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1944-
Provided benefits to WWII veterans. Through the veterans adminstration, the bill provided grants for many things including: School and college tuition, low interest morgage, loans, job training, and unemployment payments. |
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| Federal Aid Highway Act, 1956 |
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| The Eisenhower admininstration poured 26 billion dollars into building over 40,000 miles of federal highway. It was the largest American public expenditure in American History. |
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1890-1969
34th President of the USA, which was during 1953-1961. Continued all the major New Deal programs, especially Social Security. He was a conservative.
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| Unincorporated residential community in Western Long Island, New York. Developed between 1956-1961. Example of a completely Pre-planned and mass produced housing complex, more than 17,000 low cost homes were built. The key to this is to no longer rent houses, but ownership. White Americans. |
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| Between 1946-1950, 18.2 million "Baby Boomers" were born. 14.6 million were expected. Largest birth rate in US history. Due to men coming home from war. Enormous demand on school systems around country. |
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| July 1948, President Harry S Truman. It called on the military to end racial distrimination. It would take years before the military actually ended segregation. |
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| Largely active between 1920's and late 1040's. Black players were not allowed to play major or minor league baseball, until Jackie Robinson came along. |
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| Brown v. Board of Education |
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| 3 cases in 1. Early 1950's. Idea that "Seperate but Equal" is actually unequal. The outcome was that there is a federal law saying that segregation is unconstitutional, but nothing will really change until it is practiced. |
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1941-1955
Born and raised in Chicago. Goes back to Mississippi to visit his family for the summer. Goes into a store with other black men, challenged by friends to make inappropriate comments to store owners wife. Days later, the store owner and brother abduct him and assault and murder him, and throw him in the river. The 2 men who did this were prosecuted, but not found guilty. Had an all white jury.
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1919-1972
Serves in the military. Very talented in athletics, and his strongest sport is not baseball. Never graduates college. In Negro League Baseball on the KC Monarchs in 1940's. In 1947, he becomes part of the Dodgers Professional team. Had verbal and physical abuse from other teams and spectators. Fans sent death threats that triggered FBI investigations.
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| The backlash of Brown v. Board of Education. Whites were trying to protect their segregated world in school systems. There were organized state and local chapters. "Race mixing is Communism." |
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1929-1968
In charge of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. A non-violent protester for civil rights. Becomes leader of Montgomery Bus Boycot. Gave "I have a dream" speech. James Earl Ray assassinated MLK to do something to make him well-known on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN. MLK preached about nonviolence, so being assassinated was very ironic. This started riots all over the country.
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| First major confertation between states rights and supreme courts school integration decision. 18 young people start this, but slowly gets down to 9. These 9 went to a white school to be integrated. Military are there to protect physically, but cannot do anything about screaming. All 9 of them go on to be great leaders. |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Martin Luther King Jr was part of it. Challenges Jim Crow laws, which are "seperate but equal". Uses verses from Bible to show Jim Crow is not okay. This starts bombing of churches, and violence gets worse. |
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| Military Industrial Complex |
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| Relationship between people who made the weapons and the military and government. Considered an "all too friendly" relationship. Eisenhower warned the US about this in his farewell address on Jan. 17, 1961. |
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| President JFK campaign in the election of 1960. It was not a set of promises, but a set of challenges. Two ideas were Race to the moon (1969), and peace corp. |
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1917-1963
First Catholic President, at 43, youngest man elected to presidency. 35th President from 1960-1963. Talks about his New Frontier in his campaign against Nixon. This election was the first televised Presidential Debate in 1960. Nixon looked nervous, and Kennedy was calm, Kennedy won the election.
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Born in 1926 in Cuba.
Was the leader of Cuba during Pay of Bigs Invasion in 1961.
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April, 1961
3 months after Kennedy becomes president, hired hitman from the mafia were sent to Cuba to assasinate Fidel Castro. Fell through, so they trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba, falls through also. Air protection did not come through either. Fidel knew about it, and they were waiting, so Cuban exiles were taken over. 1,000 people were imprisoned by Castro's forces.
