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1 Civil Rights Movement The movement to establish civil rights in America has been a difficult struggle. . 1954- Brown v. ( Topeka Kansas) Board of Education- Supreme court case stated that segregated schools were unequal and must be desegregated ( Reversed Plessey v. Ferguson) States were ordered to begin integration of public schools

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Civil Rights MovementThe movement to establish civil rights in

America has been a difficult struggle.

. 1954- Brown v. ( Topeka Kansas) Board of Education- Supreme court case stated that segregated schools were unequal and must be desegregated ( Reversed Plessey v. Ferguson)

States were ordered to begin integration of public schools

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Thurgood Marshall- led the NAACP legal team for desegregation which resulted in the Brown Decision.

Oliver Hill- led the NAACP legal team in Virginia

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Results of School Desegregation: Some rural schools closed

Whites built private academies

White flight from urban schools

White resistance to desegregation was called Massive Resistance.

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Montgomery Bus BoycottDec. 1, 1956- Rosa Parks refused to give up

her seat to white passengers on a Montgomery, Alabama bus.

Rosa Parks was arrested for violation of Montgomery segregation laws which required black passengers to move to the back of the bus.

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African Americans boycotted the Montgomery Bus line. The bus line as well as white downtown businesses begin to lose money.

Martin Luther King, Jr. continued to ask African Americans to demonstrate using non violence.

November 13, 1963- US Supreme Court declares that the Montgomery segregation laws are unconstitutional.

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Local History- before Rosa Parks Irene Morgan- was arrested in Middlesex County, Virginia in

1944 for refusing to give up her seat on an interstate bus according to the state law in Virginia regarding segregation.

In her case, Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia, the Court ruled that Virginia law was unconstitutional, as interstate commerce was protected by the Commerce clause.

Irene Morgan Kirkaldy died in Gloucester, Va. In 2007.

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The Little Rock Nine

In September, 1957 the Federal Court ordered the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Angry mobs, including the governor and the National Guard stopped the nine African American students from entering the school.

President Eisenhower sent in the US Army to provide transportation and protection to the nine African American students as they attended Central High School.

The students were frightened, but demonstrated extreme courage.

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Elizabeth Eckford being denied access to Central High School

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1962- James Meredith- first African American student to attend the University of Mississippi

James Meredith was escorted to class by Federal Marshalls for his protection.

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JFK- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Elected in 1960 Inaugural: “ … the US would pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the

survival or success and liberty… ” “… Ask not what your country can do for you; ask

what you can do for your country.”

Assassinated November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. By Lee Harvey Oswald.

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JFK

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President Johnson-1963-1968

Vice President Lyndon Johnson becomes President after the assassination of President Kennedy.

Johnson is able to have civil rights legislation passed in Congress and begins an economic aid program for the poor called “The Great Society”

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August 28, 1963- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

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During this march, Martin Luther King, Jr.- delivered his “I have a dream…” speech- which influenced public opinion and demonstrated the power of nonviolent mass protest.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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1964- Civil Rights Act of 1964( Passed under President Johnson)

This Act prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, or gender

( ended segregation of public accommodations)

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1965- Voting Rights Act of 1965

This Act outlawed literacy tests as a requirement to vote and increased African American voters.

Also, passed under President Johnson.

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24 Amendment-

This Amendment outlawed the poll tax as a requirement to vote

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Stokeley Carmichael- African American that coined the phrase “Black Power” in order to unify African American communities.

Bobby Seale and HueyNewton found the Black Panther Party

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Malcolm X- African American that

was a leader of the Nation of Islam and spread the idea of Black Nationalism- in order to promote separate identity and racial unity. He later changed his views and broke with the NOI.

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Malcolm formed the Organization of African American Unity (OAAU) to support human rights for all .

On February 21, 1965 while making a speech in Manhattan, Malcolm X was assassinated by three members of the NOI.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Sit-Ins and Boycotts to end segregation begin in Birmingham.

Demonstrators are met with resistance by local police and fire departments.

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March from Selma to Montgomery

Demonstrators march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama asking for fairness in voter registration.

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Freedom Riders African Americans and

whites called Freedom Riders travelled by bus throughout the South attempting to assist African Americans to register to vote and to protest segregation.

Freedom Riders were attacked in several cities.

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1968 – a Difficult Year Tet Offensive in Vietnam – changed

American public opinion against the war.

Martin Luther King Jr.- assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4,

1968 by James Earl Ray.

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During his campaign for the Presidency, Robert Kennedy ( brother of the assassinated President John. F. Kennedy) was assassinated in Los Angeles, California on June 5, 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan.

