History Test Essays 12/19/08

#1 The increasing access to certain technologies during the 50's and 60's changed history by making it possible for things like being able to see political debates live on Television. Being able to do this, people started to judge political candidates on their looks as well as their ability to lead.
For example, JFK v. Nixon. On the radio, Nixon would win the debates because he had more political experience. However, because JFK was younger and better looking, he would win the Television debates because people were able to see what was going on and would judge by what the candidates looked like.

#2 The leadership method(s) and goal(s) of Martin Luther King, Huey Newton, and Malcolm X were similar yet very different.
With Martin Luther King, his goal(s) were to give the African American population more civil rights without having to protest with violence.
With Huey Newton, his methods were similar in the way that he did not want to do anything with violence. However, he allowed his group to have guns and would give out aid to the poor to rope people in to join their group.
Finally, with Malcolm X, his methods were not to protest without violence but to fight back through organized riots and things like that.

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