1. This week in Review… Happy Friday
1. Describe the family structure in the s. What was the role of women?
2. What were Eisenhower's policies or strategies in the Cold War?
3. What was the U-2 incident? What did it lead to?
4. What did the launching of Sputnik lead to?
5. How did Americans respond to the growing probability of a nuclear attack?
Happy Friday

2. Civil Rights in the 50s Main Idea:
Although the 1950s were a time of stability and conformity, there were many important developments in the civil rights movement that led to the movement in the 1960s.

3. Important Terms
NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Thurgood Marshall: an influential NAACP lawyer who fought for equal rights through the courts.
14th Amendment: Guarantees equal protection under the law

4. Dred Scott v. Stanford Year: 1857 Situation: Decision:
Dred Scott was a slave who, after his master died and moving to a Northern state, sued for his freedom.
Decision:
Dred Scott did not have his freedom or citizenship rights.
They further ruled that no African Americans are not citizens, but property.

5. Plessy v. Ferguson Year: 1896 Situation: Decision:
Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law.
Decision:
Upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
Led to rampant segregation across the country especially in the South.

7. Brown v. Board of Education
Year: 1954
Situation:
Multiple families sued to attend white schools that were closer or safer to travel to.
Decision:
Overturned Plessy
“Separate but equal” is unconstitutional
Led to forced integration that many states were not ready for

8. Little Rock Nine
In 1957, the governor of Arkansas declared that he would not enforce integration.
9 African American teenagers were enrolled and tried to attend a previously all-white school.
Angry mobs kept them from entering, so Eisenhower was forced to send the military to enforce the law.
Students had to be escorted to school by armed guards