Chapter 25 inquizative
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.
What response did the Freedom Riders receive when they rode buses from Washington, D.C., through the Deep South?
They were violently attacked by a mob when they reached Alabama
In 1963, Betty Friedan launched the second wave of feminism with her book The Feminine Mystique, which infamously described the suburban home as a "comfortable concentration camp."
True
The city in which A. Philip Randolph's march for "jobs and freedom" took place in August 1963.
Washington, D.C.
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 caused such animosity after such successful collaboration?
Whites thought that the legislation had gone far enough to assure black equality, while blacks wanted more government action.
Lyndon Johnson forcefully pushed a comprehensive civil rights bill through Congress. Identify the elements of this legislation.
banned racial discrimination in public accommodations prohibited gender discrimination 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 were the values endorsed by the counterculture?
community/friendship hedonism/pleasure
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
By 1960, Kennedy's plan for Cuba had escalated from fanning a revolt to an amphibious landing by several hundred Cubans trained by the CIA in Guatemala. Identify the results of this planned expedition.
cuba moved closer to diplomacy and economically tot he soviet union
The Peace Corps was a special unit of the Marine Corps designed, by John Kennedy's brother-in-law, to infiltrate rebel units in developing countries and fan the flames of revolution.
false
One of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement at UCLA was Ronald Reagan. His experience as a student leader of the movement gave Reagan the national exposure he needed to launch his political career.
False
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
Identify the statements that describe the Bay of Pigs invasion.
As a result of the failed operation, Cuba became even more closely tied to the Soviet Union. It was a CIA-led operation with Cuban exiles living in the United States.
This city was known as the "citadel of segregation."
Birmingham
An unlikely coalition of individuals thought that the social institutions needed to be corrected. Because of their sheer numbers and the power of television, they believed direct confrontation could alter that imbalance. Which two groups made up that unlikely coalition?
Black freedom movement and white children of the middle class
Initially an integrated group of people, their focus was on integrating interstate busses and bus terminals. National organization created to improve the lives of all minorities. Initially made up of college students, their focus was on integrating public restaurants and stores.
CORE NAACP SNCC
While Kennedy focused on the Cold War for most of his administration, Johnson focused on domestic reform.
Cold War, Domestic Reform
agnostics and atheists: voters in cities: citizens who are indicted on criminal charges: journalists and newspaper editors: married couples who wanted privacy:
Engel v. Vitale (1962) Baker v. Carr (1962) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
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
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 Medicare Head Start
The shift from nonviolent protest to violent confrontation during the mid-1960s also had a geographic difference. The nonviolent protests took place in the South while the violent confrontations took place outside of the South. Place the locations of confrontations outside of the South in chronological order.
Harlem, Watts, Chicago, Detroit.
Malcolm X argued that African-Americans must control the political and economic resources of their communities. Identify the statements that describe Malcolm X.
He abandoned his last name to symbolize his break from his slave ancestry. His work left a legacy that is still recognized and honored today. His racial vitriol was severely lessened after a trip to Mecca in 1964.
Identify the statements that describe the rise of Black Power.
It proposed an agenda of electing more black officials and leading a revolutionary fight for freedoms. The idea of Black Power reflected the radicalization of young civil rights activists and an explosion of racial self-assertion. The term was coined by Stokely Carmichael, the leader of SNCC, during a civil rights march.
Why did social and political upheaval reach global proportions in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the civil rights movement, was assassinated. New Left students were protesting the Vietnam War in France and Italy. The international community was outraged over the Tet offensive in Vietnam.
In the election of 1964, Lyndon Johnson won by an electoral landslide. His opponent, ultra conservative Barry Goldwater, who had voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, won the Deep South. What did this election demonstrate about the country?
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 participate in the public sphere.
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
When North Vietnamese patrol boats fired on an American vessel, Johnson proclaimed that the United States was a victim of "aggression." In response, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, authorizing the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam. Only two members of the U.S. Senate voted against it and everyone in the House of Representatives approved it, giving Johnson a blank check in his attempt to expand military involvement in Indochina.
North Vietnamese, Gulf of Tonkin, Indochina
Riots occurred here when James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi.
Oxford
On the political right, the Young Americans for Freedom supported the Sharon Statement manifesto, while those on the political left, including the Students for a Democratic Society, supported the Port Huron Statement manifesto. The moderates in the middle muddled through without a manifesto. Nixon would dub these moderates the Silent Majority later in the decade.
Right, Left, Silent majority
Which of the following people would most likely have supported the Republican candidate Barry Goldwater for president in 1964?
Ronald Reagan Pat Boone
What was the significance of the Stonewall Inn riot as a source for the rights revolution of the late 1960s?
Routine police brutality they - "Left the Closet"
Protesters attempted to march to the state capitol to demand voter registration fairness.
Selma
Read the selection below from "Statement of Purpose," National Organization for Women (1966). What social changes does NOW believe are necessary to enable women to enjoy equality and freedom?
Society needs an increase in child-care options to ensure mothers have the opportunities to grow their careers outside the home. Society needs to value the contributions of women in their work as homemakers and mothers.
The rebellion/riot here is considered the beginning of the LGBT movement.
Stonewall Inn
acknowledged that American society had lost a vast reservoir of human potential by suppressing women's personal growth in the 1950s
The Feminine Mystique
As early as August 1963, members of Johnson's cabinet were discussing whether they should withdraw from Vietnam. Why did Johnson's advisors recommend staying in Indochina?
The advisors believed they could control the tide of Third World revolutions through intervention. The Truman administration was blamed for losing another Asian country, China, to communism, and it didn't want to experience the same fate. It was an example of Cold War geopolitics as usual.
Identify the statements that describe Freedom Summer of 1964.
The most infamous act of violence during the summer occurred near Philadelphia, Mississippi, when three college students were kidnapped and murdered. A coalition of civil rights groups converged on Mississippi to register African-Americans to vote.
What does it reveal about public reaction to the president's death?
The president's death captivated the nation. The shock of the president's death overshadowed the upcoming presidential election.
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 promised money went into the hands of dictators instead of the poor who needed it. The local elites resisted land reform and equitable tax systems.
What made the New Left new was that it spoke of loneliness in the face of bureaucratic institutions and a hunger for authenticity that affluence could not provide.
loneliness, bureaucratic institutions, authenticity
Identify the statements that describe the Civil Rights Act.
prohibited racial discrimination in employment, schools, and privately owned businesses prohibited discrimination based on sex
In the late 1960s, the American Indian Movement made great strides when it staged protests and occupied Alcatraz.
the American Indian Movement, when it staged protests, occupied
Before Fidel Castro ousted Fulgencio Batista from Cuba, Cuba had been economically dependent on the United States. Why did the United States prove hesitant to support Castro's new regime?
when castro came into power and announced his plan for cuba the U.S. became afraid he would nationalize u.s. land holdings in cuba
