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This African Americans and the Democratic Party lesson plan also includes:
- African Americans and the Democratic Party (.html)
- Resource Sheet #1: African Americans and the New Deal (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #2: Negroes At The Crossroads (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #3: What Are You Voting on Mister, Campaign Issues or Party Labels (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #4: Howard University Address (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #5: New Deal A Political Revolution (.pdf)
- Resource Sheet #6: Kelly Miller Compares Landon with Roosevelt (.pdf)
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Why did African American voters switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic party during the Depression Era? That is the question young historians attempt to answer as they study primary source documents from the period. The focus of the documents is on the actions of Franklin D. Roosevelt that attracted African American voters.
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Concepts
the democratic party, the republican party, the great depression, civil rights, the civil rights movement, franklin d. roosevelt, the presidency of franklin d. roosevelt, world war ii, post world war ii, the new deal, the reconstruction era, jim crow laws, the great migration, desegregation, segregation, discrimination, racism
Instructional Ideas
- Use the resource during a study of the 1936 Presidential Election
- Instructors should read the Topic Background essay to contextualize the discussion
Classroom Considerations
- One of six resources in the series
Pros
- The carefully scaffolded lesson includes discussion questions with possible answers
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