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Eisenhower’s style was low-key the _______________

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“Hidden hand”

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What did “Modern Republicanism” favor?

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Favored conservative causes yet supported reforms

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What were domestic achievements of the Eisenhower years?

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  1. Increasing the minimum wage
  2. Creating the Department of Health, Education and Welfare
  3. Initiating the Interstate Highway Act of 1956
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What did Eisenhower change the minimum wage to?

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To $1 an hour

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What year was the did Interstate Highway act?

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1956

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What was the original purpose of the Interstate Highway Act?

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Military transport and means to evacuate cities in case of nuclear attack

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What was the result of the Interstate Highway Act?

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  1. Increased dependence on the automobile to the detriment of the Railroads
  2. Made Americans more mobile
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Eisenhower restrained federal act in favor of the _________

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State government

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Eisenhower made large ________ cuts

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Tax

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What was Eisenhower against?

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Against federal aid for primary and secondary education

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What insurance did Eisenhower oppose?

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Opposed national health insurance (instead private insurance)

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Beginning under President Truman but continuing with President Eisenhower, Indian policy involved in a three part program?

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  1. Compensation
  2. Termination
  3. Relocation
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Describe the compensation part of the Indian policy program

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Indian Claims Commission had paid out over $800 M. By 1978

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Describe the termination part of the Indian policy program

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Ended the paternalistic treatment of native Americans by federal government in favor of greater involvement by local and state government. Results were harmful to native Americans and policy was discontinued in the 1950s

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Describe the relocation part of the Indian policy program

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Native Americans were encouraged to move to urban locations and assimilate, by 1973 over 100,000 had done so, but many faced a multitude of hardships

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Eisenhower easily defeated Adlai Stevenson again in _____

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1956

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Despite Eisenhower’s victory ___________ however took control of both houses of congress in the midterm elections of 1958

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democrats

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Eisenhower’s “New Look” in foreign policy reflected several key principles:

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  1. Reliance upon nuclear weapons and airpower (“a bigger bang for the buck”)
  2. Strategy of brinksmanship (threats to use nuclear weapons)
  3. Threat of “massive retaliation”
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What would happen if there was a nuclear attack?

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Mutually assured destruction (MAD)

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In terms of nuclear attack; what did the first strike by either side equal?

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Massive retaliation and MUTUAL DESTRUCTION

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The Hungarian Uprising of 1956:
Opposition to Soviet rule begun by students led to a general revolt that toppled the government. What did the Soviet Union respond?

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The Soviet Union responded with overwhelming force, while the U.S. remained disengaged

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Vietnamese opposition to French rule led a revolt in the north by the ___________ from 1945-1954

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Viet Minh

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French defeat at military outpost at ____________ in 1954 signaled end of French rule

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Dien Bien Phu

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Geneva accords divided the country at ___________

