the USA 1945-1968 What do I need to revise? Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1968: Checklist 1) • • • African Americans in the 19th Century Reconstrustion Jim Crow Plessey v ferguson Understand position of blacks. 4) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Campaigns 1960-1966 2) • • • • • • The Early 20th Century 3) • • • • • Great Migration Great War Sense of Community The Depression NAACP Second World War Understand how these factors shape Civil Rights post 1945. 5)
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“To what extent was the Federal Government responsible for improving the status of black people in the USA in the years 1945 - 1964?” Most People would presume that the Federal Government of the USA would have done the most for Civil Rights‚ as they are in charge and run all of the States in America. However this is wrong as most of the Presidents did not pass Civil Rights Acts straight away‚ in fact it took them at least a year into the Presidency to even attempt to pass an act through
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Because of these two fundamental elements to his argument‚ we can assess events differently than before hand‚ finding out ways to take a step back and look at actions as they affect multiple nations simultaneously. Of these international events from 1870-1945‚ the Age of Imperialism‚ World War I‚ and the Great Depression had worldwide impacts on economic and social issues. Imperialism in the late 19th century became a competition among European countries to take control of as many areas in Africa before
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foreign policy and military objectives regarding the cold war in a memorandum called NSC-68. NSC-68 contradicts Truman’s containment plan as it explains that “it is necessary to have a the military power to deter and to defeat aggressive Soviet or Soviet-directed actions of a limited or total character” (219). Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb exposes the aggressive nature of NSC-68 and its potential consequences by making connections to the holocaust. In Dr. Strangelove
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The formation of the United Nations (1945) Kegley (2007) mentions that the failure of the League of Nations‚ brought about the creation of the United Nations in 1945. Following the planning of the American‚ British and Soviet allies for a new international organization to maintain peace and security‚ the United Nations came into existence on 24 October 1945. Today‚ the United Nations has many departments that deal with vast global issues mainly humanitarian‚ economic and social. The creation of
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s From 1945 onwards ( Indochina- Cochinchina‚ Annam and Tonkin) - The French representative in Vietnam launched a campaign against the Vietminh in 1945 by 1946 he had re-established control of southern Vietnam - October 1946 Ho chi minh was declared president of the DRV (democratic republic of Vietnam-north). This was after the declaration of Vietnam as a free state with a French union in March. - Due to Ho’s weak political direction from Paris (he went to implement the March
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How far did the post-war Labour Government meet the welfare needs of the British people between 1945-1951? When the war ended in 1945‚ the Labour Government‚ led by Clement Atlee‚ were faced with tackling numerous problems that existed in Britain. Their aim was to meet the welfare needs of the British people who‚ during the war‚ got used to support provided by the government. In 1942‚ a Civil Servant and an experienced worker on social welfare named William Beveridge constructed a report which
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Were the Americans justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? The United States of American became the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry in warfare‚ when they dropped the first of two atomic bombs 2000 feet over the city of Hiroshima in japan on August 6th 1945‚ killing 80000 civilians and militants instantly and eventually leading to the total destruction of up to 90 per cent of the city. This bomb along with a second bomb led to the surrender of japan just days
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The Conservative Party throughout 1945 to 1960 often acted in such a way to keep colonial change within bounds. Although many recognised by 1945 that the British Empire was headed towards change‚ its colonies were inevitably on the path to full self-government‚ there were a myriad of differing opinions on the optimal pace and character of decolonisation within the empire. After coming to power in 1951‚ Conservatives believed Britain’s power to largely lie in its international prestige; its economy
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During the cold war from 1945 to 1960‚ America’s role in the world and identity changed as the United States grew into a world power and became increasingly involved in foreign affairs in order to contain the spread of communism. Spending on the military and defense also increased as America began sending aid to non-communist countries which had a large impact on the US economy. The US was fearful of a communist conspiracy like that of the first red scare after world war one and as the arms race
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