Period 8 - civil rights and VW

Question 1

what party did white southerners split off into after FDRs civil rights

Answer 1

Dixicrats

Question 2

What president ordered desegragtion of the armed forces

Answer 2

President Truman

Question 3

1955 Montgomery Alabama

Answer 3

Rosa parks refused to give up her seed. it was actually a long planned event to ignite outrage amongst blacks

Question 4

1963 black marches in Alabama

Answer 4

They used gas, electric prods, violent dogs, and fire hoses even on small children to seperate the peacful march

Question 5

1963 washington speech

Answer 5

I have a dream by martin luther king juinor

Question 6

Freedom Summer

Answer 6

a campaign that wishes to populize voting in the south and raise the voter percentage, met with violence like burning churches

Question 7

what made president ___ pass the Voting Rights Act and what is it

Answer 7

A march that was overun by police used guns which pushed president Johnson to pass the act

the act was for no discrimination in voting

Question 8

the first big congress step in the civil rights movement

Answer 8

The Civil Rights act of 1964

Question 9

what case propelled the civil rights act

And what is the act and when was it passed

Answer 9

Brown V The Board of Education of Topeka which stopped segregation in schools

the act clarified that no discirmination is allowed and segregation is ended in 1964

Question 10

which president was the most civil rights activatist

Answer 10

Lindon B. Johnson

Question 11

What does CORE stand for

Answer 11

Congress of racial equality

Question 12

what are the violent group of black and what did they stand for

Answer 12

Black panthers who wanted black superiority and violence to fight back

Question 13

Whow as the northern leader of vitenman

Answer 13

Ho Chi Minh

Question 14

Who first wanted to occcupy vietnam and what year

Answer 14

France 1954

Question 15

What is the ___ Accords in terms of vietnam . What hapened?

Answer 15

geneva accords which stated that the north was communist and the south was democratic, but the west leader refused to hold elections after knowing he owuld lose

Question 16

What events led to the ______ Resolution in vietnam

Answer 16

Gulf of Tonkin resolution by Lyndon B. Johnson
they were that the president could take full control and take any action needed in vietnam

there was an agressive attack reportdedly on american ships by north vietnam

Question 17

what was the communist group called in southern Vietnam

Answer 17

the vietcong

Question 18

most famuose attack in veitnam uneeded

Answer 18

the My Lai Massacre

Question 19

why did bombing not work in vietnam(3)

Answer 19

1. they built underground after the first attacks
2. Veitnam was not industrialized therefore did not have city centers
   3, received aid from china and the soviets

Question 20

What were the two public home opinoions on the VW and what were they

Answer 20

Hawks - pro war
Doves - antiwar

Question 21

What was the largest offenseive in vietnam

Answer 21

the tet offensive which was a small feat fot the millitary in america but was a surprise attack by bietnam .

Question 22

what three events marks the turbulent 60s

Answer 22

the assasination of martin luther king juior, assassination of robert kennedy, and a deeply divided democratic party

Question 23

desvribe the beliefs of the New Left and what party they created

Answer 23

Students for a Democratic Society

build a new political society, social equality for all and radicalism

Question 24

Describe the beliefs of counterculture in the 70’s

Answer 24

long hair and open towards sex and drugs. Hated traditional middle class mannerisms

Question 25

What was the biggest counterculutre gathering

Answer 25

the rock n roll concert at woodstock

Question 26

AIM stand for and what did they advocate for by ocoupying what territory

Answer 26

American Indian Movement They wanted rights by occupying famouse sites like wounded knee

Question 27

UFW and what were the made of

Answer 27

United Farm Workers made by Cesar Chavez for hispanic famers in america

Question 28

changes to womens rights in the 70's

Answer 28

NOW - national organizsation of women. They got the equal pay act. same legal protections as african americas. womens health care clinics an abortion clinics. Roe V. Wade was created where you could get an abortion during the first trimester

Question 29

What was nixons goal fo vietnam after the long term war

Answer 29

Vietnam-ization it was to train the south vietnamese to replace american tropps

Question 30

what revived to the anti-war protests and what happened at home

Answer 30

Nixon bombed bases at cambodia where communists were coming from and four people died at Kent State University by the National Guard

Question 31

What were the papers leaked by Daniel Ellsberg

Answer 31

THe pentagon papers which gave evidence that the government had lied to america in military progress

Question 32

What treaty came out of detente

Answer 32

SALT strategic arms limitation treaty

Question 33

How did nixon change from a bipolar world to a multipolar world

Answer 33

nixon recognized the chinese governement, even though it was communist. By doing this nixon was also able to start diplomatic relationship with china

Question 34

how did the us soviet relations evolve under nixons ___ policy

Answer 34

detente policy still favored containing communism but soviets and US were able to come up with a barred arms for nucllear weapons

Question 35

differences and similarities between truman doctrine and nixon doctrine

Answer 35

the truman doctrine focused more on involvment and aid to potential communist countries and third world countries while the nixon doctrine still provided aid but stated they would need to fight their own wars both wanted to contain communism

Question 36

What war refelcted the US need for oil and how did OPEC react towards that

Answer 36

During the Yom Kippur war and the price of oil by the Organization of the Petrolum Exporting Companies placed a short embargo on the US for oil

Question 37

What two reasons reflect why the economy sucked in the 1970s

Answer 37

1. No more easy access to raw materials 2. West europe and japan were reviving so there was more competition in the world market lowering the opportunities for what used to be lucrative jobs

Question 38

What incidient led to nixons resignation

Answer 38

watergate incidient

Question 39

what is the watergate incident and what followed (another key term)

Answer 39

A bulgary at the watergate office, tapes in the presdents office confirmed he was conspiring with the incident. These last tapes were known as the smoking gun of the impeachment, he resigned before impeachment.

Question 40

who was nixons successor

Answer 40

gerald r. ford

Question 41

what was the coined term in the 1970's to represent the economic situation and what two things caused this

Answer 41

stagflation OPEC raised oil prices by 400% Heavy oil dependent companies caused inflation

Question 42

What rare success did Jimmy Carter have

Answer 42

The Camp Davis Accords in which Egypt recognized Israel

Question 43

How did the New Right become more influential (1 event)

Answer 43

The Sage Brush Rebellion for state contro of nationally owned lands for business The right wing importance of raising kids away from crime cities and bad education. Right wing increased engagement through colleges and talk shows. T

Question 44

in the 1970s what were the evangelical groups that emerged and what were they fighitng for

Answer 44

denounced abortion, divorce, and feminism and homosexuality. They wanted to teach the bible in school not evolution

Question 45

How did reagan denounce USSR

Answer 45

called them evil and initiated the Strategic Defense Initiative, but it didn't ratify

Question 46

Name and describe the two economic prinicples of the 1970's

Answer 46

Reaganomic: reduce taxes and include benefits to corporations for new investments. Deregulation opening public lands for development with coal, gas, and oil

Question 47

When did the berlin wall fall

Answer 47

1987 through Gorbachev's democrastic policies that overthew the Soviet Union