Inquizitive chapter 25

Identify the statements that describe the March on Washington in August 1963.

It was the largest public demonstration in American history (up until that time). It represented significant collaboration between whites and blacks to further the civil rights cause. Martin Luther King Jr. cited the Declaration of Independence in his speech

Match each of the following cities/towns with its significance to the civil rights movement.

This city was known as the "citadel of segregation." Correct label: Birmingham Protesters attempted to march to the state capitol to demand voter registration fairness. Correct label: Selma A. Philip Randolph's march for "jobs and freedom" took place in this city in August 1963. Correct label: Washington, D.C. Riots occurred here when James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi. Correct label: Oxford

Race relations were strained in the mid-1960s to such a large degree that even those who fought side by side for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 abandoned each other. What was a primary source of animosity in race relations as the civil rights movement evolved in the 1960s?

Whites felt that the landmark civil rights legislation from 1964 and 1965 adequately assured Black equality, whereas Blacks pushed for further action.

Lyndon Johnson forcefully pushed a comprehensive civil rights bill called the 1964 Civil Rights Act through Congress. Identify the elements of this legislation.

banned racial discrimination in restaurants, even if privately owned prohibited discrimination by employers and unions

The counterculture was a youth movement that exposed the generation gap between the baby boomers and their parents. What values were endorsed by the counterculture?

community personal liberation

Identify the statements that describe the War on Poverty.

created the Office of Economic Opportunities, which oversaw initiatives to lift the poor into the social and economic mainstream attributed poverty to a lack of skills and lack of proper attitudes about work

In the 1960s, the issue of human trafficking came to the fore when Rachel Carson published her book, Silent Spring, about the mistreatment of seasonal migrant workers.

false

One of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California at Berkeley was Richard Nixon. His experience as a leader of the movement gave Nixon the national exposure he needed to launch his presidential campaign.

false

What response did the Freedom Riders receive when they rode buses from Washington, D.C., through the Deep South?

hey were violently attacked by a mob when they reached Alabama.

What was the significance of the Stonewall Inn riot as a source for the rights revolution of the late 1960s?

it marked the advent of gay liberation after homosexuals at the Stonewall Inn fought back against routine police harassment.

Roe v. Wade was a controversial Supreme Court case that ended the ban on marriage between races that had been the law since the colonial era.

False

In Clyde Warrior's 1964 statement, "To Survive as a People," the Native American leader lists several grievances and demands on behalf of the National Indian Youth Council. Match each demand to the portion of the passage it summarizes.

1.) Native Americans should be self-governing 2.) U.S.-Indian relations need to be improved, so legal actions involving Native Americans must be formally negotiation and agreed to. 3.) After centuries of discrimination, Native Americans demand economic and educational programs

Using the information provided by the following map, place the major events of the Vietnam War in chronological order.

1.) Tonkin Gulf incident 2.) Tet offensive 3.) invasion of Cambodia 4.) invasion of Laos 5.) surrender of South Vietnam

Place the following events regarding the Cuban missile crisis in chronological order.

An American spy plane discovers Soviet missiles in Cuba. U.S. military advisers propose invasion of Cuba. JFK orders quarantine of the Cuban island by the U.S. Navy. Soviets remove missiles from Cuba, and the United States removes missiles from Turkey.

Consumer rights became an important social issue in the 1960s. Identify the correct statements regarding consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the impact of his consumer activism.

Consumer rights became an important social issue in the 1960s. Identify the correct statements regarding consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the impact of his consumer activism.

Using the information provided by the following map, what can you infer about the Vietnam War?

Correct Answers: The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into northern and southern districts along the 17th Parallel demarcation line. The United States allied itself with South Vietnam.

The Great Society was the most sweeping attempt at social and economic adjustment by the federal government since the New Deal during the Great Depression. Which of the following provisions were part of the Great Society?

Food Stamp program Head Start Medicare

Select on the map the site of the incident that prompted Congress, in August 1964, to pass the Gulf of Tonkin resolution.

In the Gulf of Tonkin, press the red x

The civil rights movement of the early 1960s was comprised of people from different economic and social backgrounds and faiths. Identify the missions of the following civil rights groups.

Initially an integrated group of activists, its focus was on integrating interstate buses through Freedom Rides. Correct label: CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) Made up of mostly Black college students, this group practiced sit-ins and "wade-ins" to integrate public spaces and beaches in the South. Correct label: SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

The growing civil rights movement led to divisions among religious groups on the issue of social rights. Some Christian denominations were strongly supportive of racial and economic justice. Identify the statements that are true regarding religion and social change during the civil rights movement.

Liberal, mainline Protestant denominations were more supportive of racial and economic justice. Some mainline Protestant churches began to see long-term membership decline because of their stance on civil rights.

The year 1968 had a profound impact on the psyche of the American spirit as one crisis after another made headlines. In many ways, 1968 signaled the end of the social liberalism of Sixties era. Which of the following climactic events that signaled this shift occurred in 1968?

