H6 - Domestic challenges in the United States and in France Flashcards
(27 cards)
“30 glorieuse” in France
1945-1973
Welfare state in the US
1960s
expansion of government programs aimed at reducing poverty, promoting social justice, and improving quality of life, especially under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration
In 19.., ..% of AA can cote for the pres. election in the South
In 1944, 18% of AA can cote for the pres. election in the South
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People, 1909
A civil rights organization to fight for the rights of AA and to end racial discrimination in the United States
By 1961
percentage of schools in the South that are “intergrated schools”
only 1/4
Supreme court ruled Alabama’s segregation laws unconstitutional
November 1956
State governor refused 9 black children to enter a school (Little Rock, Arkansas)
september 1957
The Civil Rights Act
1964
Huge march in Washington
250 000 protesters (white and black)
Aug 1963
“I have a dream” speech by MLK
The voting right Act
1965
15k possible AA voters in Selma: only 383 managed to register to vote
Riots of Watts, LA
1965
- 5 days
- 34 dead
- 1k injured
- 4k arrested
- 1k buildings destroyed
Summer of 19..
1967 (168 riots)
France was opened to immigration
1945-1973
after oil crisis in 73, borders closed to immigration
Front Nantional rises
1970s, (Jean-Marie Lepen)
The Feminine Mystique, written by (1) and published in (2)
(1) Betty Friedan
(2) 1963
The book challenged the idea that women could only find fulfillment as wives, mothers, and homemakers
NOW
1966 - National Organization for Women created by Betty Friedan
To fight for equal rights for women in all areas of life—work, education, politics, and family
MLF
1970 - Mouvement de Libération des Femmes
Goals:
Legal abortion and contraception rights
Equality in the workplace and education
Freedom from patriarchal control in family and society
Ending sexual violence and objectification of women
1st birth control pill
1965 and only for married women
Simone Veil wrote the law that made abortion legal
1974
Gay Rights Movement
1960-70s
AIDs pandemic
1983-1990s
Stonewall riots
1969
protests by the LGBTQ+ community
Ronald Reagan elected
1980
What was segregation in the South linked to?
Jim Crow Laws: “Seperate but equal”
