History

• Impact of world war 1

  Economic crisis in the countries involved and the rise of the US, as the leading economic power
• Impact of world war 2

  Flattened cities and towns, destroyed bridges and railroads, and scorched the countryside
• Gandhi


  He used his day in court to indict the British empire for it's explosions and impoverishment of the Indian people
• Nkrumah


  The British called him a leader of government business but he was really the prime minister
• Kenyatta 


  He was the countries first president and played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British empire into an independent Republic
• Nationalism and independence and Africa 


  India's fight for independence, lead by the likes Mohatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, among others, leading to India's independence, inspired many African nationalists. The then newly independent Indian government also helped African nationalist movements to achieve their goals.
• Windrush and Caribbean migrants

  The ship HMT empire windrush arrived at the port of Tilbury on 21st of June 1948 and it's passengers disembarked a day later. The ship carried 492 Caribbean migrants, many of them veterans of the 2nd world war. The ship and it's passengers have a symbolic status as the start of the windrush generation.
• Suez crisis

  The Egyptian government seized control of the Suez canal from the British rench owned company that managed it
• The work of Claudia Jones in the uk

  In 1958, Jones founded the West Indian gazette(WIG), an anti racist newspaper campaigning social equality
• Migration from Asia and Africa

  To escape civil war, to seek better economic opportunities and to join family members already settled here
• Legacy of British empire with the Commonwealth

  Until 1949, the member states of today's Commonwealth were united through common allegiance to the British crown
• Falklands war

  The falklands war was a ten week undeclared war between Argentina and the UK in 1982 over 2 British dependent territories in the south Atlantic: the falkland islands and it's territorial dependency, south Georgia the south sandwich islands
• Propaganda 


  Seeking to promote enthusiasm for imperial unity or expansion, to secure particular public or private interest, and to generate prestige or profits. Presented wars as an issue of good vs evil
• Britain got control of India

  Robert Clive, East India company, combined military prowess with a ruthless ambition, made Britain extremely wealthy. With wealth came power, the EIC took control of huge swaths of India
• Robert clive


  A courag
• Robert Clive 


  A courageous, resourceful and ruthless military commander. Helped secure an Indian empire for britain
• Warren Hastings

  In 1774, he became governor general of Bengal. The first
• Indian rebellion

  Cause: poor terms of service and pensions, bad pay, lack of promotion, increase in cultural and racial insensitivity from British officers
• 1950s consumerism 


  based on the idea of single-family ownership of a home filled with convenience items like washing machines and vacuum cleaners
• The American dream

  centered on nuclear families living in modern, suburban homes.
• McCarthyism


  a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–4
• Second red scare 


  The Second Red Scare, which occurred immediately after World War II, was preoccupied with the perception that national or foreign communists were infiltrating or subverting American society and the federal government.
• Rock and roll 


  the connective tissue between jazz and rock 'n' roll is the post-WWII rhythm and blues performed by artists such as Louis Jordan, Roy Brown and others
• TV 


  By 1955, half of all American homes had a television.
• Teenagers 


  more masculine silhouette in women's fashion also became popular.
• Civil rights movement 1950s


  The American civil rights movement started in the mid-1950s. A major catalyst in the push for civil rights was in December 1955, when NAACP activist Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man.
• Civil rights movement 1960s

  Through nonviolent protest, the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s broke the pattern of public facilities' being segregated by “race” in the South and achieved the most important breakthrough in equal-rights legislation for African.
• Black power movement 


  Black power emphasized black self-reliance and self-determination more than integration. Proponents believed African Americans should secure their human rights by creating political and cultural organizations that served their interests
• JFK


  Kennedy's background included the following: He came from an Irish-American family which was very wealthy and heavily involved in politics. He went to Harvard University and studied politics. He wrote his dissertation on Britain's policy of the appeasement of Adolf Hitler
• The new frontier 


  Kennedy proclaimed in his speech: We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier—the frontier of the 1960s, the frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, the frontier of unfilled hopes and unfilled threats. ... The pioneers gave up their safety, their comfort, and sometimes their lives to build our new west.
• LBJ


  Vice President Lyndon B Johnson became president automatically when President John F Kennedy was assassinated. Johnson was committed to continuing and developing the work of Kennedy. He wanted to create a 'Great Society' and to end poverty and racial injustice. After Kennedy died, there was a wave of sympathy
• Great society 


  Johnson in 1964 and 1965. The term was first referenced during a 1964 speech by Johnson at Ohio University, then later formally presented at the University of Michigan, and came to represent his domestic agenda. The main goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice
• The feminist movement 


  In the 1960s and 1970s, the idea of a woman's role being limited to a housewife and mother was challenged by a strong feminist. movement. The movement advocated and campaigned for the rights and equality of women.