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Standards Index: D2.Civ.7.9-12.

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Apply civic virtues and democratic principles when working with others.

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Midterm Elections: 1966 Midterms Signal a Realignment, Shaping Today’s Parties

Students will learn how Southern voters, once loyal to the Democratic Party, elected Republican candidates in 1966 as the two parties began to sort themselves into distinctly partisan camps.