November 16 What were the causes of tensions between US and USSR during the Cold War? What positive outcomes came about at home after WWII?

Standard USHC-8: The student will demonstrate an understanding of social, economic and political issues in contemporary America. USHC-8.1 Analyze the African American Civil Rights Movement, including initial strategies, landmark court cases and legislation, the roles of key civil rights advocates and the media, and the influence of the Civil Rights Movement on other groups seeking equality.

Declaration of Independence 13 th Amendment 14 th Amendment 15 th Amendment Failures of:

Some returning WWII African American veterans were lynched. This motivated Truman to establish a civil rights commission, to support an anti-lynching law and to desegregate the military by executive order. Civil Rights Starts

Revelations of concentration camps and the ‘Final Solution’ shocked Americans and called into question race relations in the US Cold War competition required that the United States gain the support of emerging nations in Asia and Africa.

Strategies used by the African American Civil Rights Movement forced the United States to live up to its constitutional promises or face embarrassment on the world stage.

Civil Rights Movement had roots in the early 20 th century in the development of organizations [NAACP] that established the judicial precedents that eventually led to the Brown decision and in the successful application of the strategy of non-violent disobedience by Gandhi in India Non-Violent Protests

Non-violence protest sites were specifically picked to show to the nation the face of racism in order to get the support for government help in securing civil rights.

Bus boycotts, Sit-ins, Freedom rides, the Birmingham campaign, the March on Washington, Freedom Summer, and the Selma March Media helped spread the civil rights messages and show the nation how exactly African Americans were treated

Non-violent direct action campaign of the Civil Rights Movement was successful in getting presidential and public support in the early 1960s.

The power of popular support had great influence to the extent which Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon were advocates of the civil rights movement.

The goals, actions, and leadership of the black power movement [Malcolm X and the Black Panthers] among northern, urban African Americans were significantly different from those of southern African Americans. Violent Protests

While Southern African Americans could confront segregation by law (de jure) with direct action, de facto segregation was practiced in other parts of the country. Televised reports of urban riots and the radical rhetoric of the black power movement alienated the general public and undermined support for government action.

Harry Truman’s advocacy of civil rights in 1948 led to the emergence of the Dixiecrats. Democratic (Kennedy and Johnson) support of civil rights legislation and Nixon’s Southern Strategy turned a formerly solid Democratic south into a Republican stronghold.

The participation of women in the civil rights movement prompted them to form organizations such as the National Organization for Women (NOW) to promote their own rights. Women in Civil Rights

The Feminine Mystique, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Roe v Wade, and the Equal Rights Amendment had an impact on the women’s rights movement and the development of counter culture

The goals, strategies and government response to movements for the rights of Latinos and Native Americans were similar to the early African American civil rights movement. These movements also lost support when they turned more militant. Latinos and Native Americans

May 3rd How was the Civil Rights Movement tied to the Cold War? Which was more successful, MLK or Malcolm X? Explain. **If you were not here yesterday, get a not packet, turn in work, and ATTEMPT bell ringer!! You will get your 8.1 work after 8.2 notes**

Standard USHC-8: The student will demonstrate an understanding of social, economic and political issues in contemporary America. USHC-8.2 Compare the social and economic policies of presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, including support for civil rights legislation, programs for the elderly and the poor, environmental protection, and the impact of these policies on politics.

President Lyndon B. Johnson LBJ used his own political expertise and experience in Congress and the memory of John F. Kennedy to push through civil rights legislation.

LBJ created the the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, and an affirmative action plan for awarding government contracts were passed over the opposition of conservative Southern Democrats in Congress.

Johnson’s vision of the Great Society led to the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid and the initiation of the War on Poverty. These economic programs helped to insure that the poor and the elderly received health care and reduced the poverty rate.

Education, including Head Start, was aimed at both social and economic problems among all ethnic groups. These programs extended the government’s commitment to social welfare that started with the New Deal. LBJ’s support for civil rights won the African American vote for the Democrats.

Democrats Split Opposition to this expansion of the federal government would give rise to conservatism. Liberals objected when social programs were not fully funded because of the need to also fund the Vietnam War.

Richard Nixon Nixon won the 1968 election in the midst of social conflict about civil rights and the Vietnam War. He promised to bring an end to the war in Vietnam. His domestic policy included the commitment to limit the Great Society and enforcement of civil rights laws.

The Democratic Congress passed and Nixon signed into law, landmark environmental legislation in the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts and the Endangered Species Act. Nixon also established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to public concerns.

Spending on the Vietnam War, which continued for five years after Nixon’s election, causing inflation while economic growth stagnated.

Nixon responded to this ‘stagflation’ by imposing wage and price controls. The Nixon administration intervened to negotiate an end to the OPEC oil boycott because of US economic dependence on foreign oil.