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- 171: How Successfully From 1945 To
- ... It was uncertain whether he would maintain his seat in Congress in the 1950 mid-term elections, so he needed a strong issue to campaign on. He had witnessed Richard Nixon become a household name in the United States, when he successfully prosecuted Algar Hiss, who was accused of passing government papers to the Soviets. McCarthy desired a national reputation and ...
- 172: The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- ... disagreed with the measures suggested and stopped the plan. Castro overthrew Batista in 1959. Originally Castro was not a communist either and even had meetings with then Vice-President Richard Nixon. Fearful of Castro's revolution, people with money, like doctors, lawyers, and the mafia, left Cuba for the United States. To prevent the loss of more capital Castro's solution ...
- 173: Law Essay
- ... Supreme Court are as follows: William Hubbs Rhenquist, Chief Justice: born 1924 in Wisconsin, graduated Stanford Law School. He was an assistant Attorney General from 1969 till 1971 when President Nixon appointed him to the Court. 1986 President Reagan appointed him Chief Justice. Stephen Gerald Breyer, born 1938 in San Francisco, graduated Harvard Law School. Served on U.S. court of ...
- 174: Affirmative Action
- ... amended to include discrimination on the basis of sex as well since up to this point it only covered discrimination based on race, creed, color or national origin. President Richard Nixon then in 1969 established this idea of “goals and timetables” which provided guidelines for companies to follow and comply with affirmative action regulations. During the presidency of Gerald Ford it ...
- 175: Accusations By The Media
- ... universal right to free speech. This meant that anyone could be scrutinized, if the information was true, by the media. The LAPD officers who beat Rodney King were scrutinized; Richard Nixon was scrutinized; even Jerry Springer has been scrutinized. These accusations by the media turned out to be true, and that is fine with me, but what about when the media ...
- 176: Affirmative Action
- ... The Act is designed to make employers responsible for illegal discrimination and to encourage employers to end discrimination. Title VII was substantially strengthened in the 1972 amendments signed by President Nixon. As Supreme Court holdings concluded, the legislative history to the 1972 amendments made clear that Congress approved of race, and gender conscious remedies that had been developed by the courts ...
- 177: Affirmative Action: Will It Every Work Right?
- ... have real opportunities to be hared and then eventually get a promotion. In 1969, the Department of Labor exposed widespread racial discrimination of the Construction Department so President Richard M. Nixon decided to incorporate a system of "goals and timetables" to evaluate federal construction companies according to affirmative action. This idea of "goals and timetables" provided guidelines for companies to follow ...
- 178: Lyndon B. Johnson
- ... Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Kennedy then selected Johnson as his running mate to balance the Democratic ticket. In November 1960 the Democrats defeated the Republican candidates, Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, by a narrow margin. Kennedy appointed Johnson to head the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, a post that enabled him to work on behalf ...
- 179: Three Contributions Of Chinese Immigrants
- ... the Chinese immigrant doctors who first came to the United States. However, it was only in 1972 that acupuncture received publicity. This happened when a newspaper correspondent who was with Nixon his trip to China had to have an emergency appendectomy. The correspondent got pain relief through acupuncture. Since that time, many American physicians and dentists have been trained to use ...
- 180: The Goals and Failures of the First and Second Reconstructions
- ... the Northern ghettos. The Riots also created a backlash among the White populace which manifested itself in the defeat of the 1966 Civil Rights Act and the election of Richard Nixon in 1968. Ibid. pp..222-223. 38 The rise of racial separatism and extremism manifested itself within SNCC and CORE and the formation of Black Separatist groups such as the ...
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