Wajdi Kassas Final Exam: Between the beginning of World War II and the present decade, the United States underwent significant reform through key legislative acts, which addressed race relations, poverty, and gender. Explain these different categories of reform, their early proponents, their evolution into legislation, and whether or not this legislation truly addressed the issues. There have been several historically substantial legislative acts passed after World War II. The most significant acts of these were acts that were aimed at three main objectives; to eliminate racial discrimination within the country, to bring equality among the American citizens, and to provide all Americans with the freedom to vote, an integral right afforded to individuals by the Constitution. These were issues that engulfed the majority of peoples concerns at the time, and therefore needed to be taken care of. In the coming paragraphs I will identify and discuss three of these acts and how they came to be and how they have affected the American society to date. The first act I will discuss is that of Brown vs. the Board of Education. In Topeka, Kansas in the 1950s, schools were segregated by race. This particular case took on segregation within school systems, or the separation of white and black students within public schools. Up until this case, many states had laws establishing separate schools for white students and another for black students. This landmark case made those laws
World War II brought several changes to the world and specifically America. It not only changed the world map but also set impact on the behaviours. WWII played a major role in building turning points during different periods. Before WWII, African Americans were not offered equal rights in the community. It was considered an impossible thing that African could ever do a white collar or even a blue collar job. However, soon after the WWII, there came a turning point in the lives of African American with the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
Show how white women and African Americans hoped for changes in their respective positions in society and analyze the degree to which their conditions actually changed.
The United States transpired into a predominant globalist nation and has perpetuated its position for numerous years despite its brief 239 year history. Even with its brief history, the United States has had a substantial and controversial impact on the world's civilization. It is utterly impossible to disregard the formidable circumstances which not only permitted but encouraged the belief of racial supremacy in the initial years of the United States. In this regard, the United States has radically transitioned through various stages which have been solely based on the demand of citizen’s civil rights, such as the abolishment of slavery and the subsequent implementation of federal policies. The implementation of these federal policies were
The United States is a country anchored on the principle of inclusivity and mutual respect. The country has a dark past characterized with instances of racial profiling and discrimination which culminated into civil unrests realized in the mid-20th century. Moving forward, the country adopted strategic frameworks that were to guide towards a new era devoid of discrimination. The aspect of political participation was one fundamental instrument that was subsequently integrated into the American social dynamics. The enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 sought to empower the minority groups to participate in the electoral processes, and to eliminate the barriers that existed in the political landscape. Some of the achievements of the act
In this paper I will identify two major historical turning points in the period from 1865-1900. I will analyze the impact that these turning had on America’s current society, economy, politics, and culture. I will describe two ways the Reconstitution period may have been affected if President Lincoln had not been assassinated. Finally, I will give examples of how the federal and/or state courts and legislature passed down laws between 1865-1900 that served to discriminate against non-white citizens and immigrants.
The United States truly showed that we were coming together as a nation to become one of the most dominant countries in the world. The United States was brought into World War II when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This event took Americans by surprise and soon would lead to bigger problems. The United States did not take the bombing lightly, and we gave Japan exactly what they deserved. On August 6th and 9th in the year of 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I believe this was a message to the rest of the world to show them the kind of power that we had.
Introduction: America is a country that is famous for its freedom and its citizens love of patriotism. But America has had a dark past when it comes to the famous Civil Rights Movement of the 1930’s that lasted for a few decades. This was the era when the United States of America was famous for its famous doctrine “Separate but equal” this essentially meant that even though Caucasian and African American citizens where segregated they were supposed to have experienced equality however this was not the case. Many African American citizens where constantly oppressed and did not receive equality to their Caucasian brethren. So, from this I will talk to you today about the Oppression of African American citizens, how World War Two was a pinnacle
act was a legal doctrine according to racial segregation that did not violate the fourteenth amendment. The first case plessy vs. ferguson in 1896 held up the legality of segregation of public facilities. Based on state and local governments legally enforced the racial segregation in public places. In 1954 the supreme court struck down the racial segregation in public schools in the second case, brown vs. the board of education.
First came the case of Brown v. Board of Education. This case came to be after Oliver Brown filed a class-action suit against the Board of Education after his daughter was denied admission into an all whites school. Before this ruling it was declared that the segregation of public schools was legal as long as they offered equal education, “separate but equal”. In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against racial segregation of children in public schools. Thus, shaping the way for the Civil Rights Movement.
