J. Edgar Hoover

After the end of World War II in 1945 many U.S. citizens, as well as the citizens of the world, hoped for a time of peace. This dream, however, was not the reality of what was to come next. While many hoped to avoid another major war, the fear that had been instilled within their hearts would result a much different type of conflict. Granted, the Cold War never escalated to physical battle, but nevertheless remains one of the most important wars in history. Lasting over a span of forty-five years

everything and were yelled encouragement, but policemen were treating the blacks very bad, pathetic, and terrorist in the campaign. When the march ended, around sixteen people went to the hospital and many of them were injured. An FBI director J. Edgar Hoover discussed with Johnson about King and said that he is a problem and danger, so we should get rid of him starting with disrupting his

Italian American Internment The internment of non-citizens by the United States during World War II included Italians. Unlike Japanese Americans, the Italians never received reparations. But unlike Japanese-Americans, who were rounded up whether citizens or not, only non-citizen Italians faced internment. At the outbreak of World War II, Italians over the age of fourteen who were not born in the United States and had not become naturalized were deemed “enemy aliens.” These included Italian businessmen

‘A witch-hunt’ Discuss this view of McCarthyism In characterising McCarthyism as a ‘witch hunt’, the above view invites one to consider whether the internal communist threat and persecution of such during 1940s and 50s America was justified. A ‘witch hunt’ would suggest that McCarthyism represented a random, irrational targeting of innocent people in a hysterical fashion, and was therefore an aberration, and something to be condemned. There has indeed been a historiographical consensus that

Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great civil rights leader who gave his life in the name of freedom. The work of Martin Luther King, Jr. goes further than establishing peaceful social change strategies, he shaped America into the free country it is today. Before his protests in the south blacks, were treated like second rate citizens. It was uncommon to see blacks and whites using the same public restroom, or drinking from the same water fountain. Dr. King created a legacy that carried on far beyond

lives before other leaders in the Congress put an end to his ways. The FBI, led by a very strict and patriotic ideology that was an anti-communist, Edgar Hoover also got involved. They used wiretaps and spied on suspected communists giving the information to McCarthy and other anti-communist leaders. The FBI, led by strident anti-communist J. Edgar Hoover, also got involved. They used wiretaps and spied on suspected communists giving the information to McCarthy and other anti-communist leaders. Also

Introduction November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy had five days tour in Taxes. He planned to make a speech in commercial business center in Dallas. President Kennedy was sitting in an open top limousine. The motorcade drove a very slow speed in the streets of Dallas. Many residents watched and welcomed John F. Kennedy and his wife. After making a turn in the main street, a sniper hided in the sixth floor window in the City Library, shot President Kennedy by two bullets, one on the head one

The September 11th attacks did leave a mark on the United States. The world watched the media account of the tragic events as they were captured by digital and print media. The author in this article explores different aspects of the tragedy to analyze the both Australian and American thoughts and understanding of the events. She has broken it down into categories: the aftermath of the attacks, interpretations of the attacks, and challenges that impeded existing structures of representation. Questions

The Red Scare was a social and political shock to the common people of the United States of America. There were the first Red Scare and the second Red Scare and both of the Red Scares were based on communism, socialism and leftists. The first Scare was from 1917 through 1920 and what started it was the fear of the Bolshevism, and what caused this was the Russian revolution. The second Red Scare started because of the fear of communism as socialism. It's time period was from the 1940s to the 1950’s

Alcatraz: United States Penitentiary 1934-1963 As a result of the Great Depression, a new breed of violent criminals swept the streets of America. In response to the cries of alarmed citizens, Congress enacted a number of statutes, which gave the federal government jurisdiction over certain criminal offenses previously held by the states. With the suggestion of former US Attorney General, Homes Cummings, Congress agreed that a special penal institution of maximum security and minimum privilege be