Unit 5, topic 2 The development of the television. The U.S. was able to see what was happening instead of hearing about in on the radio or in the newspapers. Desegregation of the south . Allowing blacks access to the same education, voting, and public places. The south was very unhappy and took some time to adjust but the economic status of the blacks has improved over the past forty years. Going into space. The U.S. was determined to bear the soviets into space. Several others were made and we finally made it to the moon. The invention of the trasistor. Companies were able to do billing and i...

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... "separate but equal" in 1896. In the South, the Jim Crow laws emerged, segregating blacks in public places, including hotels and restaurants. In elections, southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means to deprive blacks of their voting rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 provided for the appointment of referees to help blacks register to vote, likewise the ... pleasures that any white man could have. The Shocking "grand father" laws were passed and forced Americans to take tests for the eligibility to vote. For certain minority groups, the tests would be made especia...

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1965 Voting Rights Act was the foremost event in the history. This research report includes various aspects made by black people in order to get their rights and freedom. In addition, it is also about the people who were in the ... of 1965 prohibits discrimination of the black people in voting practices. The black people were not allowed to vote because of their race and colour. However, the act prohibited literacy tests and poll taxes that had been used to avoid blacks from voting. In 1963, civil rights activists began an effort to register black voters in Dallas Country, Alabama. While man...

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... represented might read as such: African-Americans, Women, Black Women, Hispanics, Gays and Lesbians, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, Indians (Native Americans). All of the above groups have a unique history in struggling for greater representation. We now examine some of those histories in trying to answer why America's Congress does not look like America's people. While Voting Rights legislation had ... Congress, and it was quickly passed. The Voting Rights Act authorized the U.S. attorney general to send federal examiners to register black voters under certain circumstances. It a...

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... investments abroad, growing expenditures by Americans overseas, more buying of foreign goods, and higher incomes at home. Congress passed more civil rights bills than in any comparable period in American history. Once again Congress raised social security benefits. In 1965 the country established a milestone in social legislation when Johnson signed into law the Medicare program, a non-profit health insurance system for ... the aged. In response to civil inequalities, Congress enacted legislation to insure the voting rights of black Americans, who, in some southern states, had been requ...

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... prior to voting. The rationale was that the people would either not be able to afford the tax or they would lose their proof of payment by November. Also literacy tests were required in many areas before one could vote. This was effective because prior to 1864 it was illegal to teach black slaves to read and write. To Praise Our ... included free health clinics; free breakfast programs, soup kitchens, ambulance patrols, voter registration assistance, and community patrols. The Black Panther Party was also the first organization to begin teaching Black history to children. Many people ar...

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