Brown v Board of Education and Government Doctrines

• Brown v Board of Education overturned Plessy v Ferguson

  • Shift towards "big government" views among citizens

  • Southerners opposed integration of schools

• Various government doctrines:

  • Truman Doctrine: anti-communism

  • Eisenhower Doctrine: anti-communism in the Middle E2ast

  • Reagan Doctrine: anti-communism shaping foreign affairs

• Doctrines influenced foreign affairs and proxy wars against communist expansion

Government Spending and Domestic Affairs

• Government spending increased for foreign and domestic policies

  • Foreign affairs focused on fighting communism

  • Domestic affairs aimed at growing the economy

• Stagflation in the 70s due to increased spending

  • Impact on people in poverty

• Initiatives like Great Society by LBJ and New Frontier by JFK in the 1950s

Social Movements and Events in the 1960s

• Joseph McCarthy and House Un-American Activities Committee

  • Similar to the Red Scare of the 20s

• McCarthyism/Witch hunts targeting communists in society

• 1960s marked by consumerism and progressive movements

  • Rise of LGBTQ, feminist, and civil rights movements

  • Increased drug use and "free love"

• Assassinations and rising divorce rates

• Vietnam War and the concept of "containment" of communism

• SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) activism against the Vietnam War

Environmental and Social Changes in the 1970s

• Environmental pollution highlighted by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

• Martin Luther King advocating for peace and integration

• Malcolm X advocating for revolution and separation

• Creation of Medicare by LBJ and Social Security by FDR

• Push for traditionalism and women returning to domestic roles in the 1970s

• Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act passed in 1970

• Emergence of the Transcendentalist movement

1970s and Beyond

• Strong push for traditional values and roles

• Ronald Reagan symbolizing conservative values in politics

• Earth Day celebrated for the first time

• Distinction between De jure (progressive laws) and decarte (the reality)