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The 17th Parallel

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North Vietnam- | South Vietnam-
North Vietnam-communist | South Vietnam-democratic
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Who was the North Vietnamese leader?
Ho Chi Minh
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Who was the South Vietnamese prime minister?
Ngo Dinh Diem
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What was the Theory of Containment?
Fall of non-communist governments to communism would trigger the spread of communism to neighboring countries
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Siege of Dien Bien Phu lasted from March to May 1954 and cost over ____________
7,000 French lives
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1954; Eisenhower approved a ____________ against Guatemala President President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
CIA-sponsored coup d'etat
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1954; overthrow of Cuban dictator ___________ by Rebekah forces led by Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
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Castro's declaration of ___________________________ led Eisenhower to approve of a secret plan to oust him
Marxist philosophy and active courtship of the Soviet Union
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______________ nationalized the Suez Canal after the U.S. and Great Britain withdrew financial aid for a dam on the Nile River
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
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Subsequent attack by __________ and invasion by Great Britain and France condemned by Eisenhower
Israel
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What was the result of the attack by Israel and invasion by Great Britain and France?
The "Suez Crisis" embarrasses the West and Nasser became a hero to Arabs
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What did the Eisenhower Doctrine state?
U.S. Would actively combat communism in Middle East
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October 1957; USSR launches first satellite, named _________
Sputnik
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There was a grave concern in the U.S. after the Russian satellite launch. The U.S. made efforts to better _____________
Science and math education
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What was the U-2 incident?
May 1, 1960; a U-2 spy plane was shot down over the USSR by a missile
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U-2 incident | Americans denials about its mission were exposed as _________
False
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Who was the pilot of the U-2 that got shot down?
Francis Gary Powers
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What did President Eisenhower warn upon leaving office?
Warned of the perils of the increasing influence of the arms industry in America
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African Americans continued to face much discrimination through out the U.S. in the south, segregation was strictly enforced and _____________ upheld
Voting restrictions
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By 1950's, blacks (especially in the south) had begun to:
Take a more active role in facing injustice
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National civil rights organizations:
NAACP CORE Urban league
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What year was Brown v. Board of education
1954
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What was the decision of Recsy v. Ferguson? (Overturned)
"Separate but equal"
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1955- where was Rosa parks arrested?
Montgomery Alabama
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Who leads a year long boycott of the bus system?
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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What was the key strategy of the Martin Luther King boycott?
Engage in acts of civil disobedience through positive resistance Example: "sit ins", "kneel ins"
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Supreme Court declares segregation in buses are _____________
Unconstitutional
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1947- governor Orval Faubus orders the Arkansas national guard to prevent:
9 black students from attending Central High School in Little Rock
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President "Ike" orders federal troops to enforce __________
integration
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Who did the 1960 presidential election match?
Nixon and JFK
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What were two main issues of the presidential election of 1960
GNP and threat of communism
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GNP=
Market value of all the products arms services produced in one year by Labor and properly supplied by the citizens of a country
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What was the turning point of the presidential election of 1960?
September 26- over 70 million viewers watch the presidential debate on TV
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What was the margin that Kennedy defeated Nixon by?
49.7%-49.5%
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What was Kennedy's domestic reform package called?
New Frontier
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What were the 3 parts of the New Frontier?
The economy The space program Aid to the poor
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What is a notable accomplishment of the New Frontier?
Rise of NASA
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November 22, 1903- JFK was assassinated in ___________
Dallas, Texas
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Who was identified as the loan gunman by a special commission directed by Chief Justice Earl Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
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How did Lee Harvey Oswald die?
Shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a night club owner
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After JFK died, who became the 36th president?
Lyndon B. Johnson | He sworn in on Air Force one
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What slogan promoted Kennedy's programs?
"Let us continue"
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Johnson's domestic package of reforms and programs was known as _____________
The great society
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What did the Great Society include?
1. Tax cuts 2. Poverty measures- creation of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)- modest income service to poor, HUD-low income housing 3. Health-Medicare- universal elderly medical insurance; Medicaid-federal aid to support state aid for poor medical insurance 4. Education, cultural programs, immigration
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What act did LBJ make?
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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What does the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 do?
Abolishes discriminatory acts based on national origins
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__________ supported the Great Society
Warren Court
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Warren Court was considered _________; upheld civil rights legislation
Liberal
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Several important Supreme Court cases protected _________________
The rights of citizens
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(1963)- Gideon vs. Wainwright-
Free lawyer/criminal
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(1964)- Escobedo vs. Illinois-
Council before interrogations
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(1966)- Miranda vs. Arizona-
Rights upon arrest
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(1962)- Baker vs. Carr-
Federal court restricting issues
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(1962)-Engel vs. Vitale-
Official school prayer
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1964; Civil rights act is passed by congress; provisions included:
1. Prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations 2. Prohibit discriminatory voting practices 3. Prohibiting discriminatory hiring practices in companies with at least 25 employees 4. Guaranteed equal access to and treatment by public facilities
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1964- known as ___________
'Freedom summer'
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1964- ____________ is ratified
24th amendment
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What does the 24th amendment do?
Prohibits both congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote federal elections
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1965- ____________ is passed by congress
Voting rights act
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What did the voting rights act aim to do?
Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans
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By the 1960's civil rights activism was becoming more __________
Student-centered
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From 1960-1965 groups like the SNCC were engaging in _________ and __________
"Sit-ins" | "Freedom rides"
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What does CORE mean and what do they do
Congress of racial equality | They organize freedom rides
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There was one instance where whites attacked the bus, setting fire and attacking them with ______
Bats
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By 1965, civil rights activist were adopting a more provocative and aggressive strategy and following more ____________
radical outspoken leaders
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Who was the leader of the NAACP who was assassinated?
Medgar Evers
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1964- what did the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project focus?
Focus on voter registration
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1963; MLK arrives in ____________ to lead protest marches
Birmingham, Alabama
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MLK and others were jailed by __________
Eugene "Bull" Connor
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How does MLK respond to criticism?
By writing letters from a Birmingham jail
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March 7 1965; "Bloody Sunday"-
the Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama voting rights march led to 17 people hospitalized after beatings inflicted by local police and state troopers
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The shocking assassinations of
Malcolm X (1965) and MLK (1968) also led to unrest
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New leaders emerged such as ____________ of the SNCC and Huey Newton and ____________ of the Black Panthers
Stokely Carmichael | Bobby Seale

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