exam 3

Question 1

Election of 1964

Answer 1

White conservatives now voted Republican due to LBJ’s approach to civil rights
Barry Goldwater was against “big” government where LBJ felt that the government needed to interfere with social issues
LBJ wanted to expand Kennedy’s ideals
Most liberal congress since FDR

Question 2

Philosophy of Barry Goldwater

Answer 2

conservative small government

government shouldnt be involved with racial issues

Question 3

The Vision of LBJ’s Great Society

Answer 3

War on Poverty (Medicaid Medicare)
Revitalization of cities, environment, and schools
End of Racial Discrimination
“The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are committed in our time.”
“abundance and liberty for all.”

Question 4

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 4

outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin in employment public accommodations voting and education

Question 5

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 5

outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.**

Question 6

The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

Answer 6

authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty. These agencies are directly regulated by the federal government.
Head Start, Upward Bound, Job Corps

Question 7

Medicare

Answer 7

old people

Question 8

Medicaid

Answer 8

Aiding those in need

Question 9

John Blake’s arguments from Why I’m Tired of Hearing about That Civil Rights Movement

Answer 9

The civil rights movement is now viewed very differently than it used to be
the time span is longer, going from the 1920s all the way to the 90s or even today
its a black thang
it belongs in the past
we can talk openly about race now
“tell me a story about a movement that matters to me today, and I’ll be ready to listen.”

Question 10

Black Panther Party’s 10 Point Program

Answer 10

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal;”
Play on the declaration of independence
want their 40 acres and a mule, freedom of all black people and rights for all black people
End of institutionalized racism

Question 11

COINTELPRO- overall purpose

Answer 11

Started off as and investigation of communist activities in the U.S.
Resulted in the spying of all “subversives” = Espionage, Anti-Vietnam War Activists, New Left, Disruption of White Hate Groups, Communist Party, USA, Black Extremists, Socialist Workers Party

Question 12

COINTELPRO- goals for black militants and the Black Panther Party

Answer 12

prevent the coalition of black militant groups
prevent the rise of a "Messiah"
prevent violence
prevent recruitment of the youth
prevent "respectability"

Question 13

Citizens’ Committee to Investigate the FBI

Answer 13

organized the break in of the Media PA FBI office

leaked papers***

Question 14

1975 Church Committee Hearings—significance

Answer 14

First time America’s intelligance agencies were investigated

Question 15

1975 Church Committee Hearings- findings

Answer 15

COINTELPRO- new left

MLK letters

Question 16

1975 Church Committee Hearings—most dramatic testimony

Answer 16

Survailance of MLK and the suggestion that he should kill himself

Question 17

1975 Church Committee Hearings—results

Answer 17

FISA the committee that approves and denies surveillance requests was formed

Question 18

What were the day to day activities for the Black Panther Party?

Answer 18

newspaper
breakfast for children
running clinics to provide health care

Question 19

What were some of the challenges that the Black Panther Party faced?

Answer 19

internal struggle with leaders that were power hungry and divisive
sexual assault and harassment

Question 20

Fred Hampton: why was he jailed, what was his appeal, what happened to him?

Answer 20

For stealing $71 worth of ice cream bars,
he was charismatic and had the “it” factor. natural born leader, knew how to delegate responsibility and had a broad base coalition
he was the “black messiah”
the FBI murdered fred hampton

Question 21

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 21

A federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees by sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. It applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including federal, state, and local governments.

Question 22

Betty Friedan

Answer 22

author of feminine mystic inspired women to join the fem movement
president of NOW

Question 23

Gloria Steinem

Answer 23

Advocate for equal rights, especially women of color, founder of Ms. magazine

Question 24

Cesar Chavez

Answer 24

organized farm laborers in cali***

Question 25

Origins of the Gay Rights Movement and the Stonewall Riots

Answer 25

reaction to organized police of known gay bars, started by Marsha P Johnson gained national attention that led to pride***

Question 26

Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh

Answer 26

Formed in 1941 to gain independence from France "he most powerful wing of the independence movement was the communist-led Viet Minh (or League for the Independence of Vietnam), led by Ho Chi Minh." Ho was disallusioned by the 14 points used in WWI (decolonization) because the French came back to rule in Vietnam after WWII

Question 27

Geneva Accords 1954

Answer 27

Vietnam was to be an independent nation. Elections would be held in July 1956 under international supervision. The country would temporarily be split into two parts North Vietnam: Communist, Ho Chi Minh South Vietnam: Dictatorship, Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 28

Ngo Dinh Diem: why was he disliked?

Answer 28

Refused to engage in agricultural reform Refused to allowed local political leadership allied with the Vietnamese elite

Question 29

National Liberation Front (a.k.a Vietcong)

Answer 29

Communist peasant rebels in the South fighting against Diem with assistance from the North

Question 30

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Answer 30

No official declaration of war in Vietnam Declared that the prez can do whatever he wants to prevent/ fuck with Vietnam wrote the prez a "blank check"

Question 31

Tet Offensive

Answer 31

Embarassed the US Everyone thought we weer "winning" the war until Tet offensive, and many Americans then believed that the UScould not win the war

Question 32

Pentagon Papers

Answer 32

Revealed by the NYT and damaged the government's reputation with the people revealed the true nature of the US's involvement in Vietnam

Question 33

Why did many Americans oppose the war over time?

Answer 33

extremely expensive young american lives | nasty media coverage

Question 34

Kent State

Answer 34

Anti war protest, national guard killed 4 students

Question 35

Average age of U.S. soldiers in the war

Answer 35

19

Question 36

Main arguments of the “hawks”

Answer 36

``` containment of communism dont be a pussy domino theory prevent all out neuc war if the communists supported one side America had to support the other moral imparitive "peace with honor" ```

Question 37

Main arguments of the “doves”

Answer 37

no justification no evidence of the domino theory unwinnable the more violence the US creatdc the more people were willing to support the vietcong psychological havoc the costs and the sacrifices of the Vietnam War were just not worth it

Question 38

Citizen's Committee to Investigate the FBI

Answer 38

Broke into FBI offices in Media, PA and stole the documents that led to the discovery of COINTELPRO

Question 39

Watergate initial crime

Answer 39

Office break in with intentions of stealing documents and spying

Question 40

Watergate what was revealed?

Answer 40

Eventually revealed Nixon had used the IRS to intimidate political opponents and other illegal activities within the administration

Question 41

USA v. Nixon

Answer 41

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