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100 Cards in this Set
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T/F:_____ The “kitchen debates” were between Paul Prudhomme and Julia Child. |
False - Richard Nixon & Nikita Krushchev |
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T/F:_____ Working women in the 1950’s worked primarily part-time for extra disposable income. |
True |
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The Civil Rights movement of the 1950’s relied on the ___________________ branch of government for institutional changes. |
Supreme Court |
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____________________refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama city bus was the catalyst that led to the mobilization of the black community, which led to recruitment of Dr. Martin Luther King, which led to the bus boycott, which led to the Civil Rights movement. |
Rosa Park's |
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In his farewell speech President _______________ warned against the powers of the military-industrial complex. |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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After WWII the center of gravity for American agriculture was concentrated in the states of __________, _____________, and ________________. |
Texas, Arizona, and California
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In the 1950’s the CIA was responsible for the overthrow of the government in the Middle Eastern country of __________________. |
Iran |
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In the ________________ case the Supreme Court declared that segregation did lifelong damage to children. |
Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
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During the 1950’s agricultural production rose by as much as _________ percent. |
50% |
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During the 1950’s _______________ was indirectly responsible for changing the eating schedules for many Americans. |
Television |
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T/F:_____ During the 1950’s wage disparities between women and men virtually disappeared. |
False - 59-64 cents/dollar |
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The __________________ bus boycott ended with the ruling by the Supreme Court that segregation in public transportation was illegal. |
Montgomery, Alabama |
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In response to the refusal of the Arkansas National Guard to admit, and protect, incoming black students at Central High School, in Little Rock, Arkansas, President _______________ replaced the Guard with federal troops. |
Eisenhower |
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In1960 the Catholicism of _______________ was considered to be a handicap in the presidential race. |
John F. Kennedy |
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The1960 presidential debate between _______________ and ________________ showed the impact Television would have on future political campaigns. |
John F. Kennedy & Richard M. Nixon |
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T/F:_____ In his April 1963 “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” martin Luther King announced he was abandoning his policy of peaceful civil disobedience. |
False |
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The1964, ________________ Act did not address laws that suppressed suffrage. |
Civil Rights Act |
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It can be argued that the book _____________ helped to launch the environmental movement. |
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson |
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The ______________ Court effectively agreed that the family unit was a collection of sovereign individuals rather than a unit with a single male head. |
Warren Court |
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The1964 campaign of presidential candidate _______________ emphasized the need for a reduction in governmental regulations. |
Republican Barry Goldwater |
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T/F:_____ in 1963 the Birmingham, Alabama Fire Department refused to participate in the attacks on the civil rights demonstrators. |
False |
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With the passage of the __________ lyndon Johnson remarked, "I think we have just delivered the south to the Republican party." |
1964 Civil Rights Act |
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Cesar Estrada Chavez was the co-founder and spokesman for the _______________. |
National Farm Workers Union |
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T/F:_____ By the end of the 1960's, some 70,000 demonstrators had taken part in sit-ins across the south to protest desegregation. |
True |
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The organization known as _________________ launched the Freedom Rides to test the Supreme Court order banning segregation in interstate transportation.
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Congress of Racial Equality - CORE |
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In his correspondence titled ___________________ Martin Luther King discussed a litany of abuses faced by blacks in the South and the need for change. |
Letter from Birmingham Jail |
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The ________________ brought the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. to the brink of nuclear war. |
Cuban Missile Crisis |
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The 1965 ___________ empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration. |
Voting Rights Act |
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The _____________ offered a new vision for social change based on participatory democracy. |
Port Huron Statement |
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The________________ authorized the president to “take all necessary steps to repel armed attack” in Vietnam. |
Golf of Tonkin Resolution |
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By 1968 America had over _____________ troops in Vietnam. |
500,000 |
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The gay liberation movement was inspired by the tactics of the _____________movement. |
Civil Rights Movement |
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The1960’s _______________ were the focus of the United Farm Workers Union and the Puerto Rican Nationalist group known as the Young Lords. |
Latino Rights |
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T/F:_____ The American Indian movement demanded the end of the tribal system. |
False |
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The __________________ case led to the use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration. |
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education |
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The EPA, OSHA and the NTSB were all established during the ________________ administration. |
Nixon |
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Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy was based on ____________________. |
Human Rights |
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Ronald Reagan’s economic policy was based on ________________. |
Tax Cuts |
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The accident at the ______________ nuclear facility brought a halt to the nuclear industry’s expansion plans. |
Three Mile Island |
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In November 1979 ____________ captured 53 Americans and held them hostage until January 1981. |
Iran |
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One of the first actions taken by Ronald Reagan as president was to fire the ______________ who were on strike when they refused his order to return towork. |
Air Traffic Controllers |
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In 1972 president ________________ restored diplomatic relations with China. |
Nixon |
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“_______________” was the term given to the economic policy based on “supply side” or “trickle-down” economics. |
Reagonomics |
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By 1960 approximately __________ percent of Americans would be classified as enjoying a middle-class standard of living. |
60% |
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Which of the following was a common household item in use before the 1950’s: Television - Air Conditioner - Automatic Dishwasher - Electric Iron |
Electric Iron |
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The state of _____________ saw the greatest population increase between 1945 and1975. |
California |
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By the end of the 1950’s it is estimated that __________ percent of American households included a Television. |
90% |
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By the end of the 1950’s in addition to a T.V. the average American family also owned at least one _________________. |
Automobile |
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President ___________________ appointed wealthy businessmen to government positions in hopes of running the government like an efficient business. |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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_______________, was the lead NAACP attorney who argued the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, case before the U.S. SupremeCourt. |
