Zahir Whyte Ms.Toscano 3/. /16 Ms. Bauer The importance of Civil liberties over National security
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Medicaid and Medicare a.i.3. Head Start‚ Upward Bound a.i.4. Job training‚ college loan programs a.i.4.a. Allowed hundreds of thousands to attend college. a.i.5. Food Stamps a.i.6. “Keynesian” economics: government spending boosts economy a.ii. Anticommunism a.ii.1. The Conservative Backlash Many different kinds of Conservatives Core Conservative beliefs Opposition to “Big Government” – Ex.‚ Milton Friedman‚ Ayn Ran Conservatives believed that the government had no obligation to protect rights
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Three years after The Crucible was written‚ He refused to name any names in court and defied the House Committee on Un-American Activities‚ also known as HCUAA (History.com). Miller wrote The Crucible because of McCarthyism. He saw how the Salem witch trials and McCarthy trials were similar and wrote it to get the public to recognize how history is repeating itself.. In his play‚ Abigail Williams motive was John Proctor and was determined to get her way. She would
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* Primary Source- a document or artifact that was produced at the moment that an even happened (ex. Newspaper‚ note‚ etc.) * Secondary Source- a book or article that was produced after the event (ex. Textbooks‚ etc.) * 5 Step Process To Analyzing A Source: * read the source for basic info (5 w’s) * put the source into context (ask what do you know) * do a close reading (take notes) * corroborate/compare w. another source * analyze & write a story about
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Employment Population Shifts Increase in College Attendance Civil Rights Movement Arms Race Begins / Technology Breakthroughs Television / Rock and Roll Section 2: Political Conditions / Concerns Harry Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Korean War McCarthyism Space Race Dangers of the Garrison State Section 3: Economic Conditions / Concerns Inflation Balance of Trade Federal Reserve Board Policies Eisenhower’s Administration Policies Developments in Business Sector and Capital Markets Increase
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The Great Depression in the United States brought an end to a long era of economic expansion and social progress which had been in full bloom since the 1890s (Mitchell 1947). There had been monetary recessions in 1907‚ 1913 and 1921‚ but these reversals were never severe enough or long enough to shake the deeply rooted confidence in the American economic system or to generate any widespread national discontent. Many history books tell of the depression of the ’30s; they often begin with the stock
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American Civil Liberties Union REF : Walker‚ pp. 292–294. The ACLU published a full page newspaper advertisement on October 14‚ 1973. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonpartisan non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States."[5] It works through litigation‚ lobbying‚ and community education. Founded in 1920 by Crystal Eastman‚
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Effects of the Cold War in the Mid 1900’s In the mid 1900’s the term Cold War would be used to describe the relationship between the United States and the USSR. With the United States possessing a powerful weapon known as the atomic bomb; the USSR would not be long behind them after World War II with their own atomic bomb. During this time period the USSR and the United States relationship would dissolve because of the United States holding back information at the Yalta Conference. The Cold War
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speech)‚ that‚ like the Wilson 14 Points‚ had called for national self-determination in the post-War world – a promise which‚ again‚ many in the third world took to heart. The Congress passed $400 million in aid for Greece and Turkey on May 15th 1947‚ setting a standard whereby appropriations passed in the aftermath of the perception of communist expansion. The Marshall Plan for rebuilding aid for Europe passed the Congress only in March of 1948 after the
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threat to American security‚ liberty‚ and world peace. They rejected the moral equivalence of democratic and Communist governments and concluded that until the regime in Moscow changed only American and Allied strength could curb the Soviets. In early 1947 the British government‚ which was socialist but anti-Communist‚ secretly told Washington its treasury was empty and it could no longer give military and economic aid to Greece or Turkey‚ requested the U.S. take over. Acheson convinced Truman to act
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