USA Essay Plans Flashcards
(17 cards)
Reasons for the Red Scare
- Senator Joseph McCarthy (1)
- The work of HUAC (2)
- The Cold War (3)
(sometimes: Hiss and Rosenberg cases.)
- Public hysteria
- Political influence
Features of the Red Scare
- Work of HUAC (Hollywood Ten, Alger Hiss) (1)
- False accusations (2)
- Opposition to McCarthy (3)
- Level of political influence
- Growth in public hysteria
Consequences of the Red Scare
- Anti-Communist investigations (1)
- Anti-Communist policies and laws (2)
- Increase in importance of Senator McCarthy (3)
- Number of people affected
- Public hysteria
- Political influence
Most successful civil rights event
1950s
- Montgomery Bus Boycott (1)
- Brown v. Board (2)
- Events at Little Rock (3)
(sometimes: murder of Emmett Till.)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Reasons for progress in civil rights
1950s
- Montgomery Bus Boycott (1)
- Brown v. Board (2)
- Little Rock (3)
(sometimes: MLK, Emmett Till, Supreme Court, Presidents.)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Main consequence of civil rights events
1950s
- Desegregation within education (Brown v. Board) (1)
- Desegregation within transport (Montgomery Bus Boycott) (2)
- Civil Rights Act of 1957 (3)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Most successful civil rights event
1960-74
- March on Washington (1)
- Selma to Montgomery March (2)
- Freedom Summer (3)
(sometimes: sitins, Freedom Rides, Meredith, Birmingham, race riots.)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Most successful civil rights tactic
1954-68
- Boycotts (1)
- Marches (2)
- Sit-ins (3)
(sometimes: student enrolment.)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Most successful civil rights organisation
1960s
- NAACP (James Meredith Case) (1)
- SNCC (Freedom Rides, Birmingham Peace Marches) (2)
- SCLC (March on Washington, Selma) (3)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Most important civil rights leader
1960s
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1)
- Malcolm X (2)
- Stokely Carmichael (3)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Reasons for progress in civil rights
1960-74
- Role of Martin Luther King Jr. (1)
- Influence of the Supreme Court (2)
- Role of Malcolm X (3)
(sometimes: protest groups, actions of the federal government.)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Reasons for growth of Black Power
1960s
- Role of Malcolm X (1)
- Black Panther Party (2)
- Role of Stokely Carmichael (3)
(sometimes: reduction in white support for civil rights.)
- De facto change
- Public support
Reasons for the growth of protest movements
1962-74
- The Vietnam War (1)
- The Women’s Movement (2)
- The Student’s Movement (3)
(sometimes: baby boom, CRM, hippies, events in women/student movements.)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Most important development in protest movements
1960s-70s
- The Vietnam War (1)
- The Women’s Movement (2)
- The Student’s Movement (3)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Most significant event/group/individual in women’s movement
1960-74
- NOW (1)
- Women’s Liberation Movement (2)
- Roe v. Wade (3)
(sometimes: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Friedan, Phyllis Schlafly, ERA)
- De jure change
- De facto change
- Public support
Reasons for the Watergate Scandal
- President Nixon’s actions (1)
- The work of CREEP (2)
- The work of investigative journalists (3)
(sometimes: media, tapes, James McCord, Archibald Cox, John Dean)
- Level of denial
- Level of involvement
- Role in exposing the scandal
Most significant impact of the Watergate Scandal
- Legal changes (1)
- Lack of trust in politicians and government (2)
- Changes for Nixon (3)
(sometimes: impact on the Republican Party, Gerald Ford.)
- Longevity
- Structural shift in power
- Number of people impacted
(or: public attitudes to federal government)
