Purchase Solution

one social, economic, or political event from five decades

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

I need least two references in each decade's. I would like to post 10 for this project which is $3.99x10. Is this ok

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

One social, economic, or political event from each of the five decades following World War II is selected for research.

Solution Preview

Please allow some of my notes to help within this vast topic scope. Once you write your essay, please post it at one credit per page and we can edit for you in a new posting. Good luck.

As you overview the 1950s and pertinent events, I feel that Brown vs. Board of Education was a landmark event, especially in terms of American history and Civil Rights. Because this landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) "settled the question of whether or not blacks and whites can receive an education integrated with or separate from each other. The case overturned the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, which established the doctrine of "separate but equal." This concept stated that separate public facilities of equal quality do not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which reads:

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" (http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/brown.htm#back).

Besides this historic event, which was significant because it reiterated the rights of all Americans to attend equal educational facilities, you might also choose a political event from this decade. For example, you might cite how McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s also held deep meaning. Research shows that Senator Joseph R. McCarthy claimed to possess a list of 205 card-carrying Communists employed in the U.S. Department of State. From that moment Senator McCarthy became a tireless crusader against Communism in the early 1950s, a period that has been commonly referred to as the "Red Scare" (http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/dl/McCarthy/Mccarthydocuments.html).

As you overview the 1960s, I'd ...

Solution provided by:
Education
  • BS , Slippery Rock University
  • MA, Slippery Rock University
Recent Feedback
  • "thk u"
  • "Thank you. Posted one more.. if you are online pls help. "
  • "thk u"
  • "thk u"
  • "thnk you"
Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
CoViD-19 and Historic Pandemics

How much do you know about CoViD-19 and how it compares to historic pandemics? Test your knowledge with this short quiz!

The New Government Begins

The quiz is designed to test your knowledge of American history after a new government and Constitution are put in place.

America After WWII

This quiz will access your knowledge of America after WWII and the new age that the country was entering into.

United States History - America, The New Nation

This quiz will cover the establishment of America including the sources of the American Revolution, British policies and mercantilism and the establishment of the United States.

America Joins the World 1900-1939

This quiz will test your knowledge on America's emergence into the world beginning from the 20th century until the start of WWII