Civil Rights and Foreign Affairs in the 1950s Flashcards
(13 cards)
Why did the soviets highlighted second class citizenship/ discrimination ?
To undermine democratic capitalism
Eisenhower failed to make a stance on racism
he desegregated stuff but he “didn’t want to put pressure on the south”
(a lot of the change came from black community or supreme court “
Sweatt v Painter (1950)
Stated that white schools were not the same as colored schools - opened up “white schools to colored people”
Brown v Brown of Education Topeka 1954
Declared segregation as unconstitutional
Brown II 1955
- School integration should be quick
- Eisenhower never publicly endorsed Brown
* Set back progression because of its vague language
Emmett Till
white woman accused him of whistling at her, was murdered by her racist brothers (found not guilty)
his mother had an open casket so everyone could see him
What was the Massive Resistant
the idea that communist infiltrated the fed gov
What was the southern manifesto
a set of constitutional principals
- brown was an abuse of power
- lyndon b johnson did not sign
- the south was not actually desegregated
Civil Rights Act 1957
republicans want to exploit southern vs northern democrat
- it was ineffective
Who are The little rock nine - How did that affect Eisenhower
Nine black students integrated inro school, faced racism and were physical assault.
Eisenhower says he wouldnt want a black person to date his daughter - people want to impeach him
Foriegn affairs during Eisenhower
- End of Korean war (using nuclear weaponds)
- rolling back communism - containment didnt work
-Massive realitation and Brinkmanship = threats of war to keep soviet union in check - domino theory
- Hungarian revolution defeated
Suez crisis
military invasion of egypt by britan france and isreal - bc of suez canal
they were forces to withdraw
Sputnik
first space satelight - by soviet union
raised concerns of them sending spying aircrafts -
us sent a spying aircraft but it was caught lol
