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Summary AMH 2020 Exam 3 Study Guide
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- AMH 2020
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- Florida Atlantic University
This is a comprehensive and detailed study guide on Exam 3 for AMH 2020.
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Study Guide-Exam 3Jackson Pollock Like simple use of colors and emotions portrayed through it; individual
expressionism; abstract expressionism; about expression and individual; freedom; art shouldn’t
be restrained; art has no rules
Mao Zedong China (Nationalists vs. Communists), divided up between nationalists and
communists; corruption and inflation will hurt appeal for people; communists primarily in north
(closer to Russia); led by Mao Zedong; patriotic appeal overpowers Chiangs; Mao Zedong takes
China; Dean Acheson reports on situation in China; reports situation happening; Chiangs forces
have to flee to Taiwan; signs treaty with Stalin
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) Father (Brown) said that doesn’t make sense that
daughter has to go several blocks away to black school when white school so close to his home;
daughter feels set aside, downgraded by knowing she sees school but has to keep going further;
became big challenge; successful case of desegregation; flipping earlier case of Plessy vs
Ferguson; big steps towards equality
Cesar Chavez will lead National Farm Workers Association (NFWA); will try and fight the
powers that didn’t recognize unions of those who were the grape growers of California in
particular; recognizing minorities of America; encouraging other minorities to rise up; chicanos
was originally considered slur, but now is identity of American Hispanics
Montgomery Bus Boycott African Americans don’t ride bus because of what happened to
Rosa Parks; big issue because financial problems as they are main passengers of public
transportation; bus companies losing money; carpooling, riding bikes, walking instead of bus;
protesters want that seating comes on first come first serve; propels boycott and Luther King
Suburbs white, young, Christian veterans mainly lived there; some blacks but mostly in urban
settings; highways connect suburbs to cities, and state to state; shopping and malls pop up
because women will leave houses to go to these locations (in the city); “togetherness” in the
home: family dinners, doing things together, family oriented; idea of family very strong; nice
neighborhood type mentality; not challenged by urban problems; time to spend together; nuclear
family/role of the woman; woman role, pre-feminism period: stereotypical mom stays at home,
women will start demanding for more equality; Levittown (New York-1951) proved that can
standardize suburb, can mass produce houses to meet demand of those who want to settle and
raise family; escape city; houses have same things (rooms); cookie cutter houses; people made it
their own; successful takes of suburban life
Pearl Harbor Tokyo Talks in Washington; series of talks fall apart; about China and how
Americans disagree with Japanese about invasion of China; diplomatic relations fall apart to
point where brings to Pearl Harbor strike; December 7th surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by
Japanese; carrier base plans catch US fleet by surprise; sink 4 battleships, damage 4 more; kill
more than 2,400 American sailors; debate on whether entire surprise or FDR sensed attacks was
going to occur
, Election of 1964 Johnson wanted to run again, Democrats nominated him; Goldwater
skeptical of government, considered radical when it came to Cold War; daisy commercial: girl
removing petals while bomb goes off, hinting that America will be in danger if Goldwater wins;
Johnson’s Presidency marked by Vietnam and visions of society; opportunity of America being
changed by helpful, eager government, series of social and economic reforms would occur to
make US better place to live, at first popular, included end to racial discrimination, expansion of
educational opportunities, defeat of hunger and poverty, universal healthcare; Great Society was
the 1960’s progressive equivalent to New Deal; where government helped individuals that
couldn’t help themselves; Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO): one of Johnson’s greatest
fights was war on poverty, OEO created to supervise fight, food stamps created to help feed
those whose income fell below poverty line; Bobby Kennedy became senator, waited for his
chance to run for president, refusing opportunity to be Johnson’s VP in the elections; Johnson
(486), Goldwater (52); Johnson wins; Democratic Congress
John F. Kennedy was in election of 1960 (D); wanted to end poverty, improve education,
enhance retirement for old, foster economic growth; his father made money by listening to
business men talking about stock market when shining their shoes; youngest elected president at
43 years old; Catholic (1st); young, energetic, and educated (Harvard), attractive, popular; WWII
hero (PT-109)–Pacific Theater; helped men survive sinking of PT-190 boat; Senator and
Representative (1947-1960); married Jacqueline Bouvier – “Camelot”; romantic castle
atmosphere; most famous First Lady; Caroline —> inspiration of song Sweet Caroline; John —>
died in plane crash
McCarthyism Senator Joseph R. McCarthy [R]; McCarthyism: “witch hunt”; at lady’s
function surprises everyone and use opportunity to frighten everyone that has a list of known
communist in US government but doesn’t reveal list; cause hysteria and curiosity, doesn’t ever
show list or says who is on list; gets defensive if someone tries to challenge him on witch hunt;
fear to attack McCarthy as don’t want to be labeled as communist; republicans don’t know what
to do with him; can see through him; army-McCarthy hearings; continues communist witch hunt;
goes after army —> big mistake as lose credibility; Eisenhower’s Strategy: ignores him; ends
political career
Fidel Castro revolutionary communist; promised different, new frontier by overthrowing the
Baptista dictatorship in 1959; agreed to become a satellite nation for Soviet Union; Castro afraid
of Americans so declared himself communist so Soviet could help him hold on to power
Martin Luther King starts Montgomery bus boycott; Southern Christian Leadership
Conference establishes this; “Give us the ballot”: goes after blacks’ right to vote as they are
denied the right to vote; their voices and opinions not heard; have to overcome hurdles that
whites don’t have to go through; encourage blacks to rally around that blacks are equal to whites
and that equality has to be established around elections and voting rights; Birmingham Protest
where blacks sprayed by fire hoses, attacked by canines and beaten by police that Kennedy woke
up to Civil Rights movement; King arrested, Letter from Birmingham Jail that outlined why he
and protesters doing what doing; led Commissioner Eugene “Bull” Connor Birmingham police
force had blacks abused for protesting for their civil rights, but also arrested; televised on nightly
news allowing Kennedy and nation realize that civil rights not just a southern issue, national
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