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| Started by USSR to seperate East and West Berlin. Vienna Conference in June, 1961 was between Kennedy and Khrushchev. Khrushchev tried to get Kennedy to withdraw from Berlin, but Kennedy was not willing to compromise, so the Berlin wall was erected. |
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July 1962
USSR brought missiles to Cuba, Kennedy does not tolerate this, He decided to blockade Cuba, even though it could turn into a war.
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| Completed on June 15, 1962 at a Students for a Democratic Party convention in Michigan. |
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1946-1954
AKA Vietman War
Longest war in history until war in Iraq. 60% of total death of soldiers were in a rage of 17-21 years old. 1954, Vietman split into North and South.
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1901-1963
President of South Vieman from 1955-1963. 1963, he was assasinated.
US withdrew him before he was assassinated. He was a bad leader |
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AKA National Liberation Front
was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War |
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| Operation Rolling Thunder |
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| President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes this. Airforce bombing repeatedly on targets on ground in North Vietnam. From 1964-1968. |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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August 7, 1964
Congress passed this resolution plunging to the US into the Vietnam War. Did this because there was a possible attack reported on US military battleships in the gulf, but it turns out there really was no attack.
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1909-1994
He objected to increasing US troop involvement in Vietnam, and warned the Presidents Johnson and Kennedy that the US could not win the war. He was completely ignored.
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| Tet is the Vietnamise lunar New Year. Previously Troops stopped fighting to celebrate. On Jan 30th, 1968 a number of military attacked were pulled of during this, which was one of the most surprising attacks, the North Lost. |
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March 16, 1968
US did not find out until Nov 17, 1969. Women and children were raped and killed, more than 500 villagers were executed. Homes were burned or exploded, livestock was killed, wells were poisoned. As soon as the US public found out about this, the support of the war was lost.
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Agent Orange: A mixure of herbicides that US military forces sprayed in Vietnam from 1962-1971. Purpose was to defuliate forest areas that might conceal Viet Cong forces and destroy crops that might feed the enemy.
Napalm: They were containers with 130 gallons of gasoline, and 6% napalm added. When dropped from an altitude of 100 feet, they were able to cover a surfac with flames 270 feet long and 75 feet wide.
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| Led by the Beatles. "Mop Tops" were men who didn't cut their hair and became shaggy. Included other groups like the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and The Animals. The Rolling Stones were considered the "bad boys" of the invasion groups. These groups had lyrics about political issues, many were deemed inappropriate for TV audience. |
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| On March 31, 1966 David O'Brien and three companions burned their Selective Service registration certificates out of protest to the war. David was arrested for this-under unlawful to burn government documents. He lost, but it showed other people that they could burn things, people started burning the US flag. |
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| Paul Robert Cohen was arrested in the LA courthouse for wearing a jacket with the phrase "Fuck the Draft" on it. He was charged with being in violation of disturbing the peace. Cohen won under the first amendment and the word "fuck" is now protected under the constitution. |
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| Robert F. Kennedy's campaign. He wanted to focus on the poverty from the war. |
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| 1968 announces he wants to run for presidency. He focuses on the poverty of the war and racial segregation, like MLK he wants to end the war and close the gap between white and black. June 1968 was assassinated in LA-within two months of MLK by Sirhan Sirhan. Hubert Humphrey steps up to take his place in the election, which is only 6 months away. |
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May 1970
In Ohio. Kent State organizes a protest to the war. Governor of Ohio called in the National Guard. Shut down classes for the day. Hudreds of armed soldiers showed up. 4 students were shot and killed by the Ohio State Guard-they shot into the crowd of people. Made it into LIFE magazine. |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 1949.
Created a counterweight to Soviet Armys stationed in Central and Eastern Europle after WWII. Brought countries in that area together.
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1955
Soviet Union and countries surrounding it established a mutual defense organization.
NATO and Warsaw were drawing lines for teams after WWII.
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1945-1991
The rivalry developed after WWII between US and Russia and their allies. Spying becomes huge from both sides. It was waged on political, ecomonic, and propoganda fronts, and only have limited recourse to weapons.
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Speech by Winston S. Churchhill.
March 5, 1946.
Stated that physically and figurativily there is an iron curtain dividing Europe.
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AKA Red Iceburg.
The expansion of communism in Asia during the Cold War is making the fear in the US continue. Trumen was starting to be viewed as soft against communism.
