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what were the objectives of the freedom rides organized by CORE?
desegregating public transportation
Why did many middle class parents object to rock'n'roll?
drugs sex & alcohol
who was Joseph McCarthy
famous anti-communist activist and senator and took advantage of peoples' concerns about communism and attacks were made on "suspected" communists and accused people without using evidence but his down fall was being a bully when accusing the u.s. army
Explain NOW's agenda
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What organization helped some Native Americans tribes win lost rights and property
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describe secretary of state john dulles' foreign policy strategy
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describe what happened in the Korean war
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explain brown v board of education (1952)
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the souther states responded with the southern manifesto which stated what?
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what did the civil rights act of 1957 accomplish?
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what was the cause of the second red scare
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what was the interstate highway system?
A system of limited access roadways that connects all major cities in the US. The system was designed to give troops faster routes to get to destinations across the US in the event of an attack on the US. The system's main purpose now is travel by civilians.
describe the montgomery Alabama bus boycott
After the arrest of Rosa Parks, citizens got together to take action. Under the leadership of ML King and ED Nixon, this took place for more than 370 days when the black residents of refused to ride the buses that would not allow desegregation.
Who was largely responsible for kindling the ethnic pride and solidarity of Mexican-Americans in the 1960's?
César Chávez
explain the impact of the immigration act of 1965
It eliminated racial and national limits and instead established hemispheric quotas.
describe Lyndon Johnson's great society
Medicare and Medicaid, war on poverty, federal support for education, civil rights
who were the beats
The Beats were a group of young writers in the 1950s alienated by twentieth-century life who emphasized alcohol, drugs, sex, jazz, and Buddhism.
whom did martin luther king model his program of civil disobedience after?
Thoreau
what did the civil rights act of 1964 accomplish
brought an end to discrimination based on race, colour, religion or national origin. It guaranteed equal voting rights, prohibited segregation in places of public accommodation and banned sex-based discrimination, by trade unions, schools and employers.
what was the purpose of the 1964 Mississippi freedom summer project
campaign attempting to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi
