American Dream
A major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries
conglomerates
What was the arms race & space race?
an international contest between countries seeking a military advantage over each other
Race to the moon
What was significant about Plessy v. Ferguson?
It upheld the "separate but equal" policy.
Many of the US soldiers in the Vietnam War can be described as?
Lower-class whites or minorities from lower economic levels.
Johnson's domestic policy aimed at ending poverty & discrimination known as what?
The Great Society
Personal debt increased 3x in the 50's, consumers used what two ways to buy goods.
Credit cards & Installment plans
What was the warsaw pact and its purposes?
linked seven Eastern European nations to the Soviet Union
counter NATO threats
crush internal rebellions
What forced Eisenhower to take executive action in the civil rights movement?
The governor of Arkansas ordered the National Gaurd to enforce segregation.
What were two outcomes of the media coverage of the Vietnam War?
America's first "living-room" war & led people to doubt what politicians were reporting.
How did Lyndon Johnson's appointment as Vice Presidential candidate affect the election of 1960?
His presence on the ballot helped Kennedy win key states in the south.
The interstate highway system resulted in what?
More trucking
Less railroad
More suburbs, further away
The Berlin Crisis led to the construction of what?
The Berlin Wall
What three things finally caused Birmingham, Alabama, to end segregation?
Negative media, continued protests, and economic boycotts.
How did the Tonkin Gulf Resolution change the system of checks & balances in the government?
It gave the President power to wage war without a formal declaration of war.
What was the purpose of the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA)?
To provide funding for youth programs, antipoverty measures, and job training.
What four ways were the suburbs the American Dream?
Affordable single-family home
Good school
Safe & healthy environment for children
Pleasant neighbors just like themselves
First person in space?
First person on the moon?
April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin
July 20, 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong
What happened as a result of the CORE freedom rides through the South?
Segregation was banned in interstate travel facilities.
What policy change took place in the US after the war?
Draft was abolished
Why did Martin Luther King Jr. object to the Black Power Movement?
He didn't agree to preaching violence.
What is planned obsolescence?
Products were designed to wear out or become outdated in a short period of time
Why was the Bay of Pigs invasion a failure?
An air strike had failed to knock out the Cuban air force
A small advance group sent to distract Castro's forces never reached shore
The main unit landed with no American air support and had to face 25,000 Cuban troops backed with Soviet tanks and jets
Some of the invaders were killed, others imprisoned
A description of each of the Supreme Court cases:
Morgan v.Virginia
Sweatt v. Painter
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruled that the seating on interstate buses could not be segregated.
That law schools must admit black applicants.
Public schools could not be segregated
How did the War Powers Act change presidential power?
Had to inform Congress before sending troops to hostile area.
How did the ruling in the case Miranda v. Arizona expand on the rights of people accused of crimes?
It required all suspects must be read their rights before being questioned.