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Chapter 15, 16, and 17. Take quizzes in each chapter and take section exam.

• Describe the views, approach, and background of Booker T. Washington for advancement of blacks in early twentieth century America.
• Describe the views, approach, and background of W. E. B. Du Bois for advancement of blacks in early twentieth century America.
• Discuss the origins and tactics of early civil rights groups. Include the Niagara Movement, the NAACP, the Urban League, the women’s club movement, as well as the development of the black elite.
• Describe the role of black men in the military during World War I. How did white society react to blacks in the early twentieth century?
• Understand why blacks migrated in large numbers during the early twentieth century. Discuss conditions they encountered in urban areas such as Chicago and Harlem.
• Describe the atmosphere of increased racism during the 1920s affecting black Americans.
• Describe how blacks tried to improve their situation in the 1920s. Look at the actions of the NAACP, Marcus Garvey, and pan-Africanism.
• Describe some of the difficulties with the organizing of working-class blacks.
• Discuss some of the important works, authors, and artists, of the Harlem Renaissance.
• Describe the role that blacks played in sports during the 1920s. What difficulties did they face?
• Discuss the causes of the Great Depression. How did government respond?
• Describe the economic effects of the Great Depression on blacks in the cities and rural areas.
• Discuss the political realignment of blacks during the New Deal. What were the positive and negative features of Roosevelt’s plans for blacks?
• Describe the types of protests blacks undertook during the Great Depression. What issues were important to them?
• Explain the role and influence of the Communist Party on blacks at this time.

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• Discuss the ultimate results or consequences of Reconstruction. Was it a failure or success? Look at the issue from the point of view of abolitionists, blacks, the South, and the North. What more do you think should have been done?
• Discuss how blacks attempted to work within the political system during Reconstruction to effect change. How were they limited?
• Describe the origins of the KKK. How is the KKK of the Reconstruction period similar to, or different from, the KKK of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? From the KKK of the 1920s? How did whites justify the existence of such terrorism? How have views of terrorism changed?
• Discuss the differences between looking at only legal evidence to note changes – for example, seeing the passage of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, the Enforcement Acts, and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 – versus incorporating social evidence for changes, such as black resistance and civil rights efforts, the development of the KKK, and the violence of redemption. How would the stories differ if only legal evidence or only social evidence were considered? What does this tell us about historians’ jobs? Did Reconstruction lead to change?


• Describe the role of blacks in the Farmer’s Alliances and the Populist Party.
• Describe the steps the South took to limit and turn back black gains after Reconstruction.
• Explain how violence played a role in the South as a way of limiting black power and civil rights.
• Describe how blacks responded to conditions in the South.
• Describe some of the discriminatory characteristics of black life in the “New South.”

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• Discuss the real meaning and effect of the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s view of blacks. Why do many people think that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, which has given him the reputation of the Great Emancipator?
• Discuss Lincoln’s views of blacks, slaves, and their role in society and how his views changed over the course of the Civil War. What made his ideas change? What does this tell us about him?
• Describe how blacks freed themselves during the Civil War. What does this tell us about the attitudes of blacks to freedom?
• Discuss the role of blacks in the Civil War for the North, including their military participation, use as menial labor, and the effect of discrimination.
• Rationalize why some blacks fought for the South. How did the South change its ideas about black military service over the course of the war? What does this tell you about the South?
• Discuss the film Glory. How is it an accurate or inaccurate portrayal of the actual situation of the 54th Massachusetts? Why do you think the film was produced at the time it was?
• Describe the types of opposition to blacks from white Northerners and Southerners over the course of the war.

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Major Questions you should be able to answer
What kind of alternative household structure might I consider good for me?
What kind of single am I or could I be?
What is my understanding of homosexuality, and how does it relate to the research?
Would I ever consider communal living, group marriage, or open marriage?

Major Questions you should be able to answer
What are my feelings about having children, and what influences these feelings?
Which kind of birth-control method would probably be best for me and my partner?
What have I learned about abortion and safe haven laws that I didn’t know?
If I wanted children but had difficulty having them, what would my options be?

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Lecture on Communication and Sexuality
Major Questions you should be able to answer
What should I be aware of about how power works in relationships?
What are the principal areas of relationship conflict, how do people handle it, and how can I fight fairly?
How can I be better at communicating with my partner?

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How did I learn to think what I think about sex?
What are all the forms of sexual expression?
How could having sex risk my health and my life?