-2: -A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer to Review Question At the beginning of 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in areas under rebellion. This changed the war from one in which the North fought to preserve the Union to one in which it fought to free enslaved African Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The South’s greatest strength lay in the fact that it was fighting on the defensive in its own territory. Familiar with the landscape, Southerners could harass Northern invaders. The military and political objectives of the Union were much more difficult to accomplish.