Mrs. Kambara's Studies

  Topic 13: The Civil Rights Movement Postwar: opportune moment for the Civil Rights movement 3 aspects of a grassroots movement: legal; religious; social Why did the federal government intervene?: cold war ideology Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 Increasing radicalism by the late sixties Why was the postwar era an opportune moment for the civil rights movement to gain momentum? Returning African American GIs (The 'Double-V Campaign') Victory abroad against fascism & victory at home against racism The emergence of an African American middle class - going to be the face of the Civil right movement. Non-violent direct action.  Condemnation of racism after WW2 - Americans were exposed to the Holocaust and made us look at racial issues at home. "American Creed is at odds with its policy at home" Role of Television - provides a visual rep. of what is going on. In the living rooms of Americans across the country Cold War propaganda - Russia was brought to light b...

  Topic 12: The Cold War Postwar reconstruction: The Bretton Woods conference Causal Theories of the Cold War: traditional; revisionist; post-revisionist Formation of the Cold War state Containment and NSC68 Decolonization and the formation of the Third World Why did the cold war become “hot” in the Third World? Cold War domestic culture: containment as a metaphor Liberal consensus; LBJ and the “Great Society” Hegemonic Power - most dominant power in a political sense -what was the Bretton Woods Agreement?  What concerns shaped the planners of the postwar globe at this time? Build this global order based on free trade 1. Fear of another world war, return of global depression 2. Postwar global vision based upon   an open market system 3. Features of the "Bretton Woods System: This would reverse protectionist policies, firm commitment to international trade, create a stable money exchange & peg it on the US money exchange.  Establishment of INF & World Bank. ...

  Topic 11: World War II War against fascism The domestic front: “total war,” military Keynesianism; Rosie the Riveter; the Bracero Program Japanese internment Gentlemen's agreement act - halts Japanese immigration, the view that they cannot truly assimilate Discuss the experience of Japanese American internment during World War II. Make sure to include the following terms in your answer:    The Japanese were able to create families when they migrated because both men and women migrated equally to the US. (different than the Chinese)  fifth-column - domestic sabotage. The belief that the enemy race was already infiltrated into the US (Japanese) & they would commit espionage and sabotage Orientalism - the ideology that sprang up during the age of European imperialism. Because they were culturally different they could not assimilate. The belief is that the world is divided into two parts. Orient (Asia and the Middle East) and Occidental World (Europe). The orien...

  Causal dissection of the Great Depression: 4 causal factors Hoover’s failed policies (‘associationalism’) FDR and the New Deal The First 100 Days The First Phase and the Second Phase of the New Deal New Deal opponents from the Right and Left African Americans and the New Deal: forms of exclusion; political realignment Legacies of the GD Lecture Videos: The Great Depression  Causal dissection of the Great Depression: 4 causal factors  #1: Unequal distribution of wealth (structural factor) Middle class is more valuable - if they stop spending we go into a depression when the middle class $$ shrinks the money flowing into the economy goes down if the 1% has 80% of the wealth it puts the economy at risk (less money to put into the economy) #2: Buying on Margin (structural and agency factors) High interest broker loans (banking system) Buying on margin - (stock Market) as little as 10% allowed to be put down on stocks, the rest is borrowed  lack or risk management - di...

  Topic 9: The Roaring 20s 1918- early 1920s: social upheaval and decline of Progressivism Roaring 20s: tradition vs modernity Tradition: 1924 Immigration Act; Scopes Trial; Prohibition Modernity: Fordism and the modern economy; affluence and leisure; literary trends; women’s liberation; African American culture as mainstream Lecture videos:  Roaring 20s - 1 1918 - Early 1920's Labor unrest continues (Though public weariness with labor agitation grows) "Red Scare" after Russian Revolution 1917 ex. Palmer Raids - 1919 - 1920 targeting immigrants  widespread raids on immigrants and thousands were arrested & accused of causing anarchy personal liberties were denied Sacco & Vancetti Trial general hostility towards foreigners Racial Strife segregation in the south, lynching The Great Migration: diaspora of southern blacks to northern states (@ 2 million migrants) changes the political map of the north Push vs Pull factors in Great Migration Push - racial violence, shar...

  Topic 8: World War I Foreign policy: Wilsonianism (idealism; national self-determination; collective security) Domestic policies: suppression of dissent; Committee on Public Information; Espionage and Sedition Acts Readings: AY, Chapter 21 Lecture videos: World War One 1 Describe the 3 strands of Wilsonian foreign policy discussed in the lecture: Wilsonian internationalism; collective security; national self-determination. What is the difference between realism and idealism in foreign policy? - Wilson will see US policy holding up a new attitude. Cannot take an isolationist stance Can no longer remain detached from the rest of the war.  Wilson & US Foreign Policy "To make the world safe for democracy" 1) Wilsonian Idealism     - a reason for going to the war was based on idealistic ideas.      - Wilson is putting US goals on more idealistic ideals like making the world safe for democracy     - Spreading US values around the world  ...

 Lecture videos 1-4 Topic 7: Emergence of Jim Crow South “southern distinctiveness”? the “New South”; why did it fail? Establishment of Jim Crow: defeat of Populism; economic/political/legal segregation Black traditions of protest: W.E.B. DuBois vs Booker T. Washington Lecture Video:  The Emergence of Jim Crow South 1 Southern Distinctiveness "Society with slaves" not the primary labor force could testify against whites marriages recognized and honored "Slave Society" primary labor force plantation south no legal rights, slave code, things slaves cannot do still had an impact on society long after the civil war The historical legacy of slave society: mostly agrarian less industrial no large cities no immigration tradition religious Contemporary effects: education poverty The vision of the "New South" Plan of southern economic revitalization and modernization after the Civil War - transition towards industrialization Failed to Garner Support. Why?  The sou...