The USA in the 1960s. Study Representations 1, 2 and 3 Choose the one which you think is best representation of the impact of protest on US society, explain your choice

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Part Bii: Analyse and evaluate Representations of history

Study Representations 1, 2 and 3

Choose the one which you think is best representation of the impact of protest on US society, explain your choice. Use all 3 Representations and your own knowledge.

Representation 1 is a transcript which is part of an episode from a documentary television series-‘Vietnam: A Television Series’ and was made in 1983.And it talks about president Nixon’s pledge anti was movement and the way in which the media portrayed it .Representation 2 is a book named ‘coming apart’ which was written by William L O’Neill, it was published in USA 1971, this representation tells us about the government, peaceful protest and the Media. Representation 3 is an article named ‘pageant protest sparked bra-burning myth’ which was written by Nell Greenfieldboyce and published on the 5th September 2008.

Representation 2 is not totally objective for demonstrating how the impact of the protest was during the time of the civil Rights Movement. For instance: Representation two shows that “On 28 May 1961, Robert Kennedy asked the interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to end segregation of interstate buses, trains and facilities.”(2) This suggests that Representation 2 is a good insight into the time of the civil Rights because the Representation is showing a timeline fact and it is valuable for corresponding to the impact of the protest on US society, as it tells us what members of the government were attempting to end segregation. Hence Representation 2 has least omissions and is not objective entirely. Protesters believed in a more direct democracy and they had hope for a better society. Vietnam war- The real story (4) has serious errors of Vietnam War which make it untrue and unreliable. The aim of the program was to correct errors made by PBS, and it was made to be financially supported, the information was there to please the government.

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In association with Representations one and three, both of them venture on being objective. For example, a quotation from Representation one only contains the governments views e.g. “I pledge in my campaign for the presidency to end the war in a way that we could win peace” This represents that Representation one is not a thorough insight into the impact of protest on US society because of distort views, it then also says “ Nixon’s handling of the anti war movement helped to divide or society.(5) This clarifies that  his pledge was invalid, as he wasn’t able to end the ...

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