Unit 10: Contemporary US
Trigger Words:
Timeline:
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/61684a.htm
This document is a typed copy of a radio address that Reagan gave on Father's day. Reagan points out that family is the center of society in America. Reagan reluctantly explains that the day of a family-based society are over but he wishes to uphold the "values of faith, honesty, responsibility, tolerance, kindness, and love" in a family. Reagan explains that he knows times are tough in the economy but he maintains the firm belief that government should not become involved in parental lives, because it will raise taxes and people should keep their earnings for themselves. The significance of this document is that it illustrates the return to conservatism and Reagan utopia of a conservative society. Even the date of the address given on Father's Day demonstrates the idea of honoring family and keeping family on the highest pedestal, where it belongs. Additionally, Reagan adds about government needing to stay out of personal affairs maintaining his firm stance against government subsidies for the American people. Tyler Fernandez http://www.equalrightsamendment.org
This document describes and explains the equal rights amendment in depth, beginning with the first section and ending with the third. For example, "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." The ERA, affirming the equal application of the Constitution to all persons regardless of their sex, was written in 1923 by Alice Paul, suffragist leader and founder of the National Woman's Party. After women’s right to vote was guaranteed by the 19th Amendment in 1920, she proposed the ERA as the next step in confirming "equal justice under law" for all citizens. The significance of this primary source is exhibited through its history, when it was ratified by Congress between 1923 and 1972, when it was passed and sent to the states. The original seven-year time limit in the ERA's proposing clause was extended by Congress to June 30, 1982, but at that deadline, the ERA had been ratified by 35 states, three states short of the 38 required to put it into the Constitution. Emily Vo |
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into affect by Lyndon B. Johnson. The Act prohibited discrimination in public places, allowed for the integration of schools, and made discrimination in employment illegal. The document paved the way equality, however, many people still treated blacks like they were lesser people. By passing the bill and making blacks and whites equal lawfully, it allowed for people to be more accepting of different races in the future. The significance of this document is that it marked the beginning of the end for Social Darwinism. Many people still believed that their race made them better than someone with darker skin, yet with this act, and the civil rights movement of the time, people were slowly becoming more tolerant. As a result of this document, people who were formerly separated were now together, allowing for civil rights to move forward at a much faster, and much more effective pace. In the primary source it outlines the happenings of the first school desegregation. Little Rock Central High School was one of the first schools to desegregate and at that time the Supreme Court wanted to strike down the racial segregation in public schooling.The source give a well organized background information and through the rough patches of interracial schools. In the end of the source it celebrates the 40th anniversary of Little Rock and all its history it left behind. It even talks about the Little Rock policemen who stood outside of the school trying to let nine African American students to get inide the school.
The significance of this primary source was to commemorate all that had happen in Little Rock that changed the future of colored people. It was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Little Rock and the historic event that changed the lives of many people today. It was at the time where interracial businesses and schools and other public places started to occur. Cathy L |