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Police and protesters clash at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

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1968

Riots broke out in Chicago, Watts in LA, and many other cities across America

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1968-Johnson declines to run for re election

- Prague Spring ends in Czechoslovakia

-Nixon elected President – 1968

-Nixon introduced a program Called “New Federalism”- the states

would assume more responsibility for government.

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1970’s The early 1970’s was a time of growing distrust in the

National Government.

Nixon is re elected in 1972

Nixon begins the China Initiative ( to open relations with China) and visits China in 1972.

Soviet –American Détente ( to improve relations with the Soviet Union) – and visits Moscow and signs SALT I ( Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) an agreement with Premier Leonid Brezhnev to limit nuclear missiles or ICBM’s

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The Pentagon Papers The Department of Defense had completed a study of

Vietnam - 1945-1967. The study revealed that a succession of Presidents and military officials had lied to the American public regarding events in Vietnam.

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the project, leaked articles to the New York Times.

Ellsberg was arrested and his offices bugged by Nixon’s Plumbers. Ellsberg was later released.

The Study, now referred to as The Pentagon Papers were released and exposed the intentional deception of the American people about Vietnam, thus increasing the nation’s distrust in government. 30

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1972- The Watergate Scandal

In June 1972, five men with cameras and

bugging equipment were caught as they broke

into the National Democratic Headquarters

offices located in the Watergate Building in

Washington, DC. It was learned they were trying to find

information on the Democrats and also bug offices.

After a long Senate select investigation it was revealed that the burglars and the entire plan to discredit the Democrats came from the Committee to Re-elect the President, Nixon and leaders of his White House staff.

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It was also revealed that Nixon had taped conversations with his advisors. Nixon refused to release the tapes, claiming executive privilege. Eventually the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon that the President could not withhold evidence in an investigation and compelled Nixon to turn over all tapes in their entirety.

Watergate Scandal- Eventually the Washington Post and hearings revealed that Nixon and his staff were directly involved in the break in and cover up. Five men were convicted of burglary and perjury.

Impeachment proceedings then developed against Nixon.

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Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, the only President to resign from office.

VP Gerald Ford took the oath of office as President.

Ford later pardoned Nixon for any wrongdoing.

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Richard Nixon

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Counter Culture Movement A term that applied to the 1960’s

youth movement ( mostly on colleges) that rejected the values and authority of mainstream America.

The 1969 music festival a Woodstock represented this movement as Hippies rejected standard morals and values. This movement was criticized because it stressed drugs and a withdrawal from responsibilities.

In May of 1970 four students were killed and nine wounded by the National Guard at Kent State as they protested the Vietnam war and the bombing of Cambodia.

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Women in Contempory America

Betty Friedan published the Feminine Mystique in 1963- which examined the isolation and lack of fulfillment felt by many American housewives.

Friedan also helped to establish NOW, the National Organization for Women in 1966-dedicated to establishing equality for women.

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During the 1980’s, women began to join the workforce outside of the home in large numbers.

1960- only 35% of women worked outside of the home

1990- 60% of women worked outside of the home

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Space

Sally Ride – became the first female US Astronaut.

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Supreme Court

Sandra Day O’Conner became the first female Supreme Court Justice.

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Supreme CourtMembership on the Supreme Court continues to

include women and minorities:Sandra Day O’Connor ( 1st woman on the

Supreme Court - retired) Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elena KaganSonia Sotomayor

Clarence Thomas

(2nd African American)

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Women of the Supreme Court

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Women’s Issues Today1. need for free day care2. need for equal pay3. end of “pink collar ghetto” or low paying

jobs4. end of the “ glass ceiling” or limitations of

advancement 5. Abortion

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Rule of Law- Constitutional Issues

Griswold v. Connecticut 1965 – upheld the issue of the constitutional right to marital privacy.

Roe v. Wade ( 1973) Supreme Court decision that ended State regulation of abortion and reinforced privacy issues in that a woman’s choice to have an abortion was protected as a private citizen between her and her doctor.

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Chamber of Commerce of the USA v. Michael Whiting- upheld the rule of law requiring State of Arizona employees to enforce immigration laws and verify employee eligibility.

Miranda v. Arizona - 1966 Defined the due process clause of the 14th Amendment requiring that criminal suspects must be warned of their rights before being questioned by police.

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Space Race 1957- USSR launched Sputnik- 1st satellite in orbit

JFK in 1961, stated we can reach the moon in this decade

John Glenn- 1st American to orbit the earth

Neil Armstrong- July 1969- 1st man to reach the moon “that’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”

Sally Ride- was the first female American astronaut.

