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186186 Chapter 5 | Civil Rights The President The mid-century civil rights movement benefited greatly from presidential action. ...

Key players in the conflict over civil rights 187 diverse than those of other Republican presidents. His initial 19 cabinet and ...

188188 Chapter 5 | Civil Rights Civil Rights Issues Today Today, there is vigorous debate among proponents of three main perspec ...

Civil rights issues today 189 move closer to equality of outcomes by issuing an executive order requiring all federal agencies a ...

190190 Chapter 5 | Civil Rights The landmark decision for affirmative action in higher education was Regents of the University o ...

191 TAKE A S TA N D incentives. Justice Kennedy wrote, “Percentage plans encourage parents to keep their children in low-perform ...

192192 Chapter 5 | Civil Rights Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, some people saw immigration as a threat that must ...

Civil rights issues today 193 wanted to see actual evidence of discrimination rather than speculation that the law could have a ...

194194 Chapter 5 | Civil Rights What’s Your Take? Should distinctions between people based on race, ethnic status, gender, or se ...

Study guide 195 The context of civil rights Describe the historical struggles groups have faced in winning civil rights. (Pages ...

196 Chapter 5 | Civil Rights In economic terms, the average Latino family is. a better off than the average white family from t ...

Study guide 197 Suggested Reading For various websites devoted to civil rights see https://www.justice .gov/crt, https://blackli ...

198 Chapter 6Chapter 6 || Public OpinionPublic Opinion 6 One of the foundations of democracy is the belief that public opinion m ...

Public Opinion 199 Define public opinion and explain why it matters in American politics. pages 200–202 Explain how people form ...

200 Chapter 6Chapter 6 || Public OpinionPublic Opinion knowledge of the attacks on September 11, 2001. (Needless to say, both cl ...

What is public opinion? 201 campaign strategies and their actions in office. Politicians look to public opinion to determine wha ...

202 Chapter 6Chapter 6 || Public OpinionPublic Opinion well informed that they have ready opinions on a wide range of political ...

Where do opinions come from? 203 Where Do Opinions Come From? This section describes the sources that people draw from to inform ...

204 Chapter 6Chapter 6 || Public OpinionPublic Opinion Events Although socialization often influences individuals’ fairly stable ...

Where do opinions come from? 205 argue that group identities shape partisanship: when people are trying to decide between being ...