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History Final

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What was the Hollywood 10 actors, writers, and directors that were black listed bc government thought they were communist
who was against the Hollywood 10 Ronald Regean and Congress
Who is Paul Robeson? singer, actor, activist who was subversive and due to being friends with people like Emma Goldmen he was blacklisted as well -also worked at law firm before becoming actor
What is something the Hollywood 10 did that irritated HUAC? they did not give out names of other communist.
What was the HUAC ? ruled out disloyalty and subversive activties
Who was accused in the Whittiker Chambers? Algar Hiss
What was the Whittiker Chambers? Hiss was accused of being a communist spy "pumpkin papers" (records that he actually was a spy for Russia
What happened with the Rosenbergs? Julius and Ethel were accused of being communist spies and were executed with very little evidence -worked of US Army Signal Corps
What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg members of ? Young communist league
What is McCarthyism? McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
How did the Cold War effect Civil Rights? They tried to say that members of the Civil Rights Movement were communist to take their pedestal away
What were the Kitchen Debates? Russia and the US wanted to show off to see who had the better economy...Capitalism vs Communism. The Russian Exibit was in NY -show what kitchen a working class would have
What effect did WWII have on America? The domestic product doubled. It brought America out of the GD
What symboled social status in the 50's The Television
What change did the television bring about? advertising
What changed in the labor force in the 1950's? Women joined the work force
What else was a social status besides televisions? buying cars
What kind of jobs did women work? Clerickal, telephone operators, and other low paying jobs
What is conservatism? less gov involvement, moral aspect to their beliefs, less taxes, less funded programs
What is dog-whistling Speaking to a certain group with codes like "make america great again" which really means "lets get whites back in power with minorities under us"
What was the problem with the Vietnam War? It had nothing to do with America yet they were sending young men at the age of 18+ to go fight against communism
What happened with Brown vs. Education? Oliver and Linda Brown lived in an affluent area and had to drive far to a segregated school and he wanted to fight to get his daughter better education
What happened with Brown vs Education vs Topeka Kansas? Thurgood Marshall overturned "separate, but equal" and it was ruled unconstitutional
Were schools automatically desegregated? No, it was going to be done at "deliberate speed"
Who was Kenneth Clark? known for the doll test which made an influence on the Brown v Eduction
What was the SCLC? The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Who was the civil right activist who preached at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church? MLK
What was significant about the 1960 presidential debate It was the first one televised so people could see the faces of the presidents
What gave Kennedy an advantage in the 1960 presidential debate? He looked more calmer and he was handsome and young.
Was MLK Birmingham Letter a letter? No, it was more like an essay.
Why did MLK write the Birm. Letter? He was arrested in Birmingham Alabama and the clerical (pastors) challenged him and said that he was a stranger stirring up trouble and these are suppose to be Christian men
Who was King speaking to in his letter? Black muslims, moderates (people straddling the fence), black excellence people
What was the Southern Strategy? takes place in the '68 elections under Truman. Trying to get the deep south to vote republican by dogwhisteling
Who was Malcom X? Civil Rights activist who believed in self-defense. Was racist until his 1st visit to Mecca and he came back challenging his people and they killed him
Who was the Black Panthers? A group of African-Americans who protected the community against racist cops and carried around weapons
What law did the Black Panther Party inffluence? The Morphed Act
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