Apush Chapter 23 Summary
Chapter 29 NAACP- African American civil rights organization, equality of rights of all persons, eliminate discrimination Gunner Myrdal- Swedish scholar who wrote The American Dilemma, talked about the contradiction between racism and democracy Thurgood Marshall- NAACP’s leading attorney, changed legal decisions, behind the scenes Brown v. Topeka- social jurisprudence, overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, said US had to desegregate schools Earl Warren- liberal Republican, appointed as chief justice to remove competition Rosa Parks- Montgomery bus boycott MLKJ- minister of Baptist Church, pacifist, non-violent, set example of moral courage and civil rights Litter Rock- refused to integrate schools, Eisenhower sends in federal troops
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They wanted a "school prayer" allowing sanctioned prayer in classrooms and the teaching of "creationism" as an alternative to Darwinism. They created their own private Christian academies. They condemned modernist notions of materialism and thought circumstances, instead of absolute moral precepts, determined ethical behavior
Conservatives: the political group who wanted to restore a strong family, traditional religious values, patriotism, and limited government
Ronald Reagan: He was an actor before becoming the governor of California, then the president; he wanted a strong national defense and revival of the cold war crusade to reestablish America as the number one power in the world. He became "the Great Communicator" because of his mastery of t.v. and radio. Though, there were some inconsistencies in his leadership -- he stood for strong family values, but was divorced; his less management meant that he was ignorant and uninterested in important matters of
They wanted a "school prayer" allowing sanctioned prayer in classrooms and the teaching of "creationism" as an alternative to Darwinism. They created their own private Christian academies. They condemned modernist notions of materialism and thought circumstances, instead of absolute moral precepts, determined ethical behavior
Conservatives: the political group who wanted to restore a strong family, traditional religious values, patriotism, and limited government
Ronald Reagan: He was an actor before becoming the governor of California, then the president; he wanted a strong national defense and revival of the cold war crusade to reestablish America as the number one power in the world. He became "the Great Communicator" because of his mastery of t.v. and radio. Though, there were some inconsistencies in his leadership -- he stood for strong family values, but was divorced; his less management meant that he was ignorant and uninterested in important matters of