Letter to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society (1935)
What was the Longs Goal in proposing this plan? How did he hope to change American society?
The main aim of Long by proposing the share wealth plan was to provide a decent standard of living to all the citizens of America. Long wanted all the citizens to enjoy the wealth of the country regardless of their social status and political position. Long addressed things such as free education and training and also all the students to be given equal opportunities in high schools and higher learning institutions. His plan also stated that every person would have a car, a radio, and a home worthy $5000. From all his plans, it can be said that Long wanted America to be united and have a sense of equality. He assumed that with equality, everything would be good for the country, and there would be full exploitation of the resources.
Although this is a letter to his supporters, Long also made extensive use of the radio, what advantages might the radio have provided to a populist insurgent like Long?
During that time, radio was a popular device that could share the information fast. Long did not only want his supporters to understand what he was proposing, but he also wanted the whole nation to understand the truth behind equality in the country. Addressing the letter to his supporters does not mean that the other people should not hear the ideas which he was pointing out. Long wanted a nation that exercises equality and wanted support all over the country, and that is why he used radio.
Reading 2: Cold War Foreign Policy: NSC 68 (1950)
How do the authors of NSC-68 describe the global goals of Soviet leaders? What threat do they believe the Soviet Union poses to the world order?
The authors argue that the global goals of the Soviet leaders are to make as many weapons as possible such as nuclear weapons and other deadly weapons. The authors also believe that the threat that the Soviet Union has is to the confrontation of the United States of America was the hostile design of the Soviet Union, and there are possibilities that the deadly weapons produced would be used to bring another big war. The authors of the book also argue that the conflict between the United States of America senses a danger to the world, and the production of deadly weapons should not go on.
Reading 3: Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
According to Brown’s decision, why do the circumstances surrounding the adoption of the 14th Amendment have limited bearing on this case?
The Education board of Topeka had a case in 1954 whereby the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that racial dimensions were being portrayed in the public schools which Brown defined it as the violation of the 14th Amendment of the constitution and that prohibited the states practicing the kind of inequality regarding the protection laws to any person in their jurisdictions. Since then, the case was difficult to handle since each side had support from the constitution hence making it difficult for the judge to make the final decision. The ruling has also made some cases not to have good ruling such as Plessy and forced desegregation, and legalizing abortion in the United States after 19 years.
Why does the Supreme Court reject its precedent in Plessy v. Fergusson? On what kind of evidence or logic does its argument rest?
In Plessy V. Fergusson, the ruling stated that the constitutionality of racial segregation laws concerning the public facilities, only that the opportunities were equal. The law was commonly referred to as the separate but equal. During this ruling, the Supreme Court rejected its precedent of Brown vs. Board of Education (1954), which stated that there would be equal opportunities to all the races, and also, there would be no segregation.
Work Cited
Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)
Cold War Foreign Policy: NSC 68 (1950)
Long, Huey, “Letter to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society (1935)”