Turning Points

Question 1

African Americans: Political - Positive

Answer 1

• Johnson’s presidency

• 1964 CRA
• 24th Am.
• 1965 VRA

Question 2

African Americans: Political - Negative

Answer 2

• Voting qualifications

- Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, poll tax

Question 3

African Americans: Social - Positive

Answer 3

• 13th Am.

* 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education

Question 4

African Americans: Social - Negative

Answer 4

• 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 5

African Americans: Economic - Positive

Answer 5

• 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act

Question 6

African Americans: Economic - Negative

Answer 6

• Segregation affected living standard

Question 7

Unions/Workers: Political - Positive

Answer 7

• 1932 Norris-La Guardia Act
• New Deal
- 1935 National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act
- Un. m.ship inc. 3.7-9 mil 1933-8
- Many un.s recog.

Question 8

Unions/Workers: Political - Negative

Answer 8

• 1981 PATCO strike

* 1947 Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act

Question 9

Unions/Workers: Economic - Positive

Answer 9

• 1938 FLSA
• WW1 + WW2 wages inc: 20 + 70%
• 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act

Question 10

Unions/Workers: Economic - Negative

Answer 10

• Changing nature of eco.

Question 11

Unions/Workers: Social - Positive

Answer 11

• Growing unity after 1930s

Question 12

Unions/Workers: Social - Negative

Answer 12

• Violence
- 1873 Molly Maguires
- 1886 Haymarket Affair 
- 1892 Homestead Strike
- 1894 Pullman Strike
• Divisions

Question 13

Native Americans: Cultural - Positive

Answer 13

• 1970 NARF
• 1974 Oneida v. Oneida and Madison Counties, New York
• 1978 NA R. Freedom Act
• 1982 Seminole Tribe v. Butterworth (gambling)

Question 14

Native Americans: Cultural - Negative

Answer 14

• 1871 Indian Appropriation Act
• Assimilation
- 1871-87 = Reservation 
- 1887-1934 = Allotment 
- 1953-69 = Termination

Question 15

Native Americans: Political - Positive

Answer 