Shastine's Timeline
SARAH'S PRIMARY SOURCE:
http://academic.udayton.edu/race/02rights/jcrow02.htm
This document contains samples of Jim Crow laws in America from 1880-1960. These laws were put in place by the white Americans, to make sure that the Blacks stay segregated. These laws included things such as no interracial marriage, separate schools and housing, and even forbidding a black person to be buried in a white cemetery! And the breaking of anyone of these rules could result in severe punishment.
With ridiculous rules like these in place, its no wonder that organizations like the NAACP, freedom riders, and the Black Panthers came to be. These people had to deal with these abominations everyday! They had to eat in separate restaurants, go to different movie theaters, and even use different bathrooms. The black community was getting fed up with having to adhere to the rules of the white people, so people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had to take charge and do something about it (Both in obviously different ways however). Because of unfair laws and mistreatment like this, the black community jump started the civil rights movement.
This document contains samples of Jim Crow laws in America from 1880-1960. These laws were put in place by the white Americans, to make sure that the Blacks stay segregated. These laws included things such as no interracial marriage, separate schools and housing, and even forbidding a black person to be buried in a white cemetery! And the breaking of anyone of these rules could result in severe punishment.
With ridiculous rules like these in place, its no wonder that organizations like the NAACP, freedom riders, and the Black Panthers came to be. These people had to deal with these abominations everyday! They had to eat in separate restaurants, go to different movie theaters, and even use different bathrooms. The black community was getting fed up with having to adhere to the rules of the white people, so people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had to take charge and do something about it (Both in obviously different ways however). Because of unfair laws and mistreatment like this, the black community jump started the civil rights movement.
Matt's Primary Source: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The terms of this resolution allowed LBJ to deploy troops into Vietnam to maintain peace. This was considered a blank check to the president that allowed him to expand executive power. This c be seen as the resolution states that Congress supports the president to use "any measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression." This included sending troops with the permission of Congress.
This resolution is significant because it once again shows another occasion where presidential powers exceed or try to exceed their own jurisdiction like Wilson with the League of Nations as well as Roosevelt with the 1oo Day Congress. Events like these illustrate the inevitability of conflict within government of a nation as time goes on. This event is also the beginning of the political downfall of LBJ as his decisions on handling the Vietnam War only anger the people and destroy any chance of rebuilding his career. Thus causing him to not participate in the next or ant other election.
This resolution is significant because it once again shows another occasion where presidential powers exceed or try to exceed their own jurisdiction like Wilson with the League of Nations as well as Roosevelt with the 1oo Day Congress. Events like these illustrate the inevitability of conflict within government of a nation as time goes on. This event is also the beginning of the political downfall of LBJ as his decisions on handling the Vietnam War only anger the people and destroy any chance of rebuilding his career. Thus causing him to not participate in the next or ant other election.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/tonkin-g.asp
The Méndez Case: Brown v. Board of Education for Mexican Americans
The Mendez family was a Mexican American family that lived in Orange County in Southern California. Their children were segregated from the Anglos and were sent to a school only for students who were Mexican or Latin descent. Gonzalo Mendez was very upset and filed a lawsuit in federal court against four Orange County school districts in order to bring justice to his family and other Mexican American families. In 1947, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that school districts could not segregate students because they are of Mexican or Latin descent. After this decision, California Governor Earl Warren advise the legislature to repeal any laws that segregated Asian and American Indian students. African Americans weren't the only ones who suffered from segregation and discrimination but also Mexican Americans, Asians, and American Indians. However, with these court cases, laws began to change for the greater good. The Mendez family was looking for justice and they got it, but things were still tough for many Mexican Americans. They weren't treated as equal as white Americans until decades later.
-Valerie Pineda
-Valerie Pineda
Shas' Primary Source
Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969. This was a successful mission which America was able to put the first man on the moon and get them safely back in to Earth. Armstrong descended from the space craft first and released the MESA, a video camera for observing and collecting data on the moon.
The launch of Apollo 11 was significant because this was a response against the Soviet's launch of Sputnik. This shows the competitive forces that were going head to head during the space race. After the launch of Sputnik, many years earlier, Americans invested a lot of money in the science and education programs to go against Soviets. They did this because they believed that other countries would see the launch of Sputnik as a sign that a communist society was better than a free and consumerist society-- like America. Apollo 11 topped Sputnik and put America back into the space race, if not ahead. |