Thurgood Marshall |
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The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case overturned the 1896 case known as _______________________________. |
Plessy v. Ferguson |
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One extreme policy adopted by the Southern white School systems in opposition to integration was to ________________________________. |
Close all the public schools |
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Bill Levitt was instrumental in making ________________________________ available to many returning servicemen. |
Affordable Housing |
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T/F:_____ River Rouge and Willow Run were huge auto factories that were devoted to war production during WWII. |
True |
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Countries that were not aligned with either of the two Cold War superpowers were labeled as _____________________________________. |
Third World Countries |
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Following the Montgomery Bus Boycott Martin Luther King established the organization known as ________________________________ to further the civil rights struggles. |
Southern Christian Leadership Council - SCLC |
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Planned suburban communities such as ______________ and policies embraced by stateslike California increased suburban growth. |
Levittown |
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After WWII the __________________ was instrumental not only in increasing mobility but it can also be argued was also instrumental in altering the American landscape. |
Automobile |
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The resulting housing patterns brought about by the phenomenon known as ________________ also served to harden racial divisions in American life. |
Suburbanization |
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____________________ was elected president in 1952 in part because he projected an image of“fatherly warmth.” |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
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Contrary to popular myth Modern republicanism included core elements of ______________________. |
The New Deal |
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The defense policy known as “__________________” was indicative of the increase reliance on nuclear weapons. |
Massive Retaliation |
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T/F:_____ At the 1954 Geneva peace conference the U.S. supported Vietnam’s quest for independence. |
False |
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The basic ruling in the ______________________ case was that the principle of “separate but equal” was unconstitutional. |
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas |
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Martin Luther King was heavily influenced by the teachings and practices of______________________. |
Mahatma Gandhi |
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In his 1961 farewell address _____________________ warned of the dangers inherent in the military-industrial complex. |
President Eisenhower |
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In a reaction to the slow pace of racial change in six years after the Brown ruling students in Greensboro, North Carolina staged the first ________________ demonstration. |
sit-in |
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On several occasions Freedom Riders were attacked by members of _____________________. |
the ku-klux-klan |
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Violence against civil rights demonstrators in the ________________ area would force President Kennedy to take federal action. |
Birmingham, Alabama |
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Republican Barry Goldwater asserted that “the New Deal welfare state” was an internal danger to _________________. |
Freedom |
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According to the Port Huron Statement many college professors were puppets of _____________________________________. |
Military Industrial Complex |
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The1968 military offensive by the Viet Cong known as _________________ convinced President Johnson that he had been lied to by his military advisors and that the war was unwinnable. |
The TET Offensive |
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In his 1968 presidential campaign Richard Nixon appealed to what he called _____________________. |
The Silent Majority |
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_____________________ was the first black student admitted to the University of Mississippi since reconstruction. |
James Meredith |
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In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King’s target audience was _______________________. |
Local Clergymen |
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To combat communist influence in non-aligned countries President Kennedy created the organization known as ________________________________. |
The Peace Corps |
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____________________ uttered the famous phrase, “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is novice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” |
Republican Barry Goldwater |
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The 1968 Kerner Report was commissioned to study __________________. |
Urban Riots |
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The Young Lords Organization of New York City represented the ______________ ethnic community. |
Puerto Rican |
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The _________________ was JFK’s “Marshall Plan” for Latin America. |
Alliance for Progress |
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T/F:_____ JFK was an ardent supporter of the Civil Rights movement even before taking office as president. |
False |
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The _________________ party challenged the all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. |
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party |
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The ____________________ blamed the urban riots on segregation and poverty. |
Kerner Report |
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Civil Rights leader _________________ insisted that blacks should work towards economic and political autonomy. |
Malcolm X |
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The ______________ movement began in Berkeley to protest a campus band on political literature. |
Free Speech |
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The _______________ of the 1960’s can best be described as a youthful rejection of mainstream values. |
Counterculture |
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Radical ______________ argued that “personal is political.” |
Feminists |
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The 1966 ___________________ ruling declared that those in police custody had certain rights including the right to have an attorney present during police questioning. |
Miranda v. Arizona |
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The __________________ decision established a woman’s right to an abortion. |
roe v. Wade |
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On April 4, 1968 _________________ was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee while supporting a garbage worker’s strike. |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
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T/F:_____ One of the lasting legacies of the 1960’s has been the transformation of the status of women. |
True |
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The Kent State students were protesting the escalation of the Vietnamese war into neighboring ________________________. |
Cambodia |
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When arrested the Watergate burglars had broken into the _________________________ offices. |
Democratic National Committee Headquarters |
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Jerry Falwell created the quasi-Republican support group which he called ________________. |
Moral Majority |
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Phyllis Schlafly argued that passage of the ____________________ would relieve men of their responsibilities in terms of child support and alimony payments. |
Equal Rights Amendment |
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Proposition 13 in California banned __________________________________. |
Further Increases in Property Taxes |
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In his inaugural address Ronald Reagan declared ____________ is not the solution to our problems ____________ is the problem. |
Government -- Government |
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T/F:_____ President Nixon responded to cross-border attacks by the Cambodian military by launching large-scale air attacks on that country. |
False |
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The handling of the ___________ crisis made President Carter look weak and inept. |
Iranian Hostage Crisis |
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The so-called ________________ Revolution made conservatism seem progressive. |
Reagan Revolution |