Social- McCarthyism, Civil Rights, youth protest and culture

How many communist spies did McCarthy believe to be in the State dept?

200 in 1950

What did McCarthy initiate?

Which hunt using complex multiple untruth accusations hard to refute

Who did McCarthy gain particular support from?

• conservatives

• church (communism=devil)

• low-class conspiracists

Why did McCarthy lose support (drunkard)?

Lost credibility when people saw him as a drunk bully

Why did McCarthy lose support (army)?

Went too far investigating the army which was currently fighting communists in Korea

Why did McCarthy lose support (scandal)?

He deferred conscription for his own staff

When did McCarthy die?

1957

What and when desegregated schools?

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, 1954

However, what did schools in the south do?

Continued to segregate- 1957 240 000 AA children in AA schools

And what happened in newly desegregated Little Rock High School?

Eisenhower had to send in National Guard to protect AA students in 1957

When was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

1955, desegregated buses a year after

What org organised freedom rides?

CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

What did the freedom rides achieve?

Complete degregregation of buses and terminals

When was the Selma march and what happened?

1965, police brutality

When were the Civil and Voting Rights Acts?

1964 and 1965

What more militant AA groups were formed?

Black Power and Nation of Islam

When was MLK assassinated?

April 1968

What % of the population was under 24 when?

40% in 1950

What music thrived in these years?

Rock n Roll- Elvis Presley. Later ‘beat’ music and psychedelic music

What group advocated violent revolution and committed terrorist atrocities? Far-left Marxist

The Weathermen

What did the SDS write in 1962?

Port Huron Manifesto calling for a fairer society

How many students marched against Vietnam in 1969?

700 000

Why did these groups spread across the US and gain widespread attention?

The media

How many were killed by National Guard at a protest in 1970 and how many students went on strike as protest?

4 and 2 million