Write a detailed account of the Black Tuesday events of 1965 in The Bahamas.

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In order to get the full marks of 8 marks/points you must give four or more factors with a  good explanation and providing a logical conclusion.

You can not find detailed information on Black Tuesday online.  You have to get the book PIndling by Michael Craton or Faith that Moved the Mountain by Sir Randol Fawkes for detailed accounts. 

With question 1b  you must emphasize the factors/causes/reasons for Black Tuesday.  Merely giving a detailed account won’t give you the full marks.  You must fully develop the factors/causes/reasons for Black Tuesday in fully just after your introduction or interwoven in the account of Black Tuesday.  The marker needs to see that Sources B and D were utilized in the essay but it does not necessarily have to be directly state, e.g. “According to Source B…”. 

Below are two accounts of Black Tuesday but these accounts are too short.  You’d have to use books with detailed accounts to get information to answer the questions.

You are to write a detailed story of the Black Tuesday events 1965.  Books that have detailed accounts are Randol Fawke’s “Faith that Moved the Mountain”, the book on the life of Lynden Pindling,  Doris Johnson’s book “The Quiet Revolution”.    A link to “The Faith that Moved the Mountain” can be found at the website here:

http://sirrandolfawkes.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/The_Faith_That_Moved_the_Mountain.252193642.pdf

What role did the Women’s Suffrage Movement play during the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas?

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1(a) Study Source A. What role did the Women’s Suffrage Movement play during the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas? (7)

To get the full marks you must give four or more factors with good explanation and provide a logical conclusion.

In other words you must give four or more facts/major points that explain the role the Women’s Suffrage Movement played in the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas.

I suggest you start off your answer with an introduction that defines or explains what the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas was.  Then you can briefly state what the Women’s Suffrage Movement was.  You might also include in your introduction the major points you will cover in your essay.

Be sure to comment on or discuss the Source in your essay.

Your body should be a development of all factors that explain the role the Women’s Suffrage Movement played in the Quiet Revolution.  Somewhere in your body, at the beginning or as a part of your historical account of the women’s suffrage movement you should explain how the movement influenced majority rule.  You should give up to four explanations for this.  When you read the passages you will find factors.  Then you are to synthesize all the information you’ve read and organize it under the major factors you found or the factors you were able to infer from the sources/your research.  You have to synthesize the information.  So you highlight the factors as they apply to the account or center the story around your factors.

You can conclude by emphasizing your main points or explaining your agreement and disagreement of the position statement.

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 Mr. Moncur’s Notes

What is the Quiet Revolution?

The Quiet Revolution was the transition or change from white minority rule to black majority rule through democractic elections held in 1967.  Majority rule was considered to be a political system in which the group that had the most members has the power to make decisions.

The quiet revolution is a term that refers to the movement toward and the achievement of majority rule in The Bahamas.  Majority rule in The Bahamas was a quiet, bloodless revolution.  It was a civil rights victory for all Bahamians, including white Bahamians.  This was brought about by a political move by Sir Randolph Fawkes and Sir Alvyn Braynen.

The Quiet Revolution also refers to the early beginning of majority rule in The Bahamas. July 10th, 1973, Independence Day, marked the end of the Quiet Revolution.

The Quiet Revolution is also the title of a book written by Dr. Doris Johnson.  She was the first woman senator in The Bahamas.

The Quite Revolution in The Bahamas was the transfer of power  from the white minority led government to the black majority without bloodshed.

Suffrage means the right to vote in political elections. 

Where does the term Quiet Revolution come from?

See website: http://www.bahamapundit.com/2012/01/hubert-ingrahams-quiet-revolution-.html Hubert Ingraham’s Quiet Revolution by Simon

The ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas

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HISTORY BGCSE :2014/2015

COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

Study ALL the sources before answering the questions. The sources provide information which can be of help in answering the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions but, where you MUST use particular sources, the question(s) will tell you to do so. 

Questions: 
1(a) Study Source A. What role did the Women’s Suffrage Movement play during the ‘Quiet Revolution’ in The Bahamas? (7)

1(b) Study Source B. Write a detailed account of the Black Tuesday events of 1965 in The Bahamas. (8)

2. Study Source C and D. Explain how the 1962 general elections and the 1964 Constitutional Changes influenced the results of the 1967 general elections. (15)

3. Study Sources B and D. You are a Bahamian protesting outside Parliament during the 1965 Mace Incident. Give an account of your experiences during this event. (15)

4. Study ALL the Sources. The Quiet Revolution was the early beginning of majority rule in The Bahamas. Do these sources prove the view to be true? Explain your answer fully. 

Source A: Doris Johnson’s speech on Women’s Suffrage, 1959.

We wish to go on record in protesting to the House that a great injustice has been done to the people's cause and that this rash, irresponsible deed can only be vindicated by a noble act on the Part of the Assembly. To be deceived is regarded by women as one of the greatest crimes against their faithful trust, since faithfulness is the basic principle upon which we build our homes, rear our children and build our nation. Approximately half of the female population are working women, many of whom are the entire support of their families. Many have built their own homes, have bank accounts, established themselves in business and pay government taxes. An earlier petition points out to the Honourable House that it is a violation of the principles of democracy to grind out taxes from people who are without power to limit or extend such taxes. Taxation without representation as you will recall was the basic principle upon which the American Revolution was based, and which due to the short-sightedness of the British King George III and his Ministers lost for Britain our great and beneficent neighbour, the United States of America. It is this principle which still stirs a revolt in the hearts of Bahamian women and energizes us to make our plea before honourable men.

