60s Flashcards
Sit ins began in _____ ________ in ____
Sit ins began in North Carolina in 1960
Freedom rides began in May ____
Freedom rides began and may 1961
Malcolm x was assassinated in _____
Malcolm x was assassinated in 1965
19__ - __ saw race riots for example in the Watts area of Los Angeles
1965 to 67 saw race riots for example in the Watts area of Los Angeles
When was the Washington march?Who gave a speech?
How many people were there?
August 1963. 200,000 African Americans and 50,000 white Americans marched to Washington where King gave his “I have a dream” speech
When was the Civil Right Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
When was Selma?
1965
When was the Voting Rights Act?
1965 Voting Rights Act
When was the Civil Rights Act
1968 Civil Rights Act
When was MLK assassinated?
1968
Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
When was it written?
Betty Friedan
1963
Who said?
“Chosen motherhood is the real liberation”
Betty Friedan
Who said?
“Sexual harassment on the job is not a problem for virtuous women”
Phyllis Schlafly
Who said?
“A liberated women is one who has sex before marriage and a job after”
Gloria Steinem
Who said?
“A feminist is anyone who recognises the equality and full humanity of women and men”
Gloria Steinem
Who said?
“The women who ‘adjust’ as housewives, who grow up wanting to be ‘just a housewife’, are in as much danger as the millions who walked to their own death in the concentration camps”
Betty Friedan
Which president began the New Frontier in 1960?
Why did they do this?
JFK
To highlight the challenges in society in an attempt to change them
Which president began the Great Society in 1964?
Why did they do this?
LBJ
In an attempt to totally eliminate poverty and racial injustice in the country
