A Nation in Transition
President that started the New Frontier Programs.
Who is JFK?
They came before Hippies. Usually seen in black clothing, berets, and beards. They went against the social norms of the time.
What are the beatniks?
Exaggeration of the truth...helped start the Spanish-American War?
What is Yellow Journalism?
Ended all racism in public places and discrimination in the hiring practices.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
People that rode busses through southern states to protest public tranportation discrimination.
Who were Freedom Riders?
New Frontier Programs that helped with health expenses for the ederly and poor.
What is Medicaid and Medicare?
__________, Alabama was where the bombing of a church occurred killing 4 young girls.
What is Birmingham?
A wall was built around __________to keep others from the east from leaving.
What is Berlin?
Known as the Fair Housing Act, was passed due to African Americans living in slums.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham. He put down a march violently in 1963.
What is Bull Connor?
First African American to sit on the Supreme Court, helped get rid of segregation in public schools.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Born between 1946 and 1964....lotta people born during that time.
What are Baby Boomers?
This court case said segregation was legal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Eliminated literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Where MLK was assassinated.
Where is Memphis?
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
_________, Alabama was the location of a bus boycott that lasted for well over 300 days.
What is Montgomery?
Space Mission that took us to the Moon!
What is Apollo 11?
Passed at making schools more gender equal. Attempt at preventing sexual harrassment and discrimination in schools.
What is Title IX?
He was the govenor of Arkansas who sent the U.S. National Guard to prevent the integration of Central High School.
Who Orval Faubus?
They signed Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, and Johnny Cash.
What is Sun Studios?
The automobile boom led to the boom of these two entities. We use them on vacation.
What are hotels and the fast food industry?
This is a tax on imports.
What is a tariff?
Amendment that eliminated poll taxes.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Talked down the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours.
Who Strom Thurmond?