African Americans in the south lived under an oppressive system known as Black Codes OR
Jim Crow Laws
100
Betty Friedan's book Feminine Mystique uncovered the challenges and dissatisfaction faced by what group?
Women
100
Where is the hippie capital in San Francisco?
Haight - Asbury
100
Which president would develop the Great Society plan to help those in need like the poor?
Johnson
100
What event in the Civil Rights Movement for African Americans tries to increase voting registration?
Freedom Summer
200
What landmark case would overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and lead to desegregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
200
What organization led the women's movement?
NOW - National Organization for Women
200
Other than marches, name one other way that people protested against the Vietnam War.
Burn draft cards, sit in, rallies
200
Which president would resign due to the Watergate scandal leading to America's lost of confidence in government?
Nixon
200
What piece of land did Americas take by force from Native Americans who refuse to relinquish claim to this day despite the large sum of money the government wants to give them?
Black Hills
300
What well known Civil Rights movement leader preached the tactic of non-violence?
MLK
300
What group formed to advance Native American issues
AIM - American Indian Movement
300
Name one reason why mainstream America did not like hippies.
Use of drugs, drop out of school, stop working, sexually open
300
Which president would rekindle tensions with the Soviet and raise our national debt due to military build up?
Reagan
300
The 26th Amendment does what as a result of protests?
Lower voting age to 18.
400
What group, frustrated with the progress of the movement, would preach a more aggressive approach?
Nation of Islam
400
Name 3 issues Native Americans wanted addressed.
Return of land. Improved conditions on reservation. Upholding treaties.
400
What art movement rejected America's consumerism and cookie cutter lifestyle
Pop
400
Supply side economics which promotes tax cuts to stimulate the economy is also known as
Reganomics
400
What is the name of the group which broke into the Watergate Building?
CREEP - Committee for the Re-Election of the President
500
For each event below give the name of the group in charge (acronyms ok)
1. Lunch counter sit-ins
2. Bus Boycott
3. March on Washington
1. SNCC - Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
2. NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
3. SCLC - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
500
Other than Title IX what other significant piece of legislation seeks to improve conditions for women?
ERA, Equal Pay Act, and Roe v. Wade
500
What 2 things lead to the formation of the student movement?
Civil Rights Movement & Vietnam War
500
Which president oversaw the hostage situation in Iran?
Carter
500
What president would cut social program spending and create a larger gap between the rich and poor?