Chapter 13

Question 1

status of Equal Rights Amendment

Answer 1

still not passed–not enough states approved it

Question 2

Brown v. Board of Education

Answer 2

overturned Plessy v. Ferguson’s “separate but equal” ruling

Question 3

organized fight for equal rights for African Americans

Answer 3

began in mid-1900s–WWII and after really ramped up

Question 4

“I Have a Dream” speech date

Answer 4

August 28, 1963–as part of March on Washington

Question 5

MLK Jr. first gaining national attention

Answer 5

during Montgomery bus boycott in 1955

Question 6

Rosa Parks

Answer 6

refused to give up seat on bus–sparked Montgomery bus boycott

Question 7

New Frontier

Answer 7

President Kennedy’s policies–not much of it accomplished

Question 8

CORE

Answer 8

helped end segregation in many restaurants, theaters, etc.–sponsored Freedom Riders

Question 9

James Meredith

Answer 9

first African American student at University of Mississippi

Question 10

Head Start

Answer 10

part of Johnson’s Great Society programs–preschool for poor children

Question 11

Cesar Chavez & UFW

Answer 11

United Farm Workers–union for migrant farm workers (Hispanic)

Question 12

Thurgood Marshall challenged

Answer 12

represented NAACP to argue against “separate but equal” in Brown v. BOE

Question 13

“separate but equal”

Answer 13

Brown v. BOE said separate ISN’T equal

Question 14

NOW

Answer 14

National Organization for Women–fought for women’s rights

Question 15

“War on Poverty”

Answer 15

part of Johnson’s Great Society programs–Head Start & Job Corps

Question 16

NAACP work

Answer 16

worked to end segregation (separation of races)

Question 17

JFK “ask” quote

Answer 17

“Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country”

Question 18

ESSAY: Why did the leaders of the American Indian Movement choose Wounded Knee, South Dakota, as the site of a protest? What was the outcome of that protest?

Answer 18

• site of Sioux massacre in 1890, so very symbolic location
• part of Sioux reservation–where the poorest Native Americans lived
• highlight poverty & bad health of Native Americans
• vowed to stay until govt. investigated treatment of Native Americans & reviewed all treaties
• ended after some deaths but highlighted poor living conditions of Native Americans