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Characteristics of the ?affluent society?
Characteristics of the “affluent society”: technology was growing fast, modern capitalism was flexing its muscles with high wages, comfortable working conditions
Interstate Highway System
Interstate Highway System: major cause of increased mobility; accelerated shift of population to suburbs
T.V.?s affect on politics
T.V.’s affect on politics: coverage of public events and as a vehicle for political advertising
Newton Minnow, ?The Vast Wasteland?
Newton Minnow, “The Vast Wasteland”: Minnow called TV programs offered a vast wasteland.
Immigration after WWII
Immigration after WWII: percentage of immigrants in the population declined steadily, contributing to social and cultural uniformity.
How civil rights and feminism challenged traditional religion
How civil rights and feminism challenged traditional religion: civil rights had important religious implications, and feminism had religious ramifications.
1950?s Conformity
1950’s Conformity: as the middle class grew, conformity in the class grew because of the
Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller: wrote Catch-22
?Catch-22?
“Catch-22”: written by Heller, replaced Catcher in the Rye, about a war novel that showed the waste of warfare.
?Catcher in the Rye?
“Catcher in the Rye”: written by J.D. Salinger, was popular among college students, written about people entirely wrapped up in themselves.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol: created portraits of mundane objects such as soup cans.
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock: led the “new York school” of action painting, or expressionism.
Garraty?s, ?Two 1960?s Dilemmas?
Garraty’s, “Two 1960’s Dilemmas”: progress was self defeating, and modern industrial society placed an enormous premium on social cooperation.
Social Class Trends of the sixties
Social Class Trends of the sixties: more towards middle class.
Malcolm X
Malcolm X: left the African Muslims and founded his own Organization of Afro-American Unity. He saw the fight for racial equality as part of a larger struggle for all human rights. He was killed.
Organization for Afro-American Unity
Organization for Afro-American Unity: founded by Malcolm X.
Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad: leader of the Black Muslims movement.
Black Power
Black Power: caught on swiftly among militants. They became more determined to separate themselves from wihte influence.
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael: charman of SNCC, a West Indian, and was opposed to cooperating with whites of any stripe. He thought they should be completely separate.
H. Rap Brown
H. Rap Brown: a radical who advised blacks to “shoot, don’t loot” the police.
Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver: in 1968, the Black panther party nominated Cleaver for president.
Watt?s ?riots? 1965
Watt’s “riots” 1965: an example of the black anger that erupted in a series of destructive urban riots. A police officer halted a motorist who seemed to drunk, and give him a sobriety test. This caused the riots.
Kerner Commission
Kerner Commission: an investigation of the cause of the rioting. These were begun by blacks, and the rioters were expressing frustration and despair; their resentment was directed more at the social system than at individuals. The basic “cause” was the “white racism” that deprived blacks of access to good jobs, etc, and forced to live in ghettos which bred crime.
Black Panther Party
Black Panther Party: extremists formed this party and collected weapons to resist the police.
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