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis while supporting a garbage workers' strike. The Tet Offensive in Vietnam shattered public confidence in Lyndon Johnson's administration.

In the election of 1964, Lyndon Johnson won by an electoral landslide. His opponent, ultraconservative Barry Goldwater, who had voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, won the Deep South. What did this election demonstrate about the country in the mid-1960s?

Most Americans were ready to grant African-Americans rights

What social changes does NOW believe are necessary to enable women to enjoy equality and freedom?

NOW wanted more women to have the opportunity to participate in the public sphere.

Throughout most of its existence, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) thwarted change. When Chief Justice Earl Warren's SCOTUS moved from the political right (ideologically) to the political center, enough to allow for more rights for many more groups in the United States, conservatives dubbed it "judicial activism." Match the following court cases with the group that benefited from SCOTUS decisions during Warren's leadership.

New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) - journalists and newspaper editors Miranda v. Arizona (1966) -citizens who are indicted on criminal charges Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) - married couples who wanted privacy Engel v. Vitale (1962) - agnostics and atheists Baker v. Carr (1962) - voters in cities

Complete the passage describing President Johnson's actions toward perceived communist threats in Vietnam.

North Vietnamese, Gulf of Tonkin, Indochina

Both the left-wing Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the conservative Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) emphasized the importance of youth in bringing about social change. Which assertions belong to the SDS's Port Huron Statement and which belong to the YAF's Sharon Statement?

Sharon Statement: -The gravest threat facing the world is international communism. -The workings of the free market are the greatest guarantor of personal freedom. Port Huron Statement: -Society would be improved by the adoption of the principle of "participatory democracy" in all aspects of life. -Existing institutions such as political parties and corporations are deeply undemocratic and corrupt.

What social changes does NOW believe are necessary to enable women to enjoy equality and freedom?

Society needs an increase in child-care options so that men and women have equal opportunities to grow their careers outside the home. Society should recognize the social and economic contributions of women who work as homemakers and mothers.

As a result of the civil rights movement's success, many other groups were moved to fight for rights in the late 1960s. The most successful was the women's rights movement, but others made progress as well. Complete the passage describing another group's activism.

The American Indian Movement, Alcatraz Island, Red Power

During a second wave of feminism, there were concerns that the country was wasting its "woman power," which could otherwise be a potential weapon in the Cold War. Regardless, women made significant strides toward equality. Which of the following actions resulted from 1960s feminist activists?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination on the grounds of sex as well as race. Kennedy established the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

As early as 1963, President Kennedy questioned the United States' involvement in Vietnam. Why did both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations opt to stay in Vietnam?

The Johnson administration did not want to be responsible for losing another country to communism. Military advisers believed they could control internal uprisings in Vietnam.

Kennedy's plan for Cuba escalated from fanning a revolt to an amphibious landing by several hundred Cubans trained by the CIA in Guatemala, known as the Bay of Pigs invasion. Identify the ultimate result of this expedition.

The invasion failed with more than 100 killed and many more captured.

Which of the following were results of the Hart-Celler Act of 1965?

The law set the first limit on the number of immigrants to the country from the Western Hemisphere. The category of "illegal alien" was first created. It established new, racially neutral criteria for immigration, notably, allowing immigrants entry for purposes of family reunification.

The Alliance for Progress was Kennedy's attempt to do for Latin America what the Marshall Plan did for Western Europe. Why did the Alliance fail in Latin America?

The plan involved far smaller sums of money than the Marshall Plan. The local elites who controlled the aid money enriched themselves, rather than helping the poor.

Analyze the following image. What does it reveal about public reaction to the president's death?

The president's death captivated the nation.

Identify the significance of the following terms.

The rebellion/riot here is considered the beginning of the LGBT movement. -Stonewall Inn founded in 1966 to work actively for women's equality, after seeing the need for a civil rights organization specifically focused on women's rights -National Organization for Women acknowledged that American society had lost a vast reservoir of human potential by suppressing women's personal growth in the 1950s -The Feminine Mystique

Complete the passage describing the New Left.

old left, new left, the black freedom movement

Match the legislation to its correlating objectives.

outlawed the poll tax-24th Amendment allowed federal officials to register voters-Voting Rights Act abandoned the national-origins quota system of immigration-Hart-Celler Act

During the Sixties, the baby boomers were more politically involved than their parents. Complete the passage describing the diverse political beliefs of this group.

right, left, silent majority

The New Left was made up of an unlikely coalition of youth who thought that social institutions needed to be corrected, allowing full access to liberty and freedom through participation in democracy. Which two groups made up that unlikely coalition?

the Black freedom movement and white college students of the middle class

Analyze the following map. What is the logical reason why the United States and South Vietnam would have wanted to invade Laos in 1971?

to disrupt North Vietnam's supply route to South Vietnam

The Kennedy administration lasted less than three years and saw few tangible accomplishments, yet President Kennedy's short term in office remains significant today among the general public. Which of the following characteristics describe Kennedy and his administration?

youthful glamour He inspired hope and belief that tomorrow could be better.