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AKA Domino Effect.
THe idea that if yo let one country fall to communism, they become speakers of communism for other countries. First proposed by President Harry S. Trumen to justify sending military aid to Greece and Turkey in the 1940's. It than became popular in teh 1950's when President Eisenhower applied it to South Vietnam.
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March 12, 1947
Harry S. Truman declared immediate ecomonic and military aid to the governments of Greece and Turkey, who were threatened by communism.
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House Un-American Activities Committee.
Est. 1938
Committee of the US House of Representatives conducted investigations through the 40's and 50's into alleged communist activities. Right to Freedom of Speech were broken.
Ex. Hollywood 10: A group of 10 Hollywood produers/actors/etc. that were called to teh HUAC committee. They all invoked the 5th Amendment, they lost their jobs, and careers were destroyed. The only way to save your career is to say "No".
Ex. Ronald Reagen: Hollywood actor at this time, trying to get rid of communism in Hollywood, names people to HUAC who are communist.
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1908-1957
Asked people if they are or have ever been part of the American Communist Party. If you don't answer, or say yes, you could lose your job.
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| The idea that Indians are the best. Like Pan-Germanism during Hitler. |
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| Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins |
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In 1960's
Blacks cannot get service in resaurants, so they had sit-ins. They were non-violent civil disobedience. No matter what they did, because otherwise they would get arrested, not matter what others did or how they retaliated. Middle class white america is not starting to help with this. Parents were shocked.
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Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
Founded in 1960 in North Carolina.
Staged sit-ins and freedom rides. Freedom Rides: Buses in Washington are integrated, but when it crosses state borders, they do not know what happens, which becomes a issue for federal government
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Born in 1933
Served 9 years in the Airforce. Applied to the U of Mississippi, but was first rejected because he was black. This causes riots when military forces Meredith to be accepted. The song "Oxford Town" by Bob Dylan is talking about this riot.
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| In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. made this speech during the March on Washington which attracted about 250,000 people for peaceful demonstration to promote civil rights and economic equality for African Americans. Televised live to an audience of millions. |
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| Born 1941 in Duluth, MN. Grew up in Hibing, MN. Went to the U of M, but never gratuated. Starts making music while in dinky town. Wrote more than 500 songs about the civil rights movements. People used his songs and remade them because he was a bad singer. Performed at the March on Washington were Martin Luther King Jr. does his "I have a dream' speech. |
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1908-1973
36th President of the USA. From Texas.
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| Outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. |
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| Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread desenfranchisement of African Americans in the US |
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1953
US wants to get out of the business of controlling Indian reservations and stop pouring money into them. They deemed the Natives able to look after their own affairs. |
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1956
Relocating Indians into an urban community, larger communities such as San Fran, LA, Sacramento, etc. Getting Indians used to white culture. Use incentives, usually money, to get them to move and offer to help find a job and apartment but they usually didn't help once they moved. Backfires on the US. |
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| American Indian Movement. Founded in Minneapolis in 1968. Civil Rights Organization for the American Indians. Wanted to get back what is rightfully theirs from the government, their rights are often overlooked. Its original purpose was to help Indians in urban ghetto who had been displaced by government. It eventually encompassed the entire spectrum of Indian demands. |
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Born in 1939
In 1942 the Means family settles in San Fran Bay area because of the relocation plan. In 1970 he becomes the director of AIM. The kind of individual that was affected by these policies. |
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| "Indians Of All Tribes" at Alcatraz |
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| In 1963 Alcatraz became a "Federal Surplus Property." This was originally Indian land so now they wanted to take it back. Indians of All Tribes occupied Alcatraz from November to June 1969. This attempted to draw Indian entity into a single group. Not a nice place, but the Indians said it was no worse than what they had been living in. By June 1970 it fizzles out because life is getting in the way-had to go back to life and school. |
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| November 1972. March on Washington organized by AIM involving 1,000 angry Native Americans. Planned as a peaceful march, but becomes an occupation of the federal office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This becomes a news opportunity for media. |
