SOCI 386 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cash Crop, American Imperialism, African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968)
31 Mar 2013
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American civil rights movement (as well as american imperialism and the vietnam war) provoked a protest cycle- gave rise to many other sms and international appeals. Protest cycle occurs when the costs of collective action are low and the incentives are high. Political opportunities are critical to the emergence of initiator movements but not to spinoff movements. International pressure (from un commission on human rights and other countries) Support for civil rights by american officials leading to domestic tensions between the federal government and the elite. Socioeconomic factors- decline of cotton as a cash crop and large-scale migration of southern blacks to urban centers. Urban black churches were able to support their own ministers, who subscribe to ideology stressing social activism. Campaigns were most successful when they targeted vulnerable economic actors and created a. Movement infrastructure of leadership, indigenous resources and local organizations. Rise of new left student and anti war movements. Criticized capitalism and advocated meaningful forms of democracy.
