A Study of Asian American Issues in the United States - Nicoline Pedersen - Krista Celo - Eden Stilman - Seren Ventullo

Threats to Cold War Americai

During WWII, unionized labor rose to the highest in American history. Organized labor made an agreement to not strike to curb wage demands until the end of the war. However, after the war had come to an end, the demands for wages and better working conditions surged, specifically at General Motors and in the oil industry. As a response, Truman came to seize and operate nine industries under powers granted to him in the War Labor Disputes Act. THE RED MENANCE OF COMMUNISM

THE BLACK

MENANCE OF RACE MIXING

Through events such as the Watts riot in the summer of 1964, the African American community began demanding both economic equity as well as formal political rights. This posed a serious threat to the power of white America that expected quiet assimilation and acceptance of inequality.

THE WHITE

MENANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY

The Cold War era followed a new time of sexual freedom and experimentation in the United States. As the search for communist "traitors and subversives" grew, homophobia grew right alongside it. Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and sexologist conducted a study in which he reported on the sexual activities of Americans. The study immediately became a best seller, however it angered conservative churchmen and politicians, and Kinsley was investigated by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

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