Exit Tickets of 25&26 Flashcards
Regarding civil rights during his presidency, John F. Kennedy
was reluctant to address the movement’s demands until 1963.
In which of the following ways did the March on Washington expose tension within the movement?
Even though women played crucial roles within the movement, all speakers were men.
To combat communism, one of John Kennedy’s first acts was to
create the Peace Corps.
The Civil Rights Act
was seen by Lyndon Johnson as “a fitting memorial” to John F. Kennedy, after his assassination.
How did John Kennedy’s inaugural address strike a different tone?
It urged Americans to move beyond the consumer culture of the 1950s.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr. addressing in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail”?
a local clergyman
What philosophy did the protesters at the Greensboro sit-in adhere to?
nonviolence
In addition to prohibiting racial discrimination, what did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?
It banned discrimination on the grounds of sex.
In addition to sit-ins, other forms of direct action
attracted national attention, especially the 1961 “Freedom Rides.”
During Freedom Summer
a coalition of civil rights groups launched a voter registration drive in Mississippi.
The Gulf of Tonkin resolution
authorized the president to take “all necessary measures to repel armed attack” in Vietnam.
What occurred at the 1968 Democratic Party convention?
Tens of thousands of antiwar activists staged protests.
The free speech movement
began in Berkeley to protest a campus ban on political activism.
Why did the United States continue to support South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem’s corrupt and weak regime?
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson feared losing Vietnam to communism.
What did students of the New Left movement think was missing in American liberalism in the 1960s?
the practice of true participatory democracy
Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, such as Phyllis Schlafly, argued that the passage of the ERA would
take away a woman’s right to be a housewife.
During the 1970s, the Sexual Revolution
started to form part of the social mainstream.
During the 1970s, conservatives
insisted on more local control and resisted the power of the federal government.
The Moral Majority
waged a “war against sin.”
The Equal Rights Amendment
stated that equality of rights under the law could not be abridged on account of sex.
Reaganomics initially produced what result in regard to the economy?
severe recession
The “Second Gilded Age”
could describe the 1980s, a decade where making deals was more profitable for companies than making products.
Reagan’s economic policies
resulted in a rise in economic inequality.
Which of the following formed part of the conservative agenda?
a strong critique of the welfare state
How did trickle-down economics claim to increase government tax revenues?
by curbing inflation and lowering tax rates
