Modern history exam revision Flashcards
Reasons for protests to increase
Impact of civil rights, dissapointment (frustration), teenagers, media, goverment, other factors (vietnamese war, sexisim)
Why did the goverment cause the protests?
Lack of trust, propaganda in the past
Why did media cause the protests?
Raised awarness, shows mostly evreything (like how black people were getting treated)
How did teenagers cause the protests to increase?
Has more time, wanting to make a change, didn’t agree with parents, SNCC, SDS
Why were black people dissapointed (frustrated)
The lack of progress with peacful protests, MLK assasinated
How did the impact of civil rights help the other protests (like womans or students protets, etc.)
It gave people ideas since they always saw these protests, gained different ideas, eblifes, etc.
What was the other factors that caused the protests
Vietnemese war, sexisim
What was the popular slogan at the student protests
Don’t trust anyone over 30
Nuclear disarment (why,where,when,how)
Students more active with politics, american universities, 1960-1970’s, merged the protests together
SDS (why,,where,when,how)
Racial injustice, war, violation of human rights
University of Mienigon
1961-1962
sit ins, freedom rides
BFS (why,where,when,how)
Racial discrimination on campus, University of californis in berkley, 1964, protests sit ins, ended with the university banning political talks on campus
FSM (why,where,when,how)
Wanting to talk about politics, etc. on campus
Berkley
2 December 1964
Sit ins, protests, etc.
Vietnam war (why,,where,when,how)
Communisim, North Vietnam vs South US, 1950-1960’s, started anti war protests
How did hippies affect socitey(1960’s)
Experimented with drug/sex, rejected socitey, accepted evreyone, anti war
What was expected of woman after ww2
To go back to their old roles as stay at home moms
What was the role of Eleanor Roosvelts
As first lady she helped womans roles change, she enchouraged woman to stand up for themselves. She also encouraged her husbad to hire more woman staff in the office
Role of BettyFrieden
Wrote a book about feminisim (The Feminine Mystique) and how the “womans dream” (stay at home mom) is just a myth
NOW
Nation of woman
WLM
women’s liberation movement
What did NOW do to help the womans movement?
Created the NOW bill of rights
What did WLM do to help the womans movement
Protests to change the patriarchal socitey
Roe vs Wade
Changing the abortion laws, the case led to abortions becoming available to women across the USA and most people in the WLM saw it as a huge victory
Role of Phyllis Schlafly
Stop ERA (equal rights movement), anti feminist, saying other woman should go back to their old roles,she belived it would weaken the family
Don’t trust anyone over 30
Belief that socitey was unfair, politicians corrupt and if they didn’t try to change before they can’t now (left wing/democrats)
