Topic 11 Concept Guide!

1. MLK and Civil Disobedience
- Peaceful, nonviolent
- Equal Rights
- Events where people wouldnt fight back, and just take the abuse.
- "If pushed, do not push back. If struck, do not strike back, but evidence love and goodwill at all times".
- Kill them with niceness

2. Power of the "Mob"
- Large groups of people trying to prove a point by protesting
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Passive Movement
- Freedom Riders

3. Plessy v. Ferguson vs. Brown v. Board of Education
- Plessy v Ferguson
* Seperate but Equal
* White and black schools, fountains, etc.
- Brown v. Board of Education
* Marked the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement
* Declared the state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.

4. Civil Rights Goal
- Equality for all
- Desegeregation, especially in schools
- Affirmative Action
- End of all discrimination

5. Eisenhower's Role in Little Rock
- Sent troops to protect the nine black students not allowed to enter the school
- Eisenhower enforced the Law that segregation was unconstitutional

6. Rights of the Accused
- 6th Amendment requires counsel for defendants who are unable to afforrd their own attorney
- Criminal suspects have the right to counsel during police interrogations
- Criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with counsel prior to interrogation

7. Brown v. Board of Eduacation
- Oliver Brown sued the Topeka, Kansas School Board on behalf of his 8 year old daughter. (1950)
- Thurgood Mashall was the attorney for the Browns

8. Chavez and the United Farm Workers
- He became a culture icon for the chickanos
- United Farm Workers; helped to organize strikes and organized civl disobedience for the migrant workers
- He organized the Delano Grape Strike
- Participated in several fasts to support the different social issues
- Was Anti-Immigration while at UFW

9. FHA and ADA
- FHA: Fair Housing Act
* Outlawed refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, handicap, or national region
-ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
* All facilities must be accesible

10. Purpose of Filibusters
- The right to delay or prevent a vote on a given proposal

11. Sit-Ins and other Protests
- Power of the mob
- Freedom Rides
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Passive resistance
- Sitting down and refusing to get up until their protest works

MLK vs. Malcolm X

Are they similar or do they differ? Well, it's pretty much a bit of both. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are two of the most important figures in history. Their actions and sayings will always be remembered throughout history. Now, they are both similar in the goal they wanted to achieve, which was the Civil Rights Movement; but they both differed in the way they worked and achieved it. MLK was more peaceful and non-violent and believed in "civil disobedience". Malcolm X on the other hand believed to do whatever it is necessary to achieve his goals, even if that means violence. MLK's way of approaching equality involved all different races not just one; ,meanwhile Malcolm X was very negative about most races and blamed them for the inequality. Malcolm X was more radical and believed he had the right to retaliate, which kind of made MLKS peaceful ideas more accepted by people. Who wouldnt prefer peace over violence? So therefore, I believed that MLK had a bigger effect in this world as his ideas are still viewed and remembered nowadays, and even still followed when it times of conflicts. Never forget the peaceful words .. "If cursed, do not curse back. If pushed, do not push back. If struck, do not strike back, but evidence love and goodwill at all times".

Meritocracy

I'm one of those people that believe that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything you want no matter how difficult or unreal it may be! If you truely want to achieve something, you wont let anyone or anything get in the way. You want the American Dream? Then work your butt off for it. Its not just going to come to you while doing barely any effort. Yeah I know that the kids from "A Class Divided" were easily influenced and easily programmed by their teacher to think that the superior is always better, but I believe that its all psychological. If you want to believe that you are inferior to others, you'll believe that. If you want to believe that no matter how hard you work you wont be as good as the other, you will believe that. It's all in your head. If you convince yourself you cannot do something, then sure in heck you wont. A person must be confident in theirselves and know that no one is better than him, and he is not better than anyone else. Effort is what gets you somewhere. No pain, no gain.

The Majestic Outline

I. Introduction
A. Peter Appleton
1. Rising young Hollywood screenwriter
2. Accused of communism for attending an antiwar meeting during college years
a. His reason behind it was to impress a girl
3. His movie gets pushed back due to the accusations
4. Got left by his movie star girlfriend
5. Finally, his conract with the studio is dropped.

II. His life takes a wrong turn
A. Upset, he gets drunk and accidently ends up driving off a bridge
B. He is found later on ashore by a dog with a lost memory
C. The dogs owner takes Peter to feed him and get him cleaned up.

III. Mistaken identity
A. Recognized by a town citizen
1. He is believed to be Luke Trimble (townboy killed in WWII 9 years before)
2. His "father" Harry is extremely happy to see him
3. Peter is completely clueless but plays along.
4. "Meets" his girlfriend Adele Stanton.

IV. Playing along
A. Peter, after seeing the excitement of the entire town of Lukes return, decides to play along.
B. He tries to "rememeber" as much as possible
C. Falls in love with his "girlfriend"
D. Believed that opening up the Majestic movie theater would be a great idea
1. Members of the town all contribute to its reopening
E. Back in Washington D.C, members of the Congressional commitee believe that his disappearance was because he in fact is a communist
1. Two soldiers are on the look for him
F. A one handed soldier who served in WWII, who was Luke's friend, is supicious of his return and confronts Peter.

