Civil Rights Movement
What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?
To protest segregation in interstate bus terminals and test bus integration laws.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
A Supreme Court case that ruled school segregation unconstitutional and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
Describe the Black Power Movement.
A movement encouraging African Americans to gain political and economic power, even if it required force.
Define the Vietnam War.
A Cold War conflict between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam and its ally, the United States.
Who became president after Nixon resigned?
Gerald Ford
What happened at the March on Washington?
Over 200,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. to protest for jobs and freedom, and Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
What did the Browns’ lawyer argue in Brown v. Board of Education?
That “separate but equal” was unconstitutional, resulting in schools being integrated
Describe Lyndon B. Johnson.
U.S. president who supported civil rights legislation and created the Great Society programs.
Why did America get involved in the Vietnam War?
Domino theory and to stop the spead of communism
This is high inflation and high unemployment
Stagflation
Define Freedom Summer.
A voter registration drive in Mississippi aimed at increasing African American voter registration.
Define the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
It banned discrimination in public places and employment and allowed faster school desegregation.
What was the Great Society?
Johnson’s domestic program aimed at ending poverty and expanding civil rights
What difficulties did the U.S. face in Vietnam?
Guerrilla warfare, dense jungles, and an enemy that avoided conventional combat.
What was the 26th Amendment?
Lowered the voting age to 18
What did the Selma March lead to?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Define the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
It outlawed racial barriers to voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
How did the Civil Rights Movement come to an end?
After the deaths of MLK and RFK
The easing of Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union is called...
Detente
Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall significant?
Represented the end of the Cold War
Compare Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
King believed in integration and nonviolent protest, while Malcolm X supported black separation and was more open to using force for self-defense.
Define the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
It ended discrimination in housing.
Phyllis Schafly was the woman who was instrumental in defeating...
The Equal Rights Amendment
What was SALT?
A treaty limiting nuclear weapons.
Explain Reaganomics.
Economic policies involving tax cuts, reduced social spending, deregulation, and increased military spending, also called “trickle-down economics.”