Source B: An account of Black Tuesday, from Fred Mitchell’s column, 2001.

The Riot Act was read commanding them in the name of the Queen to move from Bay Street. Conscious of the riot that happened in 1942, the Progressive Liberal Party led the crowd from Bay Street south. The name Black Tuesday is said to have been coined by Arthur Foulkes. It is borrowed from the expression from the American usage for the day of the Wall Street crash in 1929. Sir Lynden said that the thousands that came out that day were not planned. It was spontaneous given the police and other excitement in the streets. But it was the height of his political career in Opposition and made him a legend in the minds of many. Sir Milo Butler, the people's champion, followed the Mace out the window with the Speaker's Hour Glass that was used to time speeches of MPs. In those days, each speaker in the House was limited to fifteen minutes.

Source C: From a speech by Sir Lynden Pindling, November 1962.

Many people have asked me what went wrong. Firstly, quite a few things went wrong and we expect to be able to prove them at a later date. But I think the people should know that the Progressive Liberal Party is still the largest partly in The Bahamas. In the elections the Progressive Liberal Party polled a total of 32,299 votes whilst the United Bahamian Party polled only 26, 826. So it is apparent that more people prefer the Progressive Liberal Party to the United Bahamian Party. But due to the evil electoral system, whereby the smallest districts return the most representatives, the true voice of the people was stifled.

Source D: Sir Clifford Darling’s reflections on Historic January 10th 1967 – Elections Bahamas Pointless Pointless Blog

When we were defeated in '62, I was pretty sure we were going to win that election and I went down Bay Street - and they all know me - they started laughing at me after we lost, so when we won in '67 I put on my best suit and I went down to Bay Street and I said Now, let them laugh at me now'. "It was a good feeling. For over 300 years the minority were ruling the majority, and I knew that was wrong, so when it came to pass that the PLP won and we had majority rule, I was very happy and give God thanks for that.

Source E: The Other Bahamas by Hartley Saunders, 1991.

It was an established practice of the 'White minority' who controlled the Government, to acquire property in every island of The Bahamas; because of this privilege, they were able to vote four times in New Providence and 25 times in the Family Islands. What the PLP was trying to accomplish, was to eliminate multi voting and to install into its place one vote per man. They were seeking to curtail the practice of the 'Goon Squad Votes', who rushed from poll to poll to make sure that the right man is elected no matter what people of that district might happen to think. The 'Goon Squad Voting' was very effective and valuable, because the margin of votes was usually close. Therefore a few votes here and there were sufficient to determine the winner.

How To Answer BGCSE Coursework

ANSWERING COURSEWORK QUESTIONS

1. To answer the questions get information from places like the library and the archives; text books, websites, articles, research papers; and also your history teacher, other history or social studies teachers in your school, history/social studies teachers in other schools.
2. In completing your answers always comment on and evaluate the sources. Reference the source, specifically state or note the source, e.g. “According to Source D….”
3. In completing your answers make sure write in your own words as far as possible or quote and acknowledge your sources (author, book, etc.). 
4. You have to integrate and synthesis the information to make an answer that is uniquely yours. 
5. Answer at the level where you get the maximum points.  Your teacher should have a mark scheme.  Your teacher after reading your answers could tell you if you answered at the level for maximum points or not.
6. You do not need a Table of Contents.  However, it does not hurt to include it.  If included, your table of contents will list each question and the page number each question starts on.
7. Your cover page has your name, your candidate number, school/centre number, and the title BGCSE History Coursework 2015

Your cover page should have the following:

SUBJECT:  BGCSE HISTORY

PAPER TITLE: COURSEWORK 2015

SCHOOL NAME:

SCHOOL  NO.: 

STUDENT NAME:   

CANDIDATE NO.:

8. You must write the question out in full then begin answering underneath it.
9. It can be handwritten or typed.  If your handwriting is not pleasing to the eye then you should type it because it will cause fatigue to set in with the marker possibly causing a less objective assessment.  If typed you should use size 12 font, double spaced.
10. Pictures are not necessary for your coursework but it might make it more interesting reading for the marker having pictures to refer to and if it assists in answering a question make sure to include them.
11. Completed coursework should be about 2000 to 4500 words.
12. Include a bibliography (a list of the books, websites and articles referred to or used)
13. I suggest highlighting the major points in each of your essay responses, for example, by using bold font.  I think markers like this because they can clearly see your major points.
14. Place your coursework in a folder when it is complete.   I recommend the paper folder with the clips and pockets.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION SEPT. 2000 to JUNE 2001

Master of Education (concentration in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy) June 2001

CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 1993 TO 1996

Bachelor of  Science in Education, Majo r: Social Science, Minor: History May 1996

Provisional Certification Grades 7-12 State of Michigan 25 June 1996 to 30 June 2002

COLLEGE OF THE BAHAMAS 1989 TO 1992

Associate of Arts degree June 1991

and Teachers Certificate Social Studies Secondary Education June 1992