HIS 372- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 59 pages long!)
1 Dec 2017
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1972: the sixties really last from 1954 to 1975, starts with the brown decision (1954) and ends with the end of the vietnam. The environmental movement: protecting the water supply (1956-1972, rachel carson"s silent spring (1962, lasting impact, gave birth to the environmental movement, act protecting endangered species (1966, sixties activism gives birth to earth day in 1970. The brown decision (may 17, 1954: was it a pyrrhic victory, a pyrrhic victory is a victory that cost a lot even for the victor. Emmett till (1955: he was a young black kid of about 14 years old. He went out to see his relatives in. While there, he went into a local store with some of his buddies. After buying his candy, he tells a white lady, bye, baby. his friends explain to him that you can"t do that down here: murdered in mississippi, after they found his body, he had his funeral in chicago.
