Civil Rights
True or False? The federal government spied on and harassed civil rights activists.
True!
This bill provides funds for military personnel to go to college?
GI Bill
This President had Addison's disease and grew up in Massachusetts.
who is John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
Which war ended in a stalemate?
Korean War
An all black neighborhood in modern day Montgomery County would be considered what type of segregation?
De Facto
What was a grassroots movement carried out by ordinary activists that included youth and women to change the some members of society were treated?
Black Freedom Struggle (Civil Rights Movement)
Is Medicare or Medicaid for individuals about 65 years old
What is Medicare?
This President took over after JFK was assassinated and was known for his Great Society plan.
Who is LBJ?
The US ordered a naval blockade and negotiated removal of nuclear weapons from Cuba and Turkey with the Soviet Union.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
What plan included the food stamp act?
What was the Family Assistance Plan (FAP)?
This act ended segregation in public facilities/accommodations
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
African Americans and whites who rode through the south challenging segregation of travel facilities
Who weer the Freedom Riders?
A common objective of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society
helping those living in poverty
This event saw the United States and other European nations bring food and supplies to a German city when the Soviets blocked ground transportation to that city
What is the Berlin Airlift?
The government fired LGBT employees for fear they could be blackmailed into spying for the Soviet Union.
Lavender Scare
This act ended literacy tests and poll taxes.
Voting rights act of 1965
What year was Richard Nixon elected President?
When was 1968?
This President pardoned Richard Nixon
Who is Gerald Ford?
Name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations
Warsaw Pact
Who most likely said this? "Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.”
Malcolm X
TV coverage of excessive brutality forced white Americans throughout the nation to face the realities of African Americans - which events caused this?
Selma and Children's March
Who was the first Catholic president?
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This President was Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President from 1953-1961.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This was created to divide the German capital from communists and non-communist countries.
Berlin Wall
What 1968 Presidential candidate was assassinated in California?
Who was Robert Francis Kennedy?