Review: Lectures 27-28

Question 1

VV Campaign

Answer 1

Propaganda campaign encouraging women to take industrial jobs during WWII.

Question 2

Executive Order 9981

Answer 2

Truman’s order to desegregate US military, ending racial discrimination.

Question 3

NAACP

Answer 3

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - civil rights organization.

Question 4

CORE

Answer 4

Congress of Racial Equality - civil rights organization founded in 1942.

Question 5

SNCC

Answer 5

SNCC: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a civil rights organization.

Question 6

Ella Baker

Answer 6

Civil rights activist who mentored MLK and founded SNCC.

Question 7

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 7

US Supreme Court case that banned segregation in public schools.

Question 8

Montgomery Bus Boycott (Rosa Parks)

Answer 8

African-American civil rights protest against segregated bus seating in Montgomery, Alabama.

Question 9

Martin Luther King

Answer 9

Civil rights activist who advocated for racial equality and justice.

Question 10

Greensboro Sit-In

Answer 10

1960 civil rights protest at Woolworth’s segregated lunch counter, Greensboro, NC.

Question 11

Freedom Rides

Answer 11

Civil rights activists challenging segregation on interstate buses in 1961.

Question 12

Battle for Birmingham

Answer 12

Civil rights campaign to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963.

Question 13

Civil Rights of 1964

Answer 13

US law prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, origin.

Question 14

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Answer 14

Federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting practices and procedures.

Question 15

Black Panther Party

Answer 15

A Black political organization that advocated for self-defense and equality.

Question 16

John F. Kennedy

Answer 16

35th US President, known for civil rights advocacy and assassination.

Question 17

Camelot

Answer 17

The idealized time of the Kennedy presidency in the US by his wife.

Question 18

Peace Corps

Answer 18

US government program sending volunteers abroad for international development and diplomacy.

Question 19

War on Poverty

Answer 19

Government initiative to reduce poverty and increase opportunity in America.

Question 20

Jobs Corp

Answer 20

US federal job training program for low-income youth and young adults.

Question 21

VISTA

Answer 21

Volunteers in Service to America: A US federal service program.

Question 22

William F. Buckley

Answer 22

Conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review magazine.

Question 23

Barry Goldwater

Answer 23

Barry Goldwater was a conservative US Senator and 1964 presidential candidate.

Question 24

The Great Society

Answer 24

Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic program aimed at reducing poverty and inequality.

Question 25

Medicare

Answer 25

US federal health insurance program for people over 65 or disabled.

Question 26

The Immigration Act of 1965

Answer 26

Law that abolished national origin quotas, allowing more diverse immigration.

Question 27

Lyndon B. Johnson

Answer 27

36th President of the United States, serving from 1963-1969.

Question 28

Bobby Kennedy

Answer 28

Bobby Kennedy: US Attorney General, Senator, and Presidential candidate, assassinated 1968.

Question 29

Richard Nixon

Answer 29

37th US president, served from 1969 to 1974, resigned amid scandal.

Question 30

Roe v Wade

Answer 30

1973 US Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide.

Question 31

ERA

Answer 31

ERA stands for Equal Rights Amendment, seeking to guarantee gender equality.

Question 32

Détente

Answer 32

ERA stands for Equal Rights Amendment, seeking to guarantee gender equality.

Question 33

Henry Kissinger

Answer 33

Former US Secretary of State and influential political strategist/diplomat.

Question 34

Watergate

Answer 34

Scandal involving Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of a break-in.

Question 35

Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique)

Answer 35

Betty Friedan authored "The Feminine Mystique," a pivotal feminist book.

Question 36

NOW

Answer 36

National Organization for Women - advocacy group for gender equality.

Question 37

Title IX

Answer 37

US law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in education programs.

Question 38

DEA

Answer 38

DEA is a US federal law enforcement agency combating drug trafficking.