20th Century Developments

Question 0

With the assembly line, what was ushered in?

Answer 0

Mass production

Question 1

Who developed the assembly line? And when?

Answer 1

Ford Motor Company (Henry Ford)

Between 1905-1915

** new and efficient ways to make automobiles

Question 2

What was Henry Ford’s dream with the Model T?

Answer 2

He could produce enough of them cheaply, that almost anyone could purchase one

Question 3

Explain the assembly line

Answer 3

Instead of one person working on the car (or product)

Many different people would work on each part of the car (or product)

Question 4

What did the assembly line lead to?

Answer 4

Production of many different products using the assembly line

Question 5

The latter half of the 20th century was marked by ?

Answer 5

The Cold War

Question 6

What is the Cold War?

Answer 6

The continuing of conflict from between the

“Western World” (primarily the US)

and the “Communist World” (primarily the Soviet Union)

** later China would be involved also

Question 7

Where were the proxy-wars being fought to end Communism?

Answer 7

1. Vietnam
2. Korea
3. Conflict in economic ways and sanctions

Question 8

Was there actual direct fighting between the US and the Soviet Union or China?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

The Cold War led to a competition of what?

Answer 9

Military competition (capitalistic/democratic world vs. Communist world

“Space Race”

Question 10

Explain the competition in technology between Soviet Union and US

Answer 10

Technology competitions

Nuclear weapons “Nuclear FaceOff”

Question 11

Explain the Space Race between USSR and the US

Answer 11

Who can get into space first

Question 12

Who was Yuri Gagarin (Russian) ?

Answer 12

First man in orbit

In turn

The Soviet Union won the race into space

Question 13

Who won the race to the moon?

Answer 13

US

Neil Armstrong (first man on moon)

Question 14

There was a lot of back and forth for technological advancements for what?

Answer 14

National Pride

• Led to a quick proliferation and development in technology

Question 15

A lot of private sector technology came out and changed what?

Answer 15

Changed the world’s economy

Potential businesses

Communication and Interaction between people

Question 16

Where were processing chips and computer chips created?

Answer 16

In the space program

** computers have changed the world

Question 17

When were the first satellites

(most privately-owned / telecommunications)

put into space?

Answer 17

As a result of the space program

• satellites are able to aid in communication around the world

Question 18

A lot of the technological advancements that drove the rest of the 20th century and still today were started when?

Answer 18

Came about b/c of the Cold War

Question 19

What other big movement occurred with the 20th century?

Answer 19

Civil Rights

Question 20

In the prosperous 1950s (ppl were doing well) what was occurring?

Answer 20

Racial prejudice

Growing divergence

Question 21

What groups of ppl were not experiencing the same economic benefits and growth in the 1950s?

Answer 21

African-Americans

Minorities

** as a result of racial prejudice / not given same opportunities in workplace

Question 22

What did the ruling of Plessy vs. Ferguson state? When was it?

Answer 22

1896

1. Supreme Court Ruling
2. Upheld segregation
3. OK to segregate schools and other facilities
4. as long as African-Americans were given equal facilities

Question 23

When Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka arose, what happened?

Answer 23

1954

Declared that separate facilities were inherently unequal

** by saying ppl had to go to different facilities, that was unequal

Question 24

Were the facilities equal between the minorities and the whites?

Answer 24

No the whites had better facilities

Question 25

What was the ruling of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka?

Answer 25

1. Cannot have segregation

2. Integrated facilities/schools

Question 26

10 years after the ruling of integrating schools in the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), what had still not occurred?

Answer 26

Integration of schools in the South

• ruling had taken place but not enforced

••• ppl were going to the streets for equality (fight against the system), since the gov’t was not enforcing

Question 27

When did the Rosa Parks incident occur? What happened?

Answer 27

December 1955

She refused to give up her front seat on the bus

Question 28

Following Rosa Parks incident, what boycott occurred?

Answer 28

The Montgomery bus boycott

Question 29

What was the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 29

Organized by

Martin Luther King

• targeted at racist policies that the bus lines had / requiring African Americans to give up seats / sit in the back

Question 30

What percent of people were involved and supportive of the Montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 30

99%

Hurt the city and bus lines

Question 31

Who was Dr. Martin Luther King?

Answer 31

• big leader for Civil Rights mov’t and inequalities & mistreatment of blacks
• peaceful/nonviolent

Question 32

When was the Little Rock Nine and what occurred?

Answer 32

September 1957

• Federal troops accompanied 9 students wishing to attend and integrated school

** threats to hurt students

Question 33

With Little Rock Nine (1957) what was occurring?

Answer 33

High profile time of a school being forced to integrate

I.e. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court ruling

Question 34

Was the 1959 Civil Rights Act effective?

Answer 34

No, Lack of implementation

Ppl didn’t wanna integrate (especially in states that had racist policies)

Question 35

Explain the Sit-in Strategy of 1960

Answer 35

MLK directed

1. sit-in business that refused to serve African-Americans
2. Gain attention for the cause
3. Force acknowledgement of the movement

Question 36

What were the “Freedom Rides”?

Answer 36

1. Busloads of black and white students in the South
2. Coming to the South
3. Even though segregation on interstate busses was outlawed, it was still occurring
4. The Freedom riders to protest the outlawed segregation

Question 37

Who was a big supporter of the Freedom Rides?

Answer 37

Robert F. Kennedy

• brother of JFK

Question 38

What was signed in July of 1964? What did it bring and what was coupled with? Who signed it?

Answer 38

Lyndon B. Johnson

Civil Rights Act -
Coupled with the 1965 Voting Rights Act

• extend more rights to African-Americans and other minorities
• abolish some of practices taking rights away

Question 39

What came about with the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Answer 39

Banning of Literacy Tests

• designed to make African-Americans fail the test, so they could not vote
• tried to stop ppl from voting based on their race

Question 40

What approaches came about that were militant and/or peaceful/nonviolent?

Answer 40

1. Black Power
2. Black Pride
3. Malcolm X & the Black Panthers

• ** promote civil rights and equality
• ** major feature of the 20th century led to major changes in rights and society, especially for minorities