Red-1 Flashcards
How did the assassination of President Kennedy impact civil liberties legislation? (1963)
It gave Lyndon B. Johnson the political power to push civil rights laws through (become passed) because Kennedy supported civil rights
How did the “Warren Court” expand civil liberties?
Ruled multiple Supreme Court cases about civil liberties including: Brown v. BOE, Gideon v. Wainwright, and Miranda v. Arizona
Earl Warren
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the 1950s’ and 1960s’- famous for making landmark decisions expanding civil liberties
Miranda v. Arizona
Ruled that police must inform suspects of their constitutional rights as the time of arrest; origin of the Miranda Rights; Ernesto Miranda was not told he had the right to remain silent and speak to an attorney
Brown v. BOE (1954)
Ended segregation of schools
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
The decision upheld the right of a defendant to have an attorney even if he or he cannot afford one and that the defendant had the right of appeal even if she or he could not afford court costs
What were the effects of JFK’s assassination?
(A) reaffirmed Americans how strong the American government really was
(B) Lyndon Johnson becomes president- launches war on poverty and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
What were the goals of LBJ’s “Great Society”?
Programs to raise the standard of living= Medicare (65+) and Medicaid (low income), food stamps, education laws (Head-start), job corps, civil rights legislation
“Great Society”
Program attacking the endemic of poverty in the United States
Major events of 1968?
(A) Tet Offensive in Vietnam
(B) MLK is assassinated
(C) JFK is assassinated
(D) Democratic National Convention- police beat/suppress anti-war demonstrators
Richard Nixon (1968)
Elected as president; reputation a a strong anti-communist and pro-law- and-order candidate; election showed that people were turning against the liberalism of the 1960s’
Why did Nixon visit Communists China in 1971?
Ease tension between US and China and to open China to a future business relationship
What were the effects of the Watergate Scandal?
(A) Nixon is forced to resign from office
(B) Americans distrusted politicians
Watergate Scandal
A series of scandals involving Nixon:
(A) Nixon’s re-election campaign had taken illegal campaign contributions from corporations who had in then sought special favors from the president
(B) Nixon authorized the burglary of the offices of the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate Apartment complex
How did Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon affect his political career?
Ford pardons Nixon to allow America to move on past the Watergate Scandal, but killed his career by pardoning Nixon
