4.15 1950s and Civil Rights

TV had less of an impact on society than the radio.

TV helped people share experiences and cultural references across diverse audiences.

Air conditioners helped people leave the South and move to the North.

Air conditioners had no impact on development in the South.

More people moved to the South as the climate became more manageable.

More people had access to heat in the South.

Model-T Cars

Thurgood Marshall

Flappers

Brown v. Board of Education

Radio

Buying on Margin

Levittowns

Civil Rights Movement

Little Rock 9

TV

McCarthyism

Interstate Highway Act

KKK at it's height

G.I. Bill

19th Amendment

Harlem Renaissance

Baby Boom

2 Car Families

Drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Desegregate the armed forces through the use of an executive order.

Deport any citizen suspected of being a communist or communist sympathizer

Supporting the implementation of the Marshall Plan

Reasons for the collapse of monarchial governments throughout the course of history.

Non-credible accusations used to promote widespread panic.

The declining belief in the doctrine of separation of church and state.

Plans for the restructuring of economic systems following financial downturn.

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A violent clash between civil rights protestors and state law enforcement in Selma, Alabama.

The Supreme Court handing down their decision in Brown v. Board.

The passage of the 24th Amendment to the Constitution.