Segregation and Jim Crow Laws were contributed to the cause of the Civil Rights Movement. Brown v. Board of Education, Bus Boycott begins in Alabama, Little Rock Nine, Greensboro sits-ins, and Martin Luther King's march on Washington were some main events of the Civil Rights Movement. The effects of the Civil Rights Movement is the end of segregation, federal laws that protect civil rights, and African Americans can participate in voting and politics.
How did the polices of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson affect the nation?
Kennedy's New Frontier policy worked to improve the economy, education, healthcare, and civil rights. Equal Pay Act and deficit spending are examples policies from Kennedy's New Frontier. Johnson's Great Society focused on improving education, healthcare, immigration, and poverty. Medicare, Civil Rights Act, Economic Opportunity Act, and Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 are some examples of Johnson's polices to help improve the nation.
How did the United States confront communism in East Asia after the Korean War?
(SEATO) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was a defensive alliance formed to prevent the spread of communism in Asia.
How did the counterculture and the expanding rights revolution of the 1960s and 1970s influence American society?
The Counterculture created a generation gap between the young and the old. The youth at this time experimented with new styles of clothes and music, freer attitudes, and drugs. Spanish-speaking and Asian immigrants sought equal rights and borrowed ideas from the Civil Rights Movement to get it.
What caused the Americans to suffer a crisis of confidence during the 1970s?
Americans looked up to their presidents because they were great leaders and could always be trusted. After NIxon's watergate scandal Americans lost confidence in their government and president. Slow economic growth, inflation, energy crisis, and foreign competition also contributed to the crisis of confidence. The energy crisis caused Americans to feel powerless and angry.
Key People/Terms/Events:
De jure segregation-Segregation imposed by law.
De facto segregation-Segregation by unwritten custom or tradition.
Brown v Board-"Separate but equal" , african americans fought against segregated schools.
Freedom rides-Protest by activists that rode buses through southern states to protest the segregation on buses.
Sit in-Protesters that sit in a specific place and do not move.
Filibuster-A tactic that senators do to hold up legislative business.
Black power- African americans using their collective political and economic power to gain equality.
Voting Rights Act-Law that banned literacy tests and empowered the government to oversee voter registration.
Rosa Parks-African americans began to boycott busess after Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person.
Earl Warren-Chief justice of the supreme court.
Thurgood Marshall-A lawyer that used his skills to fight against segregation.
Martin Luther King Jr.-A baptist minister that preached nonviolent protest to earn civil rights.
Medgar Evers- Helped desegregate the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith- A air force verteren that took the University of Mississippi to court to desegregate the school.
Black Panthers-Organization of militant african americans founded in 1966.
Malcolm X-Believed in nonviolent protests.
Cuban missile crisis- Soviet union hiding nuclear missiles in Cuba creating a conflict between the US and cuba.
Equal Pay Act-Law that required both men and women to receive equal pay for qual work.
Space race-A competition between the US and Soviet union to develop technology to successfully land on the moon.
Deficit spending-A nation paying out more money than it is receiving in revenues.
War of poverty-President Johnsons programs aimed at aiding the countries poor through education, job training, proper health care, and nutrition.
Medicare-Basic hospital insurance to most americans over the age of 65.
Medicaid-Low cost health insurance to poor americans of any age.
Warren court-Supreme court under chief justice Earl Warren.
JFK-Thirty fifth president of the United States.
Fidel Castro-Communist leader in Cuba during the cold war.
Nikita Khrushchev-The leader of the Soviet Union during the cold war.
Peace corps-Organization that sends volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services in developing countries.
Richard Nixon-The thirty seventh president of the United States, first president to get impeached.
Lyndon B Johnson-The thirty sixth president of the United States.
Domino theory-A idea that if a nation falls to communism its closest neighbors will also fall under communist control.
Hawk-A person that supported the US involvement in the Vietnam war.
Dove-A person that opposed the US involvement in the Vietnam war.
Draftee-A person drafted into military service.
Tet offensive-Communist assault on a large number of South Vietnamese cities.
War power Act-Law passed by congress restricting the presidents war-making powers.
Pentagon papers-Classified information revealing american leaders intentionally involved with Vietnam without informing the public.
Realpolitik-A foreign policy based on concrete national interests instead of abstract ideologies.
Detente-Flexible diplomacy adopted to ease the tensions between the US, Soviet union, and China.
Robert Kennedy-Democratic senator for New York.
Henry Kissinger-President Nixon's leading adviser on national security and international affairs.
Counterculture-Movement that upheld values different from those of mainstream culture.
Generation gap-Lack of understanding and communication between older and younger members of society.
Commune-Small communities where people share resources.
Feminism-Theory that women and men should have political, social, and economic equality.
Migrant farmworker-person who travels from farm to farm to pick fruits and vegetables.
Toxic waste-Poisonous byproducts of human activity.
Gloria Steinem-A feminist leader that want to help women get equal rights.
Phyllis Schlafly- A lawyer that fought against communist and opposed feminism.
Betty Friedan- Wrote The Feminine Mystique which inspired women to seek equal rights.
Ralph Nader- A lawyer that fought for better safety features for the products that americans were buying.
Cesar Chavez- Formed the United Farm Workers union.
Rachel Carson- Believed that human actions were harming themselves and the environment.
Silent majority-Richard Nixon referred to certain americans that supported his policies but chose not to express their views.
OPEC-Group of countries which sell oil to other nations and cooperate to regulate the price and supply of oil. (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).
Southern strategy-Tactic of the Republican party for wining presidential elections by wining the southern states.
Watergate-Political scandal involving illegal activities by Richard Nixon.
Affirmative action-Policy that gives special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination.
Executive privilege-The president has the right to keep certain conversations between himself and other members of the executive branch private.
Amnesty-General pardon for certain crimes.
Televangelist-Minister who uses the television to preach.
Pardon- Official forgiveness of a crime and its punishment.
Sanctions-penalties.
Developing world-Countries that are less economically advanced that developed countries.
Human rights-Basic rights religious freedom, education, and equality.
Camp David Accords-Agreement brokered by president Carter between Egyptian and Israeli leaders that made a peace treaty possible.
Gerald Ford-The thirty eighth president of the United States.
Jimmy Carter-The thirty ninth president of the United States.
Connection to today:
- Earth day
- Civil Rights
- Equal Rights
- Confidence in government and presidents
