Rosa Parks Dbq

In 1929, America experienced the Great Depression, it’s largest stock market collapse. With investments disappearing and the prices of stocks skyrocketing, the crash exposed underlying problems of the economy such as rising inequality and increasing unemployment.1 (194) The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 only furthered the false hope of quick recovery and exacerbated the world’s economic collapse as tariffs rose globally.2 (196) Furthermore, the public blamed President Hoover for the Depression as he assumed that Americans could maintain a system of voluntary action, an unrealistic process he called associationalism.3 (198) His disregard of economic issues led to the development of Americans also suffered from unemployment and declining wages.4 (202) In response, President Roosevelt launched …show more content…
In her personal notes, Rosa Parks described the mental abuse that segregation caused and how her anger towards years of manipulation fueled her desire to remain seated on a public bus (R212). Rosa Parks was the first person to rally Montgomery activists, fueling the future of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the works of Martin Luther King Jr. Regarding new trends, television broadcasted traditional gender roles and encouraged women to address their housewife duties as part of their careers. Many also turned to pop-culture and experimented with drugs, sexuality, and art. The Affluent Society’s call for conformity quickly fell behind new trends. While individuals continued to push social limits, politics turned to libertarianism as General Dwight Eisenhower fought communism by supporting the New Deal. (307) The Republican Party gained victory in the 1952 election with Eisenhower’s popularity. During his term, he sought to keep the U.S. from interventions abroad by bolstering anti-communist alliances and demonstrating the political moderation of the Affluent Society that paved the way for liberal