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Technology

Technology has led to medical improvements:

Dr. Jonas Salk- developed the polio vaccine

Space exploration

Space Shuttle

Mars rover

Voyager Missions

Hubble Telescope

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Communications Today:SatellitesGPSPersonal communication devices 24 hr. cable news PC’sMessaging: Examples !!

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Changes in work, school and health care in recent decades

TelecommutingOn-line course workService industries Improved medical diagnostic and imagining

techniquesOutsourcing and off-shoring

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Recent Immigration

Immigration- Since 1970 immigration patterns have had important effects on the US.

Recent immigrants have come mostly from Asian and Latin American countries, especially Vietnam, Cuban and Mexico.

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Results of recent immigration has resulted in : Bilingual education – and ESL courses

(English as a second language) Embargo of Cuba Cuban exiles have traditionally voted Republican Mexicans have traditionally voted Democratic Immigrants work in low paying jobs.

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President Gerald Ford – 1974-1976 Ford’s program was called WIN – whip inflation now.

Agreed to the Helsinki Accords- signed by thirty nations to ensure European security.

Ford faced opposition- pardoned Nixon.

Defeated by Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter in 1976.

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President Jimmy Carter – 1977-1981

1979- Nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Camp David Accords- under Carter’s leadership, a peace agreement was reached between President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel.

Iran Hostage Crisis- 52 Americans were held hostage in Tehran, Iran for 444 days.

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President Ronald Reagan- 1981-1989 Urged Gorbachev “ to tear down this wall” regarding

Berlin.

A conservative President- the “Reagan Revolution” Advocated: tax cuts, more responsibilities to state

governments, judges that exercised “judicial restraint”, reduction of government, strengthened the military.

Forced the USSR to spend on its military with the Reagan threat of Strategic Defense Initiative or “Star Wars”

Reagan Revolution extended beyond his tenure in office and affected the election of H.W. Bush, the election of the centrist Democrat William Clinton, the Republican sweep in the 1990’s, and election of George W. Bush .

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Ronald Reagan

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President George H.W. Bush – 1989-1993

Fall of Communism in Eastern EuropeReunification of GermanyCollapse of YugoslaviaCollapse of the USSR – 1991 Persian Gulf War- 1990-1991- first war in which

women served in a combat role- “Operation Desert Storm”- US and 27 other nations

fight against Iraq for the liberation of Kuwait.

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President William J. Clinton -1993-2001 Established the North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA)

Obtained full diplomatic relations with Vietnam

Lifted economic sanctions against South Africa after apartheid ended

Involved in NATO action in Yugoslavia

Involved in several scandals during his presidency, including Whitewater, and the affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.

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Eastern Europe

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President George W. Bush- 2001-2008

Terrorists attack on the US- 9/11/2001Two airplanes attacked twin towers in New

York, one plane attacked Pentagon, one plane forced down in Pennsylvania

War in AfghanistanWar in Iraq – Iraqi FreedomAfter the war- operation Nation Building.

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President Barack Obama- 2008

First African American elected PresidentNational Health Care programWar in AfghanistanEconomic CrisisMiddle East Crisis in EgyptUS joins NATO in LibyaRe elected in 2012

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Current Events AIDS

Global Warming

New World Order- US involvement in the 1991 Gulf War and the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

International Terrorism- September 11, 2001 – Twin Towers in New York and part of the Pentagon destroyed.

US responded with heightened security at home with the Patriot Act.

Current economic recession

US Involvement in Afghanistan

US and NATO involvement in Libya

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Government and the Economy The Federal government has the ability to influence the US economy

based on economic indicators like the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), exchange rates, rate of inflation, and unemployment.

Role of the government: is to promote a healthy economy with full employment and low inflation.

How? 1. The Federal Reserve controls monetary policy through the

supply of money and credit to expand or contract economic

growth.

2. The president and Congress- Fiscal policy decisions which

determine levels of taxation and spending.

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Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy

In our economy, we have a market economy, which means we usually go through several phases of a business cycle – expansion, peak and then recession .

The government has two types of economic policies to help control our market economy for the benefit of people and business: Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy

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Fiscal Policy

Fiscal Policy- are economic decisions set by the national or federal government. They are designed to help expand or contract our economy.

Examples of fiscal policy decisions include taxes and the amount of government spending.

In a recession, taxes are lowered and government spending increases.

In an expanding economy, taxes are raised and government spending decreases.

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Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy- is under the control of a central bank, which is our Federal Reserve System. In our society, unlike Fiscal Policy, the Federal Reserve System is independent and not under the direct control of the President or Congress.

The Federal Reserve System may create changes in our economy by raising or lowering interest rates and by increasing or decreasing the amount of the money supply in our economy.

In a recession, the Fed will lower interest rates and increase money supply.

In an expanded economy, the Fed will increase interest rates and decrease money supply