Video Notes Flashcards
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John Lewis “Good Trouble” Video
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GOOD TROUBLE & NECESSARY TROUBLE
- Love, peace, nonviolence
- Never gave up, never gave in; kept faith and kept his eyes on the prize
- One person, one family, one house; we all live in the American house
- March on with hope, faith, love
- Arrested and jailed 40 times, beaten, harmed, friends killed
- Heard about Rosa Parks, MLK; inspired him to get in the way “get into necessary trouble”
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Nixon War on Drugs Video
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BOTTOM LINE: Political science is used to assess the effects of policy and the ambitions of politics. Is it too good to be true?
- encouraging the American people to join; bipartisan agreement; unite to fight
- Acknowledged that if it was a problem before Vietnam, then it will continue to be one after
- It is a presidential responsibility and authority to reduce the problem - a very urgent problem that had no coordination to solve it
- Encouraged the immense spurt of the incarceration system, leading to the African American majority in prison
- Used as a distraction. Did it work - NO.
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Shays Rebellion
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- Poor farmers/war veterans were mad they had to pay raised taxes that were to pay back Revolutionary War debts
- 1786: prevented tax collection and freed people jailed for taxes
- Legislature had no army to fight back or money for troops
- Militia formed by Boston to fight back; not the US National army
- Led to debt relief; highlighted the weakness in the AOC about raising/funding an army
- We need a new Constitution!!! Time to amend the AOC
- May 1787, Group in Philly created a new Constitution for America for 5 months
