After 20 years of depression and war, the United States led by Eisenhower, began new ways of their consumerist affluence. Also, the Cold War and the fight for civil rights had major effects on the fate of the country.
*1953 CIA engineered coup installs shah of Iran.
*1954 Brown v. Board of Education significant Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in school systems unjust. This case started integration.
*1954 first McDonalds hamburger stand opens.
*1955 Montgomery bus boycott by blacks begins.
*1955 Warsaw Pact signed to re-militarize West Germany in coherence with the NATO alliance to counter any alleged threats.
*1957 Little Rock school desegregation crisis
*1957 Civil Rights Act passed to protect equal rights
*1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik
*1959 Berlin Crisis wall built between east Berlin and West Berlin. Separated the city for 28 years.
Tom, *Sputnik was a series of unnamed space missions launched by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. This mission included a number of early satellite launches. *Dick and Mac McDonald opened the first McDonalds restaurant in 1940 in San Berniardino, California. *Out of the nine at Little Rock, only one graduated.
How did people respond to the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education? Did it come with significant consequences? Did people react badly towards it? How did it turn over?
How did people respond to the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education? Did it come with significant consequences? Did people react badly towards it? How did it turn over?
Brandi for the love of all that is good in the world just take a few days off from the forum and just relax...read some Zinn or something =).
How did people respond to the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education? Did it come with significant consequences? Did people react badly towards it? How did it turn over?
Not everyone agreed with this decision, and it was indeed a very controversial matter. The Massive Resistance movement began to isolate schools rather than to intergrate them. In 1957, the National Guard had to assist nine black students in to Little Rock High School.
Jill, what was the Berlin Crisis and why was the wall built.
After the end of WW2 in Europe, Berlin became occupied into 4 different territories. West Berlin became controlled by the Unites States, While East Berlin was under control by the Soviets. West Germany turned into a capitalist country with a social market economy. East Germany established an authoritarian government with a Soviet-style command economy. Many of the Easterners looked to the west for political freedoms and economic prosperity. The Soviets proposed for a wall to be constructed between the two areas so that no more easterners would cross to the west. Thus, the Berlin wall was built and obeyed until it's fall in 1989.
What were some of the major effects of the Cold War? I don't really understand or know much of the results!! Maybe that's a really dumb question but since the AP exam is like....next week i need to get as much information as possible!! Can someone help me out with that!!!
"1955 Warsaw Pact signed to re-militarize West Germany in coherence with the NATO alliance to counter any alleged threats."
whats nato?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was an organization that established a system of defense where all the members in the organization would agree to defend the other countries in the organization if they were ever attacked. Basically the countries in this organization would back each other up if they were ever under attack by any outside countries. Does that kinda make sense?
A dog was the first animal in space. It was launched up by the Soviets. ;) idk, just thought I'd point it out...of course, it's the not-so-important information I remember =/
What were some of the major effects of the Cold War? I don't really understand or know much of the results!! Maybe that's a really dumb question but since the AP exam is like....next week i need to get as much information as possible!! Can someone help me out with that!!!
some of the effects of the cold war were, the cost of 8 trillion dollars in U.S. expenses, 100,000 American lives in the Korean and Vietnamese wars. THe standard of living in Russia went down because of a lack of jobs. 1 out of every 5 russians was employed because of the war and when the war ended Russia cut its military spending, and the jobs that went with it. The U.S also became more involved in global economic and political affairs.
