Supreme Court
The three main areas that the Supreme Court protected citizens' rights during the 1960s were: ____________, ________________, and ____________.
voters rights, rights of the accused, and separation of church and state.
T or F: the US supported Ho Chi Mihn during WWII.
T
T or F: In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, MLK argued that breaking the law was justified for 4 reasons:
1) An unjust law is a law that does not square with the moral law or law of God/natural law.
2) A law that degrades human personality is unjust – segregation distorts the soul, it substitutes an “I thou” relationship, with “I it” relationship.
3) An unjust law is a code that a majority compels the minority to follow which it does not follow itself
4) The law is unjust if it was passed without the consent of a minority who did not have the right to vote.
T
T or F: George F Kennan argued that containment of the USSR would eventually bring about its collapse due to economic and political weaknesses.
T
T or F: the two main threats to America discussed by Eisenhower in his farewell address were:
1) the military - industrial complex
2) the technocratic revolution
F - the technological revolution
In __________ _ __________ the SC decision established that police must inform suspects they have the right to remain silent, anything said can be used in court, they have a right to an attorney, and an attorney will be provided if they cannot afford one.
Miranda v Arizona
3 events put increased pressure on the US to pull out of Vietnam. These were:
1)_____________
2)______________
3) _____________
Pentagon papers
My Lai massacre
Kent State
T or F: The SC in Brown v Board of Education argued separate but equal was unconstitutional because it was impossible to create separate schools that were equal as some schools would be better funded, leading to disparate outcomes.
F - they relied on intangible factors.
One effect of the __________ ___________ was the creation of SEATO which stands for: __________ ______________ _______________ _______________ ____________
Korean War
South East Asia Treaty Organization
cities, countryside, classroom
Establishment Clause
Engel v Vitale
Effects of the Vietnam war included: _____________ and ____________ fell to communism, the War Powers Act _______ was passed, and the US was more wary of foreign commitments.
Cambodia, Laos
1973
Under President _________ ____________ a ceasefire was signed to end the Korean War.
Dwight Eisenhower
In ________ __ ____________ ___________, the Supreme Court relied on the "clear and present danger" test established by the Court in ___________ _ _____________ ________ to argue that preventing the overthrow of the US government was a legitimate reason to restrict speech.
Dennis v United States
Schenk v United States
In ______ v Ohio, the SC ruled that evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in court as it violates the ___________ amendment.
Mapp, 4th
Dien Bien Phu
T or F: The Supreme Court ruled that schools had to desegregate "with all deliberate speed" in Brown v Board of Education.
F - Brown v Board of Education II
In a daring amphibious invasion during the Korean War, General _____________ _________ led an attack at ___________ which cut North Korean supply lines and began driving the North Koreans back towards the 38th parallel.
Douglass McArthur.
Incheon
Senator ___________ ______________ undermined civil liberties during the Second Red Scare by making baseless, sensationalist claims.
Joseph McCarthy
In __________ v Illinois the SC ruled that statements made by a suspect in police custody are inadmissible if the suspect requested and was denied an attorney, and was not warned of their right to remain silent because it violated the ___________ amendment.
escobedo, 6th
During the ________________ ______ ___________ incident, North Vietnamese gun boats fired on the USS ____________ and hit the boat ____ time/s.
Gulf of Tonkin, Maddox, one
In 1954 the Supreme Court ruled in __________ __ _____________ _______________ _______________ that separate but equal was unconstitutional. They relied on the previous Supreme Court cases of ___________ _ ___________, and __________ _ __________ ___________ ______________ which had both relied on "intangible" factors.
Brown v board of eduction
Sweatt v Painter
McLauren v Oklahoma State Regents
38th, Pusan
T or F: The Alien Registration Act (also known as the Internal Security Act) undermined freedom of speech as it made it illegal to advocate the overthrow of the US government.
F - Alien Registration Act was not known as the Internal Security Act