These three events had the biggest impact upon the USA. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was a very surprising moment in 1968. The news of his death had an effect on almost everyone. After his death his message seemed to sink deeper into people’s thoughts and hearts after his death who agreed with them. For the most part blacks and whites would put their differences aside, but some blacks grew very angry and riots
Our families have become TV—oriented. We could get useful information, relax with TV drama and appreciate the wonderful program that contained every lines of life. Many people regarded television as a favorable, beneficial, indeed, wondrous influence upon the family. It is where the problem arose. Because of the powerful attraction of television, our family time is occupied by it.
Those that befitted from the social prosperity were white men. Groups that were excluded from the positive changes of the 1950s were people of color, the poor, the LGBT community, and those affected by the “Red Scare”. They didn’t get to enjoy the same opportunities for home subsidies or support for higher education, as people of color were forced to congregate in shabby neighborhoods, and those who were targeted by the Red Scare saw their career and reputation destroyed. White women didn’t completely experience positive changes of this period either, as they had to give up their jobs and the freedom that they fought hard to gain in the previous decades, and they were told to send their parents to nursing homes to fully devoted themselves to families, and at the same time they had to be willing to send their male children out to the world earlier, which led to alcohol and substance abuse in women in this time period, according to the
Television has had a positive impact on how the presidential elections have set a course for the future since the 1960s, and in several various ways. The implementation of television into political affairs has not only allowed an opportunity for the people of America to obtain a clearer view of whom it is they’re allowing to lead the country as president, but also the ability to hold presidential candidates accountable for their actions, both in the past and present; resulting in an increased vetting of the candidates. During a campaign, it is historically evident that a candidate will discuss an irrelevant topic, yielding no beneficial value, in an attempt to appease his or her surrounding audience. The television allows people of all age groups to see for themselves what the presidential candidate has to say, allowing for no biased presidential elections. An example of this is President Lyndon Johnson’s 1968 reelection campaign.
“One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination (1).” In this quote, King compares segregation and discrimination to the manacles and chains because they both held something down. Segregation and discrimination fastened colored people to the lower levels of society, like the manacles and chains that bonded slaves to the land of their masters. This is an example of pathos, as King uses this simile to evoke the emotions of sympathy and empathy out of his audience. Though slavery had end by this period, colored people still felt as if they were being controlled by the effects of segregation and discrimination. The usage of the quote shows how important accomplishing the task of making the audience fully understand the
Families weren't as well-off economically as they would become by the end of the 1960s. African-Americans in particular had higher rates of poverty than they do now. Women, minorities, gays and non-conforming groups were discriminated against, and victims of family problems got little attention or social assistance. In some ways, the decline of the 1950s family grew out of the trends and contradictions of the fifties themselves. Trends
However, there is more statistics indicating that families are in decline. First, the “traditional” family, which used to be defined as, the husband being the breadwinner and the wife being a full-time “homemaker”, has declined from 66 percent to 29 percent in 1972-2007 (Benokraitis, n.d, 3). This could be because of the changing dynamics of a family. For example, the rates of single parenthood are rising and each single parent has to be the breadwinner and “homemaker” of the family. Also, some adults do not end up getting married, almost 19 million Americans (Benokraitis, n.d., 3).
Even though there were negative effects, his assassination also led to positive immediate effects such as the Poor People’s Campaign, and the improvement of the Civil Rights Act 1968. The long term impacts of his death were the social improvement of the Civil Rights Act 1968, the African-Americans are now being respected, and the effect of Martin Luther King Day. After the assassination Martin Luther King his supporters showed grief and rage towards his death. The outpouring grief and rage led to the 1968 Chicago riot. The riot started in the black ghetto on the west side of Chicago.
With the passage of time this mass movement of Blacks seemed to be more effective. They even got decision in their favor from lower court which was overruled by higher court later. Association formed by Blacks decided to boycott bus service and because of most blacks using service, bus service suffered huge loss. It meant Black Community Movement started by action of Rosa Parker started to pay back and their efforts were not in vain. There’s no Success without efforts.
This causes thousands of people to become homeless and displaced. Also, not every household had flood insurance, so then FEMA stepped in to assist these people. This process of FEMA stepping in to help people in need of emergency help is very expensive. Government funds are used to give people mobile homes to live in and money to help fix their destroyed homes. Insurance companies were pounded after the storm with many insurance claims due to all the flooding and wind damage.