V. And the memories come back
A. The Majestic is back in business!
B. Peter convinces the town that the memorial of Franklin D. Roosevelt should be displayed
C. "Sand Pirates of the Sahara" is now played.
1. Peter starts to get his memory back as he remembers the lines from the movie
2. All the memories flow back to him
D. At that moment, Harry has a heart attack
1. Peter lets him die believing that he is his son

VI. The truth shall come out
A. After the funeral, Peters tells Adele that he is not Luke.
B. Moments after, federal agents invade the town and the truth is out
C. Peter is taken away and is supposed to appear before Congress
D. Later on that night, Peter's lawer tells him to admit and name a list of Communists in order to clear up his name
1. Peter agrees to this
2. Adele believes that he should defend himself against these accusations instead of letting him be accused for no good reason.
a. She attempts this by giving him a letter written by Luke that states that he knows that he is dying for a good case.
B. The letter inspires him

VII. The end/trial
A. When facing the committee, Peter tries to fire back the committee
B. After gathering up courage, he makes a speech about American ideals and tries to fight for his innocence
1. The crowd starts to support him
C. After being proved wrong, the committee sets him free
D. Peter then decides to go back to Lawson
1. All townsfolks are glad to see him and welcome him
2. His real relationship with Adele starts now.

THE END.

Impact of television

Ohh TV, what would we do without you? die, thats what. TV's have become such an important thing in life, we cannot just get rid of it that easily. It has a tremendous effect on society nowadays, and the impact just keeps increasing by the day. Ha, now, most houses have a TV in every single room; that's how bad we cant live without them.

Ofcourse TV's are a great thing; it attracts every kinds of people out there. Are you political and care about what is going on in the world? Yup, theres CNN and NBC and all those live news shows for that. Like cartoons and children shows? Theres Disney Channel and Cartoon Network for that. Like shows about animals and nature? Theres National Geographic for that. Theres also scientific, historical, and geographical shows anyone could ever want. It is definately a great way for entertainment. As great as all those postivie things sounds, TV does indeed have a negative side.

Reality shows, reality shows, reality shows. That's pretty much all I have to say. Reality shows are what causing an immense change in teenage behavior nowadays. Teenage kids tend to reinact what they see on tv, from foul language to violenece behavior. They think that acting this way is "cool". There are also other inappopriate shows for teenage kids that dont always have restrictions on them, so watching them would be easy for them to do without parents knowing. Teenagers revolve around TV's, and if things stay the same as they are now, let's just say no good will come out of it.


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Sexist Ad

This ad, which appeared in 1936 was promoting the new General Electric Home Laundry. It was said to make laundry work much easier and faster. This ad is very ironic because as innocent as it seems, it displays so much sexism. First of all, it indirectly says that women should do the house work and that it is her job. Laundry isnt that hard of a task for men to do, but I guess at that time, it was only a thing women were supposed to do. Second, it shows the mother teaching possibly her little daugthter how to start cleaning and doing work like her. The people who created this ad, which were most likely to be men, are saying that women should teach their young girls so that they'd grow up doing the same housework and following their mothers footsteps. This ad shows how men viewed the roles of women; important for housework. What shame.

Topic 10 concept guide!

1. McCarthyism Impact on Society
- Its the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient evidence
- Led the House Committee on Un-American Activities
- Accused government officials, members of the media and other prominent members of society as being Communists or Communist sympathizers
- Hollywood Blacklist
* Attracted young idealists seeking power for the common working man
* Targeted homo-sexuals as well
- People who were imprisoned lost their jobs
- Ruined McCarthy's own reputation
- Over 300 actors, authors and directors were denied work in the U.S through the Hollywood Blacklist

2. Communist "Witch Hunt" and impact on those accused
- Mostly by anti-communist groups
- Accused a majority of people, even if they were innocent
- Many people lost their jobs
- People preferred to be imprisoned because they'd live longer

3. Space Race impact on government policies
- Battle between the Soviet Union and the U.S for supremacy in outer space exploration
- The Soviet first launched the Sputnik 1 artificial satellite
- U.S then puts man on moon
- Started off the Cold War

4. Cold War mind set for the United States government and public
- Beat Soviet Union in technology
- Feared Communism and being defeated
- Started off Cold War

5. Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads.
- Away from city; less crowded, quieter.
- Increase of car usage
- Interstate Highway Act 1956

6. Baby boom
- 1946-1960
- Causes:
* 20 years of "tough times"
* Removal of social and economic restraints that kept people from having families
- Men returning from war
- Increased the consumer demand

7. Urban-Suburban Pattern
- Business district
- Inner city: low income families
- Suburbs: middle income families
- Further suburbs: high income families

8. GI Bill:
- Provides education benefits for returning WWII veterans
- One year unemployment compensation
- Gave loans

9. Expansion of the middle class
- Returning men from war started families; baby boom
- Moving to suburbs
- Increase of credit cards usage