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| 1975 after Wounded Knee. 180 degree flip- turn over much of authority and responsibility to Indians for their communities. By Gerald Ford. |
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| February 27, 1973. Indian activists seize the town of Wounded Knee. Lasts for 71 days. 2 Indians were shot and killed, whites were held hostage. Russell Means was a leader in this and when he went to Washington he was immediately arrested. After this his activists were stuck in Wounded Knee, running out of food, until planes came and dropped food for them. This becomes an embarrassment for Federal Government because of how long it has lasted. |
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| Born in 1944. Still in prison to this day. One of the three indicted murderers for the murder of the FBI agents that went on the Indian Reservation to find someone. He was the only one convicted because he had a new judge who found him guilty. There were a lot of inconsistencies in the trial and a lot of people think he is innocent and should be let go. He made a statement saying that he knows he will not have a fair trial because it is in the white community. |
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| United States v. Nixon, 1974. Executive privilege-the executive branch has a privilege to privacy to discuss possible decisions. They reasserted this privilege in this case-you don't have the privilege to withhold information if it has to do with a criminal investigation. This was during Nixon's criminal investigation-he admitted there were crimes but he had nothing to do with them. |
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1969
Papers that contain a history of the US role in Indochina from WWII until May 1968. Ellsberg stole these papers and told the press about them, eventually publishing them to the New York Times, criticizing the war and showing that it is unwinnable. |
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Born in 1931
Saying the war is not winnable. Becoming critical of the war and the politics of the war. Wants to withdraw from the war (he is a marine). He was the one to publish the pentagon papers. He is arrested and charged with felonies for this, he knows he will be charged for theft and revealing federal secrets about war in 1971. He was found innocent in 1973. |
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1913-1994
37th president of the US, ran in 1968 after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. February 23-24, 1969: Nixon orders plans for secret bombing of Cambodia, says he will end the war by winning the war. |
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Born in 1923
Nixon's right hand man. Knowingly and willingly prolonged the war to keep his job as Secretary of State-1973-77 (Even though Nixon said he wanted to end the war by winning it). |
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| Periods of easing of Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet Union from 1967-1979. The era was a time of increased trade and cooperation. Ended in the signing of SALT treaties. |
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"The Whitehouse Plumbers"
Five men are arrested on June 17, 1972 trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel and office complex. G. Gordon Liddy of the FBI and James W. McCord-security Chief were two of the five. August 1, 1972-$25,000 cashier's check ends up in one of these guys' bank from Nixon to pay them off for their break in. |
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| Law passed by Congress on Novemeber 7, 1973. Over the veto of Nixon. Restrained the president's ability to commit US forces overseas by requiring the executive branch to consult with and report to congress before involving US forces. Taking back their constitutional right to war, taking back what they gave them, they had their free reign of war for 9 years. |
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Watergate Hotel:
Washington, DC. The Headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Recordings taken of the White House administration, surveilling meetings, serveil the critics. The Whitehouse Plumbers were caught for this. Nixon taped people without them knowing it. Question becomes: Is this a conspiracy? Did Nixon know about this the whole time?
Watergate Hearings:
May 1973-August 1974
Fingers are still pointed to Nixon in th Watergate scandal. They want to know what he did or didn't do in this. He needs to prove that he wasn't a conspirator and that he didn't cover anything up. These 15 months the US is investigating this, televised all over US. Nixon just kept saying he didn't have anything to do with it. |
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| The women's movement in the 1960s and 70s. Represented an abrupt break with the tranquil suburban life pictured in American popular culture. Many people see The Feminine Mystique as the opening to the second wave feminism (a book written by Betty Freidan). "Our Bodies Our Selves" was a book about the health care needs to women and their reproductive system. Before this, talking about that would be too obscene. |
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1921-2006
Became a psychologist. Felt she wasn't in a fair environment. Started talking to other women about this issue. Came to the idea that there is a general dissatisfaction of the women's work field. Expectations are low, she couldn't advance in her job beccause it wasn't expected for women to advance. Started interviewing women-mostly from her college class-who became housewives. Writes a book called "The Feminine Mystique." |
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| National Organization for Women's 1966 Statement of Purpose. Betty Freidan was at the heart of this. Still in affect today. Starts working on these problems. Suggests that there are deep structural problems in our society, not just some people saying women are less. |
