“MAINSTREAM CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT(AFFIRMATIVE ACTION)

Question 1

What other policy did President Johnson encourage in the 1960s?

Answer 1

Affirmative action

Question 2

What was affirmative action?

Answer 2

Schools or businesses ALLOWING AA to study/get a job despite lower qualifications than other candidates

Question 3

What was the public opinion of affirmative action?

Answer 3

controversial objections from AA and whites that felt unfairly treated

Question 4

What was the PHILADELPHIA PLAN?

Answer 4

A plan where BUILDING CONTRACTORS were pressured to employ AA approved by Nixon in 1969

Question 5

What was the impact of the PHILADELPHIA PLAN?

Answer 5

increased AA workers 1 to 12% of the total workforce in 1960s

Question 6

Did Nixon do a lot for civil rights?

Answer 6

No apart from pushing the Equal Opportunity Act of 1972 through Congress

Question 7

When was the policy of Affirmative action declared constitutional by SC?(Legal gain)

Answer 7

1971 in the case of GRIGGS VS DUKE POWER COMPANY