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| 1954, separate but equal unconstitutional, desegregation of public schools. Brought protests, including the little rock 9, use of US army for protection against mobs |
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| LBJ Claims that Vietnamese ships attack us navy ships, august 4, 1964, let to gulf of Tonkin resolution, which let to open war between north Vietnamese and America. US claimed that there were NVM, which turned out to be false radar images. |
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| HUAC (house of un-American activities committee) |
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| unrelated to mccarthyism, ranged from 1947-1975, and investigative committee that looked into un-American activities by citizens, groups, companies. Created as a response to the threat of communism. Investigated Hollywood ten |
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1950s, rise of the rebel
rebel without a cause, 1955, highlighted flaws of the nuclear suburban family , identity issues, created what some to consider the image of the modern teenager. |
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| Mississippi Summer Freedom Project |
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| campaign in the united states in 1964, that aimed to register as many voters as possible in Mississippi. The project also set up dozens of Freedom Schools, Freedom Houses, and community centers in small towns throughout Mississippi to aid the local black population. Three CORE members(two of them white) where arrested, beaten, and eventually killed. Reported on TV and on newspaper front pages, the triple disappearance shocked the nation and drew massive media attention to Freedom Summer and to "the closed society" of Mississippi. |
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| of 300 suburban, young, white couples from new England in the 1930s through 1950s that assessed outlook on marriage, sex, and happiness in the married family. Issued included small spectrum of people used in the study, and extrapolation thereof. Also only looked at white people. Also participants would sometimes lie in the study out of respect for their husbands. |
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| rise of rep. fiscally conservative with Reagan and bush senior. |
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| street thug turned into civil rights activist, converted to islam, and became highly influential black rights activist. Opposed MLKs nonviolent approach. Murdered by members of nation of Islam brothers for denouncing the leader for supposedly not being a real muslim. |
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| 1972 Nixon ordered a break in of the Watergate facility, which was the democratic headquarters. Money found on the intruders was linked back to a find that was supposed to be used for the re-election of Nixon. After it was discovered that Nixon had recorded conversations in his office, he was forced to resign in 1974, and ford gives him presidential pardon. |
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| – backlash against feminism- fatal attraction 1987- showed women as crazy, susan faludi, Pulitzer prize winner also agrees that women were treated unfairly, occurs any after women make substantial gains |
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| FEMININE MYSTIQUE, 1963, sparked a feminist revolution. Founded and elected first president of the national organization for women. Organized the national women’s strike in new York on the 50th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the constitution, which granted women the right to vote. |
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| 1960s, Set of programs set forth by LBJ which were ultimately to relieve racial injustice and poverty. Addressed health care, education, transportation, and urban problems. Was eventually overseen by the Vietnam war. |
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| Guess Who’s Coming Dinner. |
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| 1967, shows positive representation of interracial marriage, which was highly controversial, and still illegal in 17 states. Depicted interracial marriage as acceptable only when the black man is unusually wealthy and intelligent. It was a box office hit, even in the south. Drew criticism for the portrayal of doctor prentice as too white to not be accepted |
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equal rights amendment
Written by alice paul in 1923 but wasn’t introduced to congress until 1972 when it passed both houses of congress. Ratified on a state by state level, but not federally because of Phyllis schlafly, who urged conservatives to vote against it. |
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| films made for black audiences such as shaft in 1971, often showed urban areas as dangerous and lawless. Depicted blacks as dangerous, sexually promiscuous, law breaking. Yet still popular among black audiences. |
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| Clinton Health Care (1993) |
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| goal was to provide universal health care to all Americans. Clinton wanted all employers to provide health care through a limited number of closely monitored associations. Conservatives opposed and fellow democrats attempted to make their own plans rather than provide support. |
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| 1954, film that advanced feminist social and political agenda as well as shed light on Mexican americans in the us and worker conditions. It was blacklisted by holywood as it was considered to be a communist film at the time. |
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| 1942 Roosevelt ordered executive order 9066- all Japanese seen as threat to national security, and were forced to move into a type of jail. 110,000 Japanese had as little as 24 hours to pack. There was unequal internment; all japanese on the west coast were interned, but only 10 percent of japanese living in Hawaii were interned. In 1945, the order ends, and people can return their homes. |
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| George orwell, 1949, a prediction of the US would be like if communism took over in united states. Warning against communism and threats associated with totalitarian rule. |
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