Identify at least two plausible factors or events that led to the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama in 1955.

Competency 111.1.11: Civil Rights and Cultural Change – The graduate understands the civil rights movement and other examples of cultural change in post World War II America.
Objective 111.1.11-07: Summarize factors leading to specified U.S. civil rights protests of the middle 20th century.

Given:
A series of protests regarding U.S. civil rights took place during the middle of the 20th century. These acts of protest and civil disobedience often occurred in response to policies and actions of racial discrimination. Protests also occurred as civil rights legislation was being enforced, and those opposed to such legislation acted to block its implementation. Several events in history as well as social and political factors gave rise to these events.

Task:
In an essay (suggested length of 2–4 pages):
A. Identify at least two plausible factors or events that led to the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama in 1955.
B. Identify at least two plausible factors or events that led to the development of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
C. Discuss how the factors or events you identified contributed to the U.S. civil rights movement in the middle of the 20th century.
D. Include all in-text citations and references in APA format.
UHT1 – SSS 111.1.11-07
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Style (word choice, sentence structure, etc.)
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A. Factors Leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The candidate does not identify any plausible factors that led to the Montgomery bus boycott.
The candidate identifies only 1 plausible factor that led to the Montgomery bus boycott.
The candidate identifies 2 plausible factors that led to the Montgomery bus boycott.
The candidate identifies more than 2 plausible factors that led to the Montgomery bus boycott.

B. Factors Leading to the Development of the SNCC
The candidate does not identify any plausible factors that led to the development of the SNCC.
The candidate identifies only 1 plausible factor that led to the development of the SNCC.
The candidate identifies 2 plausible factors that led to the development of the SNCC.
The candidate identifies more than 2 plausible factors that led to the development of the SNCC.

C. Discussion of Factors
The candidate does not discuss how the factors or events contributed to the civil rights movement.
The candidate provides an illogical discussion of how the factors or events contributed to the civil rights movement.
The candidate provides a logical discussion of how the factors or events contributed to the civil rights movement.
The candidate provides a credible and well-supported discussion of how the factors or events contributed to the civil rights movement.

D. In-Text Citations and References in APA Format
The candidate does not provide in-text citations or references, or there are major APA formatting errors that significantly disrupt the comprehensibility of the submission.
The candidate provides in-text citations and references, but there are several major APA formatting errors.
The candidate provides in-text citations and references, and any APA formatting errors are minor and do not disrupt the comprehensibility of the submission.
The candidate provides in-text citations and references that do not contain readily detectable errors.

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Exemplary