Chapter 29 Flashcards

1
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He invented the Polio Vaccine

A

a tactic spread by the student nonviolent coordination committee

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2
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why did the US react in alarm to the sputnik satellite

A

The USSR launched it

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3
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The importance of Michael Harrington’s book “The Other America”

A

he showed the continued existence of poverty

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4
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What is Urban Renewal

A

tearing old buildings down in cities

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5
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What does it mean that Brown v Board of education of Topeka overturned Plessy v Ferguson

A

The court ruled “separate but equal” in Plessy was unconstitutional.

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6
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Rosa Parks was key to what Civil rights struggle?

A

The Montgomery bus boycott

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7
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Jackie Robinson was

A

First African American to play in the MLB

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8
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Which best demonstrates MLK’s philosophy and strategy

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He combined Gandhi and Thoreau’s strategy

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9
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What best defines the US policy of Brinkmanship

A

Pushing the USSR to the brink of War

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10
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Who was Ho Chi Minh

A

Leader of Communist North Vietnam

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11
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Who was John Foster Dulles

A

Eisenhower’s secretary of state, a rabid anti communist

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12
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Which best defines the policy “massive retaliation of the 1950s and 1960s

A

The process of threatening Nuclear war and economic sanctions

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13
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What was the outcome of the Army-Mccarthy hearing of 1954

A

His popularity faded when he claimed armed services were led by communist

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14
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Why is Fidel Castro relevant to US History

A

Leader of Cuba when the US failed to invade in 1961

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15
Q

What is a tactic spread by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

A

Black College student sat in segregated lunch counters

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16
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What were the goals and tactics of Freedom Rides

A

to desegregate the buses in the south

17
Q

What is De Jure segregation

A

Segregation by law

18
Q

What is De Facto segregation

A

segregation in Practice

19
Q

Who was Malcolm X

A

A black leader who first joined the Nation of Islam

20
Q

Key Difference between philosophy of black power and early civil rights

A

Early Civil rights cooperated with whites and sought peace

21
Q

WHich reason was the most important on the March on Washington

A

MLK’s I have a dream speech