Goal 11 Packet

1. Goal 11 Packet

2. 11.01 Describe the effects of the Cold War on economic, political, and social life in America.

3. HUAC and Senator Joseph McCarthy • HUAC • House Un-American Activities Committee • Goal- hunt down and arrest suspected Communists in the US • Led by Senator Joseph McCarthy • Become known as McCarthyism Senator McCarthy

4. Impact on Civil Rights and Liberties • Civil Rights and Liberties • Violated during McCarthyism • Examples • 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

5. Video Rosenbergs Julius Rosenberg • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg • 1953 • Convicted of espionage for selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union • Later executed in 1953 • Increase fear of Communism in US Ethel Rosenberg

6. 11.02 Trace major events of the Civil Rights Movement and evaluate its impact.

7. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) • Will overturn earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) • Ruling- separate but equal is unconstitutional • Led by NAACP and Thurgood Marshall • DeJure 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... “

8. Brown v. Board Cont. Thurgood Marshall Chief Justice Earl Warren

9. 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)

10. 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 economically • Impact • Nov. 13, 1956- Court rules that segregation on buses was unconstitutional and boycott is over

11. Video Montgomery Bus Boycott Political Cartoon Rosa Parks getting arrested

12. Acts and Amendments • Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Ban discrimination in employment • Ban discrimination in public places • Protect voting rights • Speed up school desegregation • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate unfair treatment in the workplace

13. Acts and Amendments Cont. • Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Eliminate literacy tests • Federal examiners register voters • 24th Amendment • Abolish Poll Taxes

14. Truman and the Military • Remember: WWII the military was segregated • July 1948- President Truman issue executive order to desegregate the military

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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)

18. 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.

19. 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

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21. 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

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23. Migrant Workers • Cesar Chavez • Founder of United Farm Workers • Use 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

24. 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 passed • Still possible that it could become the 28th Amendment someday • Roe v. Wade (1973) • Legalizes abortion and a woman’s right to get an abortion

25. Environmental Protection • Environmental Protection Agency • Began in 1970 under President Richard Nixon • Influential 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