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| Equal Rights Amendment. Just because the 19th amendment gives women the right to vote, it doesn't outlaw any kind of discrimination other than that. This amendment is of all discrimination. Section 1: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied because of sex. Section 2: The Congress shall have the power to enforce any part of this article. Section 3: This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. Argument against it: ERA would change the entire way of life-it failed. |
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| Title IX of the Education Act Amendments of 1972 |
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| Sports in college are huge, women did not have access to athletics before this. Women becoming active has the potential to become "manly." Generations that came after 1972-women college athletics can play, many women go on to the Olympics or pros now. |
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1973
Invalidated all state laws restricting women's access to abortions during the first trimester. Before 73 it is illegal to have an abortion. Abortion is now legal. |
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| The Pregnancy Discrimination Act |
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1978
Before this if you went to a job and were pregnant, you could either not get hired or get fired if you already worked there. They go home to have their baby. This is now illegal. |
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1911-2004
"The Great Communicator"
40th president of the US. Fundamentalist perspective-the Bible is literally the truth. Actor from 1937-1965. Named names during communist scare. Knowing how to work the cameras helped him when he became president. First political job was the governor of California. Goes up against Carter in election of 1980- Carter only wins four states. On the day of his inaguration: 52 Iranian hostages are released after 444 days of captivity which makes people believe the world is scared of him. |
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1979-1981
52 Americans were taken captive by the radical Iranian students. People questioned how this could happen under Carter. This ended the Carter admin and started the Reagan admin. On day of Reagan's inaguration these hostages were released. |
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| Sandinistas cause an uprising. Freedom Fighters are called contras-trying to destabilize the government. Cold War is alive and well in Reagan admin. National Guard goes to Honduras to train counter attacks. 1982-Congress passes the Boland Amendment because of this. |
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| Congress passes this in 1982. US couldn't fund any military organizations, like the contras, that would destabilize the revolutionary government. Showing that US will stay out of it. |
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Born in 1943.
US Naval Academy in 1968. Begins funding against the Boland Amendment-giving resources to Iran. CIA funnels arms to Iran in an attempt to free hostages, but Reagan goes on to deny this. This hits the news-15 weeks of congressional hearings getting to the bottom of the sales of arms to Iran. |
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| The Fall of the Berlin Wall |
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| Reagan gives a speech at the Berlin Wall on June 2, 1987. He demands that the Soviet Union tear down the wall. It is a matter of Freedom and Morality. This is part of his view of good or evil, no inbetween. |
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| People who were gay or lesbian can be fired. This is the Pink Scare. 1953. Prior to this era the US military had conducted sting operations to entrap homosexual military servicemen in order to discharge them. |
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1925-2011
In US army during WWII and goes back to college with the GI bill. Works for the federal government for astronomy. 1957-fired because he was arrested in 1956 for gay and lesbian protests. Worked with the Mattachine Society in Washington which was one of the first gay and lesbian groups that is standing up to the oppression. |
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| Decided on January 13, 1958. "One" was deemed "obscene" and excluded from the postal service. (One was a newsletter that articulated a civil rights agenda). In 1958 the US Supreme Court overturned this law. Talking about the gay civil rights |
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| June 27, 28, and 29, 1969. Greenwich Village, NYC at the Stonewall Inn. In the 1950s and 60s gay and lesbian bars were harassed by law enforcement and organized crime. These people in 1969 go out into the street and start riots, demanding their rights. They were all arrested. |
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1930-1978
First openly gay elected politician, on San Fran city council. In 1978 he was murdered by another city councilman, who also murdered the mayor. This guy used the excuse that he "ate too much junk food" so he wasn't in the right state of mind (This is known as the Twinkie defense). |
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1925-1985
Film and TV actor. Admits he has AIDS just before his death. Before this people who had AIDS were just random people, he was the first to admit it so people could see actual people who have AIDS. "Heartthrob" of the 50s. He was a respected man of the Hollywood system. Connected to the Reagans (Reagan wants to ignore that gay people have rights). This was a time that AIDS was only found in gay people. Rock had a wife to cover up the fact that he was gay, but everyone in Hollywood knew he was gay. |
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AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.
