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in politics. By outlawing these unfair practices, LBJ was able to level the playing field for minorities and give them an equal opportunity in the vocalization of their concerns. Martin Luther King, Jr. felt the monumentality of the act, telling Johnson, “‘you have created a second emancipation’” (Califano…

1. Discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis. Outline what occurred, the outcome, and why it was significant in the mindset of the country. How does it affect national policy regarding the U.S.S.R.? The Cuban Missile Crisis began on the 16th of October 1962 when aerial photographs of Cuba were delivered to President John Kennedy showing possible military camps with missile sites and medium range missiles. The Cuban government was being run by a pro Soviet regime dictator named Fidel Castro. Castro had…

Communism is one word that the Americans never wanted to hear. Communism is a society where land and the means of production are collectively owned. Communism is a place where not one person had ownership of their things, everything was shared. The Americans believed in the domino theory and, if the United States of America did not stop the spread of communism, every country that bordered a communist country, would eventually become a communist county. This is one reason why the United States…

“Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the gun down” -Malcolm X. I’m certain that every sane person reading this has never wanted to literally kill someone. We all joke around saying “I’m going to kill you!!” but obviously, we never actually do. What if that actually meant something? What if we really are going to kill you? This has happened many times in this course of human events; and it is by no means wrong to have such serious thoughts. This is not only on the singular person scale,…

People started to realize that there was no reason to fight against Vietnam. Two out of five people who voted for Johnson thought that his decision in 1965 was the worst decision ever made. In 1966, small groups of people started to protest against the war. Soon it attracted larger and more diverse crowds. By the end of 1967, half of Johnson’s polls claimed that the…

Oral History Project Norma Rowe was born in the early 1940s in Missouri. When she was a very young child, she moved to southern Indiana. She was interviewed about her life in the 1950s and 1960s. She discussed as much information about the topic that she could remember, The 1950s and 1960s were a very eventful time for all Americans. When she was a young adult she experienced events such as John F. Kennedy’s election and assassination. She also experienced how entertainment changed and…

All of the cases and people involved in fighting for equal rights for African Americans played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement. We learn about the famous ones who delivered speeches or changed laws but even the boy who participated in a sit-in or the girl who became friends with someone who wasn’t the same color as she was, played a big part in changing how our country view race and rights. One of the earliest faces of Civil Rights is Dred Scott. He was born into slavery in…

The people in the US opposed the war for many reasons. In the following essay I am going to talk about three representations that show opposition to the Vietnam War and explain which one I think is best. I am going to analyse the representations using the criteria of objectivity, completeness and accuracy. Representation 1 was written last year in 2015 by a website called factualworld.com which, since then, has been deleted so it is debatable on whether the source is reliable and the…

In 1969, World War 2 survivor Kurt Vonnegut published his anti-war novel, Slaughterhouse Five, which addressed the issue of supporting war in America, specifically the highly controversial Vietnam War which the US was currently embroiled in. By painting a vivid picture of the true nature of war Vonnegut builds upon his argument that states that the glamorized nature of war, causes soldiers to be unprepared for the repercussions it will have on their nature. This is seen in the devastating…

During the climax of the Cold War, newly elected United States president, John F. Kennedy, delivered his inaugural address and presented his political agenda for the upcoming years as president. Kennedy’s purpose in his inaugural address is to unite nations and peoples across world to promote worldwide peace and international security. To achieve his purpose and inspire the audience, Kennedy employed a variety of rhetorical strategies. Throughout his speech, Kennedy uses juxtaposition to…