History showed that the United States and its Allies triumphantly fought back against the Axis Powers to end the Second World War. While headlines and credits for the ultimate triumph centered around the politicians and generals, no successful war effort would come to light without the heroic figures in the civilian world and the companies they ran, who produced the ships, tanks, airplanes, weapons and ammunition more quickly, to higher standards and in greater quantities, than the enemy did. In center stage was the U.S. automobile industry, whose participants had mastered the industrial production process to churn out 50 million units in 35 years since the turn of the 19th century. These industrial builders helped the American industry go from negligible arms output to building an arsenal of weaponry then unmatched in human history. Their out-production was an epic achievement of American business and directly helped the United States and its allies win World War II. They empowered the United States to become the world’s "arsenal of democracy," a term coined by President Franklin Roosevelt.
Helga Arthur was born January 16,1943 right in the middle of the second World War II in Berlin Germany. When I was interviewing Helga she discussed how her parents were originally from Estonia and had lost everything which lead them to fled to Germany. But then Germany became unsafe when her father hear the communist were moving in and that there was the potential for Germany to be divided between the U.S , Britain and Russian. So Helga’s father got them forged german red cross papers and they escaped in the middle of the night through farm lands and keep going in the directions of where the Americans were. There was a tremendous amount of hunger along the way and the farmers that didn 't really want to help the people escaping the city because they did not want to get in trouble but Helga informed me that they could not say no to a hunger child so her parents and her got sheltering along their journey. After a perilous trip they mange to get themselves to Hesse Germany where there was a big American base. Helga mentioned at this time that her parents were both university educated and spoke multiple languages which was very good because her father ended up going to work for the American army and they hired him because he spoke English, Russian, Estonian, German, and a little bit of French which allowed him to support his family. The American soldiers were also extremely good to Helga’s family in terms of her father was able to bring home extra food at night which
When people think about World War II, they normally associate it with Hitler, genocide, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and other negative things; however, there were some positive impacts it had on the United States. Economically, the United States and other countries around the world were devastated by the crashing of the stock market. Unemployment rate was at a high point, Hitler was gaining control of Europe, and we were trying to remain isolationists. Once we intervened in the war, we were pulled out of the depression by the increase of jobs, the women’s rights movement began and established legal equality, the baby boom and suburban boom began, and the United States went from
In 1954 came the Brown vs. Board of Education decision which decided that school segregation was unconstitutional and violated the fourteenth amendment. This was a huge historical moment in the Civil Right movement and a monumental step in the history of U.S. modern education. This was the first step in desegregating the white schools in the North and South, but nothing really truly helped desegregate schools until the passing of the Civil Rights Act that took place in 1964; which settled the issue of school segregation
World War II sparked an evolutionary change within societal structure as women’s influence grew and they entered the workforce. Efforts on the homefront brought more job opportunities for women, but the role that they developed was challenged as soon as the men returned. American society expected everything to return to normal when the war finished, and men to return to the factories and women to return to housework. Contrary to popular belief, women took this opportunity to fight against social norms and gain the equality that they deserve. While fighting for what they believe in, feminists also unconsciously changed the accepted culture of American family life and styles of relationship. Many arguments can be made, but there are numerous pieces of evidence that point to feminism as an early cause of this evolutionary change. As time evolved, technology had a greater and more permanent impact on social interactions. No longer is man superior to woman, nor does solely man work for the benefit of their family. Marriage and family are no longer the main goal of a relationship. Social media, technology, and the casual nature of dating challenge the establishment of respect and faithfulness that once existed. The role of women after World War II caused an evolutionary change socially and economically as women’s rise in the workforce challenges chivalrous tendencies built into the roots of American culture, dating trends moved into younger generations sparking newfound social
By the mid-1930s Reza Shah 's dictatorial style of rule caused dissatisfaction in Iran, particularly among religious and intellectual elites. Contradictory to strong will of modernization, Reza shah believed in monophony. A closer look at the period between 1930 and 1941 furthermore reveals a concentration of important changes around the mid 1930s: The political climate became more restrictive, as reflected in the decree against collectivist ideas in 1931 or the Gowhar Shad incident in 1935; the ruling oligarchy was exchanged, exemplified in Teymurtash’s dismissal in 1932 and the increasingly important role of the police (shahrbani) in controlling the public sphere; also, the state’s general attitude became more and more xenophobic. These trends and events had an equally strong impact on cultural life.