Back-to-Basics Movement
When did the back-to-basics movement start?
Late 1970s, early 1980s.
What did the Equal Opportunity in Education Act do?
The act prohibited discrimination based on gender in all programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
By what policies were American schools racially segregated in the early 1950s?
"Separate but equal" policies.
What dominated the beginning of the 1940s?
WWII.
What was the concern that led to the Back-to-Basics Movement?
The concern that creative innovation in schools had left many students lacking a good foundation of basic knowledge and skills in reading, writing, and math.
Tradition and discrimination.
In what year did the Supreme Court agree to her the case of Brown vs. Board?
1954.
What was the effect on men during WWII?
Thousands of men were leaving a month to fight in the war overseas.
What does illiterate mean?
Can not read or write.
1972.
What did the Supreme Court rule after hearing the Brown vs. Board case?
The court ruled that racial segregation of schools violated the constructions because segregated schools, by nature, were unequal.
What was the effect on women and African Americans during WWII?
Offices and classroom positions were filled.
What was proof that the Back-to-Basics Movement would need to be put into act?
College graduates were scoring lower on general knowledge tests than in prior years.
American students fell behind.
Military recruits had poorer reading and writing skills.
Millions of Americans were illiterate.
List one impact of the Equal Opportunity in Education Act.
Opening up sports that only men did, for women too.
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What is the Civil Rights Movement?
A social movement in the U.S. led primarily by African Americans and their supporters- sought to gain equal rights regardless of race.
What was the results of the Back-to-Basics Movement?
Americans emphasized more in reading, math, and writing.
In 1970, for every dollar made by men, how much the women earn?
59 cents.