Last 8th! Flashcards
What do we call the change that happened in the American population in the late 1940s and 1950s
Baby boom
What law was passed after world war 2 to help provide educational and other benefits to American soilders
GI Bill of rights
What are he effects of building the Interstate high way system
Helped people move to the suburbs
Supported the growth of the American auto industry
Why did people move to the suburbs
Economic growth and prosperity
Who is credited with popularizing (building) the suburbs
Levitt
Levittown
What do we call the false accusations of communism in the late 1950s
McCarthyism
What is an example of McCarthyism
Rosenberg Trials
Alger Hiss
Hollywood ten
Who was the first person to step on the moon
Neil Armstrong
Who assassinated John F Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
What investigated the assassination of JFK
Warren commission
What was the name of president Johnson’s domestic plan to improve the US with government sponsored social programs?
Great society
Why did president Nixon have to resign?
Cover up of a watergate breakin
What would have happened if Nixon did not resign
He would have been impeached
What happened to Nixon after he resigned?
He was pardoned by Pres Ford
What was Nixon required to turn over as evidence against him?
Tapes of conversations in the Oval Office
What was the problem with Nixon’s evidence?
There was 18 minutes missing in the type
What was the goal of the civil rights movement in the 1950s-1960s?
To end racial segregation
What was the method used by MLK jr in the civil rights movement?
Civil Disobedience
What are examples of civil disobedience?
Sit in
Marches
Boycott
Freedom rides
What is Rosa parks known for?
Refusing to give up her seat on the bus
What happened after rose parks protest?
Montgomery, bus boycott
What Supreme Court case declared “separate but equal”to be unconstitutional
Brown vs Board of education
What does brown vs board of education mean?
Segregation is illegal and needs to be stopped
What are examples of how the US desegregated?
Any public place like schools
Neighborhooods (eventually)
Jackie Robinson in baseball
Which civil rights leader changed his views after visiting Mecca on a religious pilgrimage?
Malcolm X
What changes have been brought about by the civil rights movement?
Desegregated schools/ public places
More voting ( no literacy tests, or poll taxes)
Increase in black politicians
What is affirmative action
Policy designed to provide equal opportunities for minorities
What has been the goal of the Native Americans Indian movement since 1960?
Secure retire of, or just compensation for, lands taken from them by the government
What book is credited with starting the Feminist movement of the 1960s and 70s?
Famine Mystique
Who wrote Femine Mystique
Betty Friedan
What law requires schools to support female athletics as much as male athletics?
Title IX
Which Supreme Court case legalized abortions in the US
Roe vs Wade
Who are the people who rebelled against conformity in the 1950s?
Beatniks
Who were the people that rebelled in the 1960s?
Hippies
What was the name of Nixon’s plan to reduce the size of the federal government?
New Federalism
What was the problem with the 2000 election?
Problem with the counting votes in FLA and Supreme Court decided a winner
What famous book promoted the government to put regulations on companies to improve pollution concerns?
Silent Spring
How has the US economy changed since the 1960s?
Jobs have shifted from manufacturing (factory) to service industries.
Most products sold in the US are manufactured in foreign countries.
How has the immigration population changed since the 1980s?
Increase Hispanic (Spanish speaking) and Asian/Pacific people
