Topic 11 Concept Guide

MLK and Civil Disobedience

MLK fought for equal rights

- Organized Civil Disobediance, which allowed people to protest without violence

-Boycotting

-Lunch Counter Sit-ins

-Montgomery Bus Boycott Lasted 381 days. They organized it so no one would ride the buses, and the result was colored people able to sit where they wanted on the bus, and payed the same fare as whites.

- Assassinated in 1968

Power of the “Mob”

- The larger the group of people participating in the Civil Disobedience the more effective their actions were.

Plessy v. Ferguson

-Every thing was separate and still segregated, yet they had to be equal- So, the accommodations and facilities had to be the same (water fountains,restaurants,restrooms) etc.

Civil Rights Goals

-Equal rights for colored people.

- Desegregation

Eisenhower’s Role in Little Rock

-sent troops to escort the Little Rock nine safely to school, since segregation was against the law

Rights of the Accused

Gideon vs. Wainwright

6th amendment requires counsel for defendants who are unable to afford their own attorneys

Escobedo Vs. Illinois

Criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogation

Miranda vs. Arizona

Criminal suspects must be informed of their right to counsel prior to interrogation

Brown v. Board of Education

-Overruled Plessy Vs. Ferguson

-Integrated School Systems

Chavez and the United Farm Workers

Founded United Farm Workers

-Helped immigrant workers earn right through Civil Disobedience

- Fasts, grape strike etc.

- Anti-Immigration

FHA and ADA

The Federal Housing Administration

-US government agency that insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying.

- improve housing standards and conditions

-provide and adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans

- stabilize the mortgage market. The Americans with Disabilities Act

- enacted by the US Congress in 1990.

- It is a wide ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
Purpose of Filibusters

- Prevent the opposing side from talking

-Used in House of Representatives and Senate to stop Civil Rights Legislation
Sit-Ins and Other Protests

Sit-In

- Groups would go into restaurants sit down try to order food, after being told "no" or to leave they continue to sit.

-Mobs would beat them, and they would do nothing.

-Got arrested

-After the first group was done, another group would go, then another, and another.- A continued cycle- Very effective.

Metiocracy

I am a firm believer in, if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. There is no doubt about it. In "A Class Divided," the teacher divides these kids and makes one group feel inferior to the other and vice-versa. Though, when someone is made to feel superior things can get ugly, and this is exhibited in history with slavery in many countries. Yet, there are many "inferior" people that have risen up and gone against what anyone says, made something of themselves and done what THEY wanted to do. It's all about the way you feel, if you, yourself believe yourself to be inferior, or less of a person then, you're not going to get anywhere. On the other hand, if you believe in yourself, work hard and genuinely to do what you want, regardless of race or gender you can do it.

Survey

Race HS Grad College Grad

A	Yes	Yes
H	Yes	Yes
W	Yes	No
O	Yes	No
W	Yes	No
A	Yes	No
W	Yes	Yes
A	Yes	Yes
H	Yes	No
H	Yes	No
W	Yes	Yes
AA	Yes	Yes
W	Yes	Yes
W	Yes	Yes
W	Yes	Yes
W	Yes	Yes
H	Yes	No
AA	Yes	Yes
W	Yes	No
A	Yes	No
H	Yes	Yes

By looking at my results, I feel like whites do have some what of an advantage in education, though it's not that big of a difference between the other races. I think if this survey was extended and I was able to produce more results it would be more accurate. Also, I do believe that location and the area you are living in factors in to the level of education of the majority of people that have had a full highschool and/or college education.

I am...

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins

I wonder what the outcome will be

I hear them all scream my name

I see my friends being beaten; close to death

I want to change all of this

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins

I pretend as if these beatings don't hurt me

I feel the anger rising around me

I need more motivation

I worry for the lives of my friends

I cry at the thought of death

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins

I understand the consequences of my actions

I believe that I can make a change

I dream that one day this world will become one

I try to convince them that it will

I hope that I'm right

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins

Sexist Advertisements.

This advertisement is sexist, because The message it sends by saying "Color keyed to match you're kitchen" and the picture of the woman sitting around color swatches sends the message that all women are good for or wanted was a perfect house and kitchen. Also, the phrase "they're femineered!" also sends that message. This advertisement conveys that women were materialistic, and were only interested in their material objects being perfect.

Television

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Television does indeed have a great impact on our society today. Especially in the younger generations. Televison, Music, and Film sets the "norm" and the "trends" for our generations to follow, and a lot of the time we mimic what we see on t.v, or we want to have or do what we see. Our society is prone to wanting what others have, when we see it, we want it. This attitude that we have taken on can definitely have negative consequences

Norman Rockwell

The perfect family, parents, three kids and a dog in, in the perfect house. This family was living the Ultimate American Dream. The children eagerly peer out of the window with jubilant faces on Christmas morning watching the blanket of snow make their world into a winter wonderland. They are all excited to unwrap the bundle of gifts each of them have sitting under the tree, and to go outside and play in the snow. Even the dog feels the excitement. It's the perfect Christmas.

Topic.10 Concept Guide

McCarthyism impact on society:

Joseph McCarthy accused thousands of Americans of being Communists
Hollywood writers, directors, and producers were arrested. Under the accusation that there were "communist ideas/propaganda" in their films.

Communist "witch hunt" and impact on those accused:

Privacy of individuals was violated.

Many people were charged under being communists.

Space Race impact on government policies:

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik

USA feels threatened, decides to pour $ into education.

Cold War spurred from this.

Space explorations expanded, and in 1969 USA put man on the moon.

Cold War mindset for the US government and public:

USA is afraid of communism.

We had to beat the Soviet Union in technology/space exploration.

Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads:

The Suburbs were outside the cities.

Therefore, cars were required to travel to jobs in the city.

The 1956 Highway Act was put into action, and millions of dollars went into building new and easier roads to travel on.

Baby Boom:

Men were coming home from war, the depression was over.

Could afford to have more children

The new norm became stay at home mothers, working fathers, 2 children and more than one car

Urban-Suburban pattern:
Inner City : low income families
Suburbs : middle income families
Moving out of the Suburbs : high income families (more land etc)

GI Bill:

Supported veterans, provided them with education.

Gave loans and 1 yr. compensation

Expansion of the middle class (why things were affordable):

CREDIT CARDS!(more spending)

Men were working.

Development of the suburbs, track homes that were cheap.