GOAL 11 PACKET

11.01 DESCRIBE THE EFFECTS OF THE COLD WAR ON

ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL LIFE IN AMERICA.

HUAC and Senator Joseph McCarthy HUAC

House Un-American Activities CommitteeGoal- hunt down and arrest suspected

Communists in the USLed by Senator Joseph McCarthyBecome known as McCarthyism

Senator McCarthy

Impact on Civil Rights and Liberties Civil Rights and Liberties

Violated during McCarthyismExamples

○ Hollywood Blacklists- lists of suspected Communists (denied acting and producing jobs)Include Actor Charlie Chaplin, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston

Hughes, Robert Oppenheimer (director of Manhattan Project)

○ Hundreds imprisoned and thousands lose their jobs

○ Subpoenaed to testify in front of HUAC

Rosenbergs Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 1953

Convicted of espionage for selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union

Later executed in 1953Increase fear of Communism in US

Ethel Rosenberg

JuliusRosenberg

Video

11.02 TRACE MAJOR EVENTS OF THE CIVIL

RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND EVALUATE ITS IMPACT.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Will overturn earlier decision in Plessy v.

Ferguson (1896) Ruling- separate but equal is

unconstitutionalLed by NAACP and Thurgood MarshallDeJure segregation ruled unconstitutional

due to 14th amendment“Does segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race, even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors may be equal, deprive the children of the minority group of equal educational opportunities? We believe that it does... “

Brown v. Board Cont.

Chief Justice

Earl Warren

Thurgood Marshall

Impact of Ruling DeJure segregation unconstitutional End to Jim Crow laws in South School desegregation begin

Little Rock 9 (1957)○ 9 black students enroll in all white high school

in Arkansas○ Governor refuses to let them enter and

National Army called out○ Think Remember the Titans (school

desegregation)

Montgomery Bus Boycott Dec. 1, 1955- when it starts

Rosa Parks arrested- she did not move for a white person on the bus

Boycott began and was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Goal- hurt buses economicallyImpact

○ Nov. 13, 1956- Court rules that segregation on buses was unconstitutional and boycott is over

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks getting

arrested

Political Cartoon

Video

Acts and Amendments Civil Rights Act of 1964

Ban discrimination in employmentBan discrimination in public placesProtect voting rightsSpeed up school desegregationEqual Employment Opportunity Commission

to investigate unfair treatment in the workplace

Acts and Amendments Cont. Voting Rights Act of 1965

Eliminate literacy testsFederal examiners register voters

24th AmendmentAbolish Poll Taxes

Truman and the Military Remember: WWII the military was

segregated July 1948- President Truman issue

executive order to desegregate the military

Affirmative Action Start in 1965- under President Lyndon

Johnson Measures to achieve non-discrimination

Hiring without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin

Attempt to promote equal opportunity

March on Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963

275,000 people march in Washington D. C. (75,000 whites)

Goal- convince Congress to pass the Civil Rights Bill

Speeches○ “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr○ March on Washington

Freedom Rides Organized to travel through the South to protest

segregation in bus terminals Alabama

Encounter violence and resistance White racists attack them with chains, brass knuckles,

pistols Attacks will continue in Anniston, Birmingham and other

cities in Alabama Impact

Pres. Kennedy will send federal troops to escort buses Interstate Commerce Commission will ban segregation in

all facilities (waiting rooms, restrooms, and lunch counters)

11.03 IDENTIFY MAJOR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE INVOLVING

WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THESE MOVEMENTS

ON THE UNITED STATES' SOCIETY.

Youth Movement Music

Elvis Presley- rock and roll, dancing○ “Shake your pelvis like Elvis”○ Entertainer- actor, musician, etc.

Beatles○ Lead the British Invasion- time period where

bands from Britain gain popularity in US○ Beatlemania

Videos

Youth Movement Cont. Hippies and Woodstock

Hippy Movement- start in Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco

Hippies○ Stand for peace, love○ Heavy drug use○ Mainly young teenagers○ Involved in many anti-war protests (Vietnam)

Woodstock○ Music Festival in 1969 in Upstate NY○ Promote peace and love

Hippy Videos

Migrant Workers Cesar Chavez

Founder of United Farm WorkersUse protests and non-violent tactics

○ Goal- better wages, shorter hours and better working conditions for migrant workers

○ Mainly in California and Florida○ Mainly Hispanic workers○ Migrant workers- spend a few months in the

US working then go back to native country

Women’s Movement Betty Friedan

Publish “The Feminine Mystique” in 1963○ Argue that women are just as capable as men ○ Encourage and inspire women to join the work force, go to

college, etc. and give up life of being a traditional housewife Equal Rights Amendment

Been proposed since 1972 but never passedStill possible that it could become the 28th Amendment

someday Roe v. Wade (1973)

Legalizes abortion and a woman’s right to get an abortion

Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency

Began in 1970 under President Richard NixonInfluential in passing many acts regarding

clean air, water, anti-pollution, protection of endangered species, and hazardous waste

Acts○ 1963- Clean Air Act○ 1965- Water Quality Act○ 1968- Scenic Rivers Preservation Act○ 1966- Endangered Species Preservation Act