Chapter 29- Contesting Futures

Question 1

The Kennedy Promise

Answer 1

promised aid to poor, protect african americans right to vote, and improve aa employment and education programs. support south vietnamese govn and defuse cuban missile crisis.

Question 2

John F. Kennedy background

Answer 2

son of wealthy Joseph P Boston business owner and former Great Britain ambassador. Graduated from Harvard and served on the US House of representatives. War hero who saved crew of his PT boat.

Question 3

Kennedys health

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gravelly ill and his wartime injuries caused him daily agony. had to wear a back brace.

Question 4

Peace corps

Answer 4

recruited yound people to undertake humanitarian projects in asia, Africa and latin america.

Question 5

Agency for international development

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oversee distribution of foreign aid

Question 6

The Bay of the Pigs

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CIA trained a group of cuban exiles to stop castro. landed in bay of pigs on Cuban coast and were supposed to inspire rebellion. Was a disaster.

Question 7

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 7

soviets and castro had ballistic missile sites in Cuba. Kennedy demanded the soviet premier to remove missiles and have a naval quarantine. Using the word blockade would have been considered an act of war. Kennedy promised to not invade Cuba and remove U.S. warheads from Turkey.

Question 8

Kennedy assassination

Answer 8

Nov 21, 1963 he was shot. warren commission said not conspiracy.

Question 9

Lyndon Johnson

Answer 9

Took over for Kennedy, his social programs, investments in education, support for the arts, and commitment to civil rights changed the lives of countless people. His vision was called the great society.

Question 10

Higher Education Act

Answer 10

provided scholarships and low interest loans to poor, and increased federal funding for colleges, created corps of teachers to serve schools in impoverished areas.

Question 11

Economic Opportunity Act

Answer 11

assisted poor to find jobs.

Question 12

Head start program

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prepare low-income children for elementary school.

Question 13

Social Security Act

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created medicare to pay for medical expenses of those over 65. then Medicaid for the poor.

Question 14

Civil Rights Act

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banned public discrimination, sought to aid schools in desegregation, and didn’t allow funding to programs that allowed racial segregation. Equal employment opportunity.

Question 15

Bloody Sunday

Answer 15

March 7, 1965 African Americans marched to Selma, Alabama to protect right to vote. After crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge state police stopped them with batons and tear gas.

Question 16

Voting Rights Act

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prohibited state and local governments from passing laws that discriminated against voters based on race. a quarter million aa registered to vote following this.

Question 17

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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only 2 dissenting votes, congress passed this law that allowed President Johnson the authority to use military force in Vietnam without asking congress for a decleration of war.

Question 18

Tet offensive

Answer 18

north vietnamese attack on the south.

Question 19

Black Power

Answer 19

slow change and the death of Martin Luther King Jr. led many aa to adopt this. promoted work within their own community without the aid of whites.

Question 20

Chicano Movement

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Mexican Americans determination to seize their political power, celebrate their cultural heritage and get citizenship rights.

Question 21

Freedom rides

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took bus rides south to test desegregation and protest segregated waiting rooms in southern terminals.

Question 22

Freedom Ride Resistance

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rock hill, sc john lewis severely beat. one bus firebombed in Alabama. and kkk attacked the other.

Question 23

march on washington

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for jobs and freedom, led by martin luther king jr august 1963

Question 24

I have a dream

Answer 24

held at lincoln memorial after march.v

Question 25

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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led by martin luther king jr. held protests in 186 cities. was attacked with hoses and dogs, including children.

Question 26

Letter from Birmingham jail

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penned by Martin Luther King Jr after he was jailed. time for waiting for rights was over.

Question 27

Kings assassination

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Aptil 4th while standing on balcony of lorraine hotel. lots of burning and looting in protest.

Question 28

Marcus Garvey

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idea to seperate blacks to their own communities. Stokely Carmichael chairman of sncc who agreed.

Question 29

Malcolm X

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thought violence in the face of violence was appropriate and called white people devils. believed in sepratism. left nation of Islam and was later killed by its members.

Question 30

Students for a democratic society

Answer 30

philosophy of port huron statement by tom hayden. fight economic inequality and discrimination.

Question 31

The Feminine Mystique

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women found traditional roles unfulfilling. betty Friedan wrote this to fight the belief that being a house wife was a woman destiny

Question 32

Birth Control

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1960 food and drug administration approved this pill. within 5 years, 6 million women used it. 30 states made it a criminal offense to sell contraceptive devices.

Question 33

National organization for woman (NOW)

Answer 33

agenda to make possible for women to participate in all aspects of American life.