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100
The 1950s consumer boom led to what major criticism of the suburbs?
That everyone was the same and conformed to outlined behaviors.
Think of the "Little Boxes" song we listened to. "...everyone's the same."
100
Which piece of legislation will be the most powerful for Civil Rights and add to the Brown decision by outlawing all forms of segregation?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
100
NATO and the Warsaw Pact highlighted what aspect of the Cold War?
Free, democratic western countries aligned against unfree, communist eastern countries.
100
Lyndon B. Johnson was able to single-handedly escalate Vietnam through what mechanism?
War Powers Act
100
Plessy vs. Ferguson is overturned by what decision?
Brown vs. Board (1954)
200
The Warren Court is synonmous with what aspects of American society?
Increasing civil liberties for the the individual.
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200
What event led to the "brink of nuclear war" between the Soviets and the United States?
Cuban Missile Crisis
200
Lyndon Johnson's Clean Air Act and the publication of Silent Spring led to the creation of what environmental department today?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
200
"Massive retaliation" was a strategy involving nuclear strikes under Eisenhower's administration. What is meant by this phrase?
That if attacked by an aggressor, the response would be so large and disproportionate that the aggressor would be dissuaded from using nuclear weapons.
200
Plessy vs. Ferguson established what precedent?
"Separate but equal"
300
The major goals of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society were centered on what issues?
Eliminating poverty in cities and rural areas through the focus of education.
300
Malcolm X and the Black Panthers had a more radical vision of Civil Rights than MLK. What was it?
The use of violence to enact change.
300
Hippies was a slang termed derived for people who lived in the "counterculture". What does that mean?
They lived lifestyles and held beliefs and values vastly different from mainstream America.
300
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has what effect on the country?
It outlawed all forms of disenfranchisement (poll taxes, literacy tests, etc) used to keep African Americans from voting.
300
What was "Vietnaminzation"?
The process of slowly turning the Vietnam War over to the people of Vietnam and removing American soldiers.
400
What event triggered the creation of NASA by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and the passage of the NDEA (National Defense Education Act)?
The Soviet's launching Sputnik
400
What effect did the Kent State incident have on American history?
It showed that the public would not support the war in Vietnam.
400
How did Pres. Eisenhower show the supremacy of the federal government involving the desegregation of schools?
He forced integration at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
"Little Rock 9"
400
How did television effect the Birmingham Campaign?
Cameras captured the non-violent protest of children and the brutal use of fire hoses and dogs thus turning neutral Americans to staunch integrationists.
400
The Democrats lost the Election of 1968 due to a tremendous amount of chaos within the party. What single event highlighted this lack of unity?
Riots at the DNC (Democratic National Convention) where candidates were being selected to run against Richard Nixon. The party was essentially eating itself.
500
Detente was a policy used by Richard Nixon in what capacity?
To calm the Cold War through a series of meetings and pacts with Soviet and Chinese leaders.
500
How did the "Tet Offensive" and My Lai Massacre effect the perception of the Vietnam War?
They led the people to distrust the government's version of how the war was going and question the reasons behind the actual fight.
500
NOW (National Organization of Women) was led by Betty Friedan after the release of which successful book questioning the role of women in society?
Feminine Mystique
500
What did the Watergate Scandal involve?
It involved the secret taping of Democrat officials and the subsequent coverup by Richard Nixon. It eventually led to his resignation as president.
500
Kennedy's "Flexible Response" was a new policy to Eisenhower's "Massive Retaliation". How did it change diplomacy during the Cold War?
It catered to the size and scope of the incident instead of just using a massive amount of nuclear weapons.
