Brian Johnson

The Vietnam War began in 1957 and ended in 1975. The Indochina War was a phase of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam war was called the second Indochina War, Because the fact that it was over the same thing in the same place. The war started when the North was mad that the South was in a region with them. One reason of the war was the capture of Fort Sumter, that was a rich Vietnam citizen. Another reason was the Korean war in 1950. The other reason was pearl harbor in 1941. The Native American…

Select a group of people that made a significant contribution to the anti-war movement in the 1960s. How did they achieve this? During the 1960s, many countercultures flourished, protesting against iniquities and inequalities which were still present in America at the time. One of these groups was the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), primarily known for opposing the Vietnam War. Students for a Democratic Society was an antiwar organization that defended Student Rights and protested…

Born into a politically active and wealthy family, it seemed like John. F. Kennedy was born to be president. On May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born to Joseph and Rose Kennedy as the second of nine children (Sandak 6). Because Kennedy’s family was distinguished and affluent, he was constantly in the spotlight and lived an especially self-indulgent life that continued on to his presidency, which included activities like sailing, golf, and travel. However, not…

adequate resources; whereas relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards determined by the government and enjoyed by the “majority or privileged” of that country. In 1964 United State President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the “War on Poverty” also known as the “Economic Opportunity Act”. This proposal was in response to a national poverty rate increasing in America. This act would go on to support and develop service programs like “Head Start and…

Chirayu Shah Mrs. McElroy APUSH 2, Sect. 2 31 March 2017 From 1945 to 1968, many groups of people were asking for rights, but the main focus was on the African-American community. They were asking for equality in the country, especially in the South. During this twenty-three period time frame, many events took place that changed their role in society. Although it did face great backlash, the government continued to work in their favor. Leaders in the African-American community unified the…

Journalist David Halberstam started his career in journalism in a comparatively unorthodox way from his peers. After graduating from Harvard, Halberstam went to work for small daily newspapers instead of the bustling cities that most journalists long for. So instead, Halberstam fortuitously went to Mississippi, where he was front and center during the cultural upheaval of the 1950’s. Racial tensions were high after the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, and Halberstam found…

to Vietnam, and the assassinations of JFK and MLK. After midnight August 5th, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found in her home in LA dues to an overdose of sedative drugs. Due to the Gulf of Tonkin incident of August 2nd and 4th, 1964, President Lydon B Johnson sent US troops to Vietnam. On March…

and segregationists to court for restriction of equal rights that were given to other people. The african americans gained popular following by a majority of the united states and caused the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be signed by LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson). The events here gave way to many court cases that shaped the way they would be handled in the future. Before the act was signed, many people fought to make this happen. Most notable was Martin Luther King and his famous “I Have a Dream”…

United States of America, a very young nation in which it achieved the status of being the world’s superpower in terms of economy and military. One of the chapters of American history is the Vietnam War where many critics viewed the war as a waste and opened the debate that America should police other nation’s affairs. One of the strongest critics on this war was Senator J. William Fulbright, he expressed his sentiment by writing the “On the Arrogance of Power”. The article’s aim is to catch the…

Caitlin Thomas The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. If someone were to ask me what I thought was one of the biggest issues in the United States today, I would automatically answer with the issue of racism. Many famous individuals in years past have made large contributions to the Civil Rights movements, but none have compared to Martin Luther King Jr., the man who put civil rights movements into the spotlight nearly sixty years before the Black Lives Matter movement ever took the focus…