Started in March 1987 by Larry Kramer. Not MLK nice, it is disruption of everyday life. Shuts down the Golden Gate Bridge. Radicals-disrupt until they get what they want. Use Media to begin fighting AIDS. |
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| William Jefferson Clinton |
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Born 1946
42nd President of the US. Going to mix the ideas of social policy and economic policy. Closer to the middle, has a centrism view-middle of the two extremes of liberalism and conservatism. In 1998 he became the second US president to be impeached; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. |
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| Mix between Liberal in Social Policy and Conservative in Economic Policy. Bill Clinton had this viewpoint. The conundrum for the "New Democrat" is how to reform society without disrupting the distribution of economic wealth. |
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Name means nothing at first-it was just started in the blue dog room. This is a group of fiscally conservatives. They criticize Clinton because he wasn't fiscally conservative enough. |
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| North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement. 1993. Clothes are not made in US today, because of agreements of NAFTA. Productions of goods can come back and be sold in America. This unhinges labor in America, many loose their jobs by Mexican productions. Clinton signed this. |
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| Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 |
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Gramm-Leach-Bliley
FDR put this in place to regulate banking industries (consumer banks, insurance banks, and investment banks couldn't be combined). Clinton repealed this, allowing banks to grow very large, which rippled thoughout the country. |
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US Policy from 1993-2011
Regarding the service of homosexuals in the military. Lifted a ban on homosexual service that had been instituted during WWII. Can't express who you are, you can be discharged if you come out of the closet. |
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Born 1947 in Chicago
Brand new kind of first lady, unlike any before her. Hillary was Bill's partner in this, intellectual equal. Married in 1975. She was a very confident lawyer/politician. You can't think of one of them without the other. |
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| The movement away from the primary agricultural sector to the tertiary service sector. |
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| Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, parts of: Pennsylvania and NY. Manufacturing is moving off shore, production is not happening in Rust Belt so it is starting to not be used, demand isn't as high for the cars made in US-cars are coming from other countries. |
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| Detroit's population grew dramatically between 1850 and 1950. aka "Motor City." the quintessential 20th century Industrial city. Rises and falls on automotive manufacturing industries. Population growth peeks at 1950 and then steadily declines. Trying to bring Detriot back to a tourist location to raise population again. |
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| Extractive/Agriculture section of working. Most common in the late 19th century. 70% of jobs were agriculture in 1820, but today it is less than 5%. |
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| Secondary Sector-Manufacturing |
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| Most common in the Early-Mid 20th Century. More jobs with factories. |
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| Mid-late 20th century. jobs we will all take today. These jobs require knowledge, skill sets, and interpersonal relationships. Ex: doctors, teachers, waiters, etc. Almost every job today. It is now at 75% of all jobs. |
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| aka the "Digital Revolution." In the 80's-a giant cell phone and big thick computers. Today-you can't live without a smart phone and laptop. It has changed the way we have relationships, the way we find information, everything. Manufactured in China-US doesn't have manufacturing anywhere, the knowledge and skills of designing them DOES happen here, which is the service sector. Too close to present that historians haven't really looked at it yet. It is standard or expectation that it is necessary to know how to use this technology. |
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| Born in 1946. Part of the "Bush Dynasty." 43rd president of the US. He wasn't that smart-he got all C's and D's at Yale. Well connected to politics because of his father. |
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| Two planes fly into the Twin Towers in NYC, one plane flys into the pentagon, one plane was aimed at the White House but it fails and falls in Virginia because the passengers found out and took it down. More deadly than Pearl Harbor-2,600 people died. 125 died at the pentagon and 256 died on the four planes. Starts the war in Iraq. |
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2001
Uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Police do not have the right to invade privacy unless there is a probable cause-until the patriot act. Deciding who is a terrorist and who isn't. Libraries can't withhold information about what people are reading anymore. No legal standard to who is a terrorist. Don't have Bill of Rights protection from search and seizure anymore. |
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Born in 1948
45th vice president of the US. Served in Vietnam. |
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Election of 2000
One of the most contested elections-the votes were so close that for 36 days, the nation didn't know who was going to be the president. Gore won popular vote, Bush won electoral vote. It all came down to Florida. It became a Supreme Court Case-the secretary of state becomes a plaintiff in this. Hanging Chad-going through vote by vote to see who they meant to vote for. Bush got presidency before the recount was over. |
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