Identity: How did the African-American Civil Rights movement affect the development of other movements based on asserting the rights of different groups in American society? How did American involvement in the Cold War affect debates over American national identity?
The African-American Civil Rights movement affected women's rights as well. Such as the Free Joan Little Campaign (1974). In this an African-American woman, while in prison, was raped. She killed the guard and fled prison, eventually turning herself in later. She was convicted of first degree murder, but the verdict was "not guilty". This case is extremely important because it was a huge gain for not only African Americans, but women in general as well. No longer could men (especially white men) rape women (especially black women) with impunity. American Identity was changed during the Cold War because America was fighting for not just the containment of communism, but the spread of Democracy. In this Americans began to see them as protectors of freedom.
Work, Exchange, and Technology: How did the rise of American manufacturing and global economic dominance in the years after World War II affect standards of living among and opportunities for different social groups?
There was so many job that there was an increase in opportunities for African Americans and women. There was an expansion of the middle class.
Peopling: How did the growth of migration to and within the United States influence demographic change and social attitudes in the nation?
There is a limit on European immigration at this time. There is a huge movement of people from cities to suburbias. People left in the cities were generally lower class black people.
Politics and Power: How did the changing fortunes of liberalism and conservatism in these years affect broader aspects of social and political power?
Liberalism in those years was dominated by Human rights (womens, minorities, women's control of their bodies) . Conservatism (Goldwater and Reagen) get the government out of social and economic affairs and let the market place determine those things. Liberals would favor a higher tax structure for the wealthy and conservatives favored spread out tax more.
America in the World: Why did Americans endorse a new engagement in international affairs during the Cold War? How did this belief change over time in response to particular events?
Americans endorsed interfering nationally because they considered themselves to be the protectors of freedom. They had to protect other countries from the "horrible" communism that was spreading from Russia. Propaganda such as the educational video on what to do if a nuclear attack came helped spread the fear of communism throughout America by targeting their youth.
Environment and Geography: Why did public concern about the state of the natural environment grow during this period, and what major changes in public policy did this create?
Environmental concern grew for many reasons. Books such as Rachel Carson''s "Silent Spring" inspired awareness about the environment and the affect of pesticides on the environment. Results from nuclear testing where children were being born deformed in areas such as Nevada and Utah and the scare at 3 mile island led to widespread protest of Nuclear Energy. DDT and other pesticides were used in 1945 and many environmentalist soon "got wind" of this. They were in an outrage. In 1972 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments addressed the pollutants we were putting in to our waters. One river (Cuyahoga River in 1969) even caught fire because of so much pollutants.
Ideas, Beliefs, and Cultures: How did changes in popular cultural reflect or cause changes in social attitudes? How did the reaction to these changes affect political and public debates?
Richard Nixon responded to the hippy movement (such as the Beattles) by using the "silent majority".
Six Degrees of Separation: From Containment to “Tear Down This Wall”
1945 End of World War II
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)- Supreme Court decision that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision (1896); led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional. The decision energized the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
April 4th 1968- Martin luther King Jr. Was Assassinated. This gave the Balck Power movement a martyr that they could rally behind. The liberation of the African Americas made America seem more liberal and thus had more liberal tendencies such as tearing down the Berlin wall.
1978- Pope John Paul II became pope- Pope John Paul II was an avid human rights activist. He preached for non-violent unionism of the Democratice West and Communist East of Berlin. This effectively persuaded many religious groups to rejoice and take part in the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
1989 Berlin Wall Falls
The African-American Civil Rights movement affected women's rights as well. Such as the Free Joan Little Campaign (1974). In this an African-American woman, while in prison, was raped. She killed the guard and fled prison, eventually turning herself in later. She was convicted of first degree murder, but the verdict was "not guilty". This case is extremely important because it was a huge gain for not only African Americans, but women in general as well. No longer could men (especially white men) rape women (especially black women) with impunity. American Identity was changed during the Cold War because America was fighting for not just the containment of communism, but the spread of Democracy. In this Americans began to see them as protectors of freedom.
Work, Exchange, and Technology: How did the rise of American manufacturing and global economic dominance in the years after World War II affect standards of living among and opportunities for different social groups?
There was so many job that there was an increase in opportunities for African Americans and women. There was an expansion of the middle class.
Peopling: How did the growth of migration to and within the United States influence demographic change and social attitudes in the nation?
There is a limit on European immigration at this time. There is a huge movement of people from cities to suburbias. People left in the cities were generally lower class black people.
Politics and Power: How did the changing fortunes of liberalism and conservatism in these years affect broader aspects of social and political power?
Liberalism in those years was dominated by Human rights (womens, minorities, women's control of their bodies) . Conservatism (Goldwater and Reagen) get the government out of social and economic affairs and let the market place determine those things. Liberals would favor a higher tax structure for the wealthy and conservatives favored spread out tax more.
America in the World: Why did Americans endorse a new engagement in international affairs during the Cold War? How did this belief change over time in response to particular events?
Americans endorsed interfering nationally because they considered themselves to be the protectors of freedom. They had to protect other countries from the "horrible" communism that was spreading from Russia. Propaganda such as the educational video on what to do if a nuclear attack came helped spread the fear of communism throughout America by targeting their youth.
Environment and Geography: Why did public concern about the state of the natural environment grow during this period, and what major changes in public policy did this create?
Environmental concern grew for many reasons. Books such as Rachel Carson''s "Silent Spring" inspired awareness about the environment and the affect of pesticides on the environment. Results from nuclear testing where children were being born deformed in areas such as Nevada and Utah and the scare at 3 mile island led to widespread protest of Nuclear Energy. DDT and other pesticides were used in 1945 and many environmentalist soon "got wind" of this. They were in an outrage. In 1972 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments addressed the pollutants we were putting in to our waters. One river (Cuyahoga River in 1969) even caught fire because of so much pollutants.
Ideas, Beliefs, and Cultures: How did changes in popular cultural reflect or cause changes in social attitudes? How did the reaction to these changes affect political and public debates?
Richard Nixon responded to the hippy movement (such as the Beattles) by using the "silent majority".
Six Degrees of Separation: From Containment to “Tear Down This Wall”
1945 End of World War II
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)- Supreme Court decision that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision (1896); led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional. The decision energized the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
September 1957 Sputnik Launch- This satellite launch by the Soviet union scared the Americans in to thinking that the Russians had a better science and math program. This caused Americans to hurry with their own space contraption and created programs that enhanced science and math in high schools (such as the Nation Defense Education Act of 1958) This scare also prompted more anti-communism to fester in American citizens.
Black Power (1960s-1970s)- rallying cry for many black militants in the 1960s and 1970s; it called for blacks to stand up for their rights, to reject their integration, to demand political power, to seek their roots, and to embrace their blackness. This pride led to further demonstrations such as the Freedom Rides. It also brought forth the Civil rights Act of 1964.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - proposed by John Kennedy and signed by Lyndon Johnson; it desegregated public accommodations, libraries, parks, and amusements and broadened the powers of federal government to protect individual rights and prevent job discrimination.
April 4th 1968- Martin luther King Jr. Was Assassinated. This gave the Balck Power movement a martyr that they could rally behind. The liberation of the African Americas made America seem more liberal and thus had more liberal tendencies such as tearing down the Berlin wall.
1978- Pope John Paul II became pope- Pope John Paul II was an avid human rights activist. He preached for non-violent unionism of the Democratice West and Communist East of Berlin. This effectively persuaded many religious groups to rejoice and take part in the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
1989 Berlin Wall Falls
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