Chapter 5 Learning Objectives


 

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After reading Chapter 5, the Cathedral student should be able to:
  1. Discuss the effects of racial discrimination in America on the lives of African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanic Americans.

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  2. Summarize the history of government policy toward Native Americans.

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  3. Describe the difficult living and working conditions faced by Mexican migrant workers, millions of whom are undocumented immigrants.

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  4. Discuss the continuing debate over Puerto Rico's legal status, which has focused on three choices: remaining a commonwealth, statehood, or independence.

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  5. Analyze the impact of the women's movement on shaping public policy in the United States.

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  6. Discuss the increased public attention given to the legal and civil rights of gays, and the rise of gay political power from the late 1970s to the 1990s.

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  7. Describe the history and political consequences of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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  8. Evaluate the impact of the Voting Rights Act on the participation of African Americans in the political system.

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  9. Discuss the continuing debate over affirmative action programs and Supreme Court rulings relating to affirmative action.

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  10. Explain that, despite some economic gains made by African Americans in recent years, about one-third of all black Americans are below the poverty level.

          Chief,
      I acknowledge that I have reviewed the above Learning Objectives for Chapter 5, "The Struggle for Equal Rights."
   

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