4.3 American Culture: Race

American Culture: Race
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American Culture: Race

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Aims
After this lesson you will be able to:

  • discuss to what extent assimmilation has occured in the US
  • discuss lynching and its relationship to racism in American history
  • name several key events in the civil rights movement and place them on a timeline

Slide 2 - Slide

The US is referred to as a salad bowl due to:
A
the great extent of racial asssimilation
B
the many differences between cultures
C
the rapid growth of the US population

Slide 3 - Quiz

Some members of ethnic groups in the US feel bicultural.
They feel that they:
A
are fully assimilated into US society
B
do not belong to US society
C
they belong to US society and also have a seperate identity

Slide 4 - Quiz

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the dominant American culture during the early decades of the nation's history?
A
Catholic
B
Western European
C
middle-class

Slide 5 - Quiz

Which of the following was true about the political bosses in northeastern cities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
A
They were more afraid of new immigrants than other Americans
B
They were more cruel to new immigrants than were other Americans
C
They were more helpful to new immigrants than other Americans

Slide 6 - Quiz

Today ethnic groups in the US
A
have no feeling of belonging to an ethnic group whatsoever
B
consider themselves as part of the US culture in varying degrees
C
Feel much more a part of their ethnic group than part of the US culture

Slide 7 - Quiz

What was the main reason most northern whites disliked slavery?
A
It went against their religious beliefs
B
It went against the US constitution
C
It threatened their own economic opportunities

Slide 8 - Quiz

After the Civil War, African Americans in the South lived in a social system where
A
many continued to be slaves
B
segregation was legal
C
there was racial discrimination, but no laws seperated them from whites

Slide 9 - Quiz

In 1954, the US Supreme Court declared
A
African Americans could not legally be denied their right to vote
B
Racially Segregated public schools are illegal
C
No one may be denied freedom of speech, press or religion

Slide 10 - Quiz

On which of the beliefs did Malcolm X disagree with Martin Luther King?
A
Black people should be assimilated into the larger American society
B
Black perople were not treated fairly by the larger American society
C
Black people should have freedom and equality

Slide 11 - Quiz

Which of these statements about race and ethnicity in America is true?
A
Most young African Americans today have no interest in learning about black culture
B
Racial prejudice, segregation and discrimination are at an all-time high in the US
C
Using the word mosaic to describe the American culture gives a positive image

Slide 12 - Quiz

Slide 13 - Slide

Slide 14 - Video

What is your first impression of the song?

Slide 15 - Open question

Strange Fruits is one of the most influential protest songs ever written.
What do you think it is about?

Slide 16 - Open question

Lynchings
Aim: Social and racial control  
1877 -  1950
False accusations > lynch mob > public hanging

Slide 17 - Slide

African-American lynchings per state, 1877-1950
https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/

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The road to the 1964 civil rights bill
  •  1954 school segregation banned
  •  1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School
  • January 1961 President Kennedy took office
  • May 1961 integrated Freedom Rides
  • August 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  • November 1963 Kennedy assasinated
  •  July 1964 Civil Rights Act passed under  Lyndon B. Johnson

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Individual Assignment
Use chapter 8 to complete the timeline on racial and ethic diversity in the states


early 1600s
1790
1861-1865
late 1800s & early 1900s
1920s
1950s and 1960s
1965
2008 and 2012

Slide 20 - Slide

What did you think of today's lesson?

Slide 21 - Open question

Slide 22 - Video