essay plans

Question 1

‘Constitutional Amendments introduced during the Reconstruction period significantly improved the position of black Americans in the years 1865-77’ How far do you agree with this statement?

Answer 1

• 13th A; Sharecropping; Criminals could still be enslaved; 1500 lynched between 1865-9
• 14th A; CRA; Slaughterhouse cases; US v Cruikshank
• 15th A; Representatives; Intimidation

Question 2

How far do you agree that Martin Luther King deserves the credit for the enactment of the civil rights legislation of 1964 & 1968?

Answer 2

Leader of civil rights movement early years (civil rights legislation 1964)
- Role as leader of SCLC
- Significance of Birmingham, Wwashington in CRA
disagre…
Role of executive government
- Role of JFK – shock of death and intention expressed to enact civil rights change
- Role of LBJ