uni 11 Civil rights movement Flashcards
(24 cards)
how did WWII contribute to the civil rights movement?
-double v campaign: win the war for democracy and freedom in Europe and on the home-front for inequalities
-reignited fire for CRM
-truman desegregates military and federal agencies
what were the jim crow laws?
-laws in the south that perpetuated “separate but equal” doctrine
-segregation and discrimination
what is the significance of the brown v. board decision?
-segregation ruled unconstitutional
-lisa brown had to walk miles and miles to a colored school when there was one right by her house
what was president eisenhower’s first response to the early CRM?
-reluctant response
how did Eisenhower support the CRM?
-used federal power to enforce brown v. board
what was the primary strategy of the early CRM?
-nonviolent direct action
what event immediatley followed the arrest of Rosa parks?
-bus boycott organized by Martin Luther kin Jr in montgomery
what were the goals of “freedom summer” in 1964?
-voting rights across south by registering african Americans in all-black neighborhoods to vote
why did the “black nationalism” movement of the late 1960s gain followers?
-people thought nonviolent protesting wasn’t getting enough results
what was the 1964 civil rights act?
-made discriminatory practices in hiring, education, and public accommodations illegal
what was the 1965 voting rights act?
-outlawed discriminatory practices in voting and registration
how did the Chicano movement differ from the African American CRM?
-focused more on labor
-United Farm Workers (laborr Union for migrant workers)
-did have an organization for political rights
-La raza unida
how did the american Indian movement use tactics from the CRM?
-nonviolent protest
-occupation of Alcatraz and wounded knee
what was the goal of LBJ’s “great society” reforms?
-eradicate poverty
what was a political consquence of the Democratic party embracing the CRM?
-southern Democrats split
what characterized the women’s rights movement of the late 60s and 70s?
-attempts to gain equal rights with men
-mostly ignored by CRM and great society
-labor and equal pay act
-roe v. wade
what economic phenomenon defined the 1970s?
-stagflation and energy crisis
what is “stagflation?”
high unemployment and inflation
what was the result of the Watergate scandal?
-nixon resigns from the presidency
how did Congress limit executive power after Watergate?
-war powers act
-freedom of informational ct
-ethics in government act
what was the impact of the Iranian hostage crisis on Carter?
-jimmy carter’s approval goes donw
-reagan elected
what were the characteristics of the “new right” in 1980?
-opposition to give government and moral decay in society
what is Reaganomics?
-cut taxes to encourage Buisness investment
-aka supply side ecoomics
what is the key republican concept of deregulation in the 1980s?
-giving control back to states
