Chapter 30
Which U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down the ability of states to separate races in schools, railroad cars, movie theaters, and public beaches?
Brown v. Board of Education
What was the postwar population boom between 1945 and 1957?
"Baby Boom"
What is the region of the United States concentrated in former industrial states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania?
Rust Belt
Who was the "Big Brother"?
The Government
What was a major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)
To obtain greater respect for their heritage
Which of the following helped women athletes obtain greater support in American high schools and universities?
Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act
In the early 1960s, what from Detroit, with its African-American artists, swept the nation.
Motown Sound
The region attracted retirees since it allowed them to escape the brutal winters of the Northeast and Midwest.
Sun Belt
What does EPA stand for?
Environmental Protection Agency
The flow of immigrants to the United States since the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 has come primarily from
Latin America and Africa
What was the major goal of the Women's Liberation Movement in the 1960s?
Guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work
Which statement describes a major social and economic impact on American society in the post-war period
Consumer goods became less expensive and easier to obtain
This act was passed at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, at the time when ideals of freedom, democracy, and equality captivated the nation.
Immigration Act of 1965
Who signed the Endangered Species Act?
Nixon
One way in which the feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s is similar to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s is that both
Used demonstrations to draw attention to their goals
How did the methods advocated by the Black Panthers to achieve their goals differ from those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
They considered the use of violence to protect their own communities
The expanded use of automobiles in the post-war era altered life in the United States by
Stimulating the development of the suburbs
Identify two reasons the U.S. passed the Immigration Act of 1965
Sensitivity due to the Civil Rights Movement
Need to show the world the U.S. was truly a democracy
which two topics were there was intense debate among Americans on the role of government following World War II
Amount of spending on social welfare
Enacting new environmental laws
What effect did the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education have on the nation
It required the integration of public schools
During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, activities of the Congress of Racial Equality, the National Urban League, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) illustrated that?
Different paths can be used to achieve a common goal
In the post-World War II era, the United States was able to adjust its economy from wartime production to peacetime because of this nation
Had suffered no widespread wartime destruction
Identify two changes to America based on the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965
Increased third-world immigrants to the U.S.
Altered the power balance between the two political parties
What is the primary function of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
To reduce air and water pollution by creating regulations
Since the end of World War II (1945), what has been a major effect of population change in the United States
Suburban areas have grown faster than urban areas