Identity politics emerged in the 1960s as movements began to focus on issues specific to the subgroups to whichtheir participants belonged.
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... [Show More] false statement about effects of the Black Power movement.
"I supported the decision to kick whites out of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee."
“We developed racial pride and began to celebrate our African heritage and cultural practices.”
“We ‘policed the police’ by patrolling the streets and protecting residents from police brutality.”
“I learned that integration was the best way to solve problems in the African American community.”
RATIONALE
Despite the victories of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, racial conflict and economicinequality persisted in the United States, breeding frustration with the slow pace of change. The Black Powermovement emerged from this frustration. Unlike the mainstream civil rights movement, the Black Powermovement did not necessarily see integration as the best path for racial advancement. Many within the BlackPower movement, including Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X, preferred racial separation over integration.
CONCEPT
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The Rise of Identity Politics in America
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Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the power of his office to advance Progressive reform?
He believed the country needed governmental solutions to the ills of industrialization and corruption.
He believed the moral and social climate in the United States had deteriorated and required federalregulation.
He believed the disabled and the poor had been neglected and needed governmental welfare.
He believed that monopolies and other business combinations were perfectly acceptable under capitalism.
RATIONALE
As president, Theodore Roosevelt sought government solutions to problems associated withurbanization, industrialization, and corporate power. Roosevelt was a Progressive, part of a broad reformmovement that existed between 1890 and 1919. While Progressives came from diverse backgrounds and had adiverse set of agendas, they shared a belief that the government should be active in advancing reform. [Show Less]