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Why did A Philip Randolph promise 100,000 Black marchers would descend on Washington DC in 1941? What happened as a result of this promise?
Ban job discrimination
What was the role of women domestically during World War II? How did these changes affect women in the decades after the war?
Women joined workforce
How did the US Government ensure there were adequate supplies for US troops during World War II?
Rationing and war production
How did the US Government justify the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II?
National security fears
Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
Aid to allies
How did FDR continue to aid ally nations in the early years of World War II when many of those nations had little cash to buy American war materials?
Stop spread of communism
What was the American policy of containment?
Stop spread of communism
What was the Marshall Plan?
Rebuild Europe economically
What was HUAC?
Investigated suspected communists
How did Harry Truman aid the civil rights movement?
Desegregated the military
What was the impact of the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka decision?
Ended school segregation
What was the impact of the Federal Highway Act in 1956?
Interstate highway system
How did the March on Washington in 1963 illustrate a change in the civil rights movement?
Peaceful civil rights protest
What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Protected Black voting
Over time, which civil rights organizations did not oppose the use of violence to achieve goals?
Supported self-defense
What was the importance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Ended bus segregation
What was the SNCC?
Student protest organization
What was Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society”?
Fight poverty and inequality
What was the Black Power Movement?
Black pride and power
What was Axe Handle Saturday?
Attack on protesters
Who was Emmitt Till?
Murder sparked activism
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Expanded Vietnam War
What was the Tet Offensive?
Shifted public opinion
Describe the Watergate scandal.
Political cover-up scandal
What was the Equal Rights Amendment and why wasn’t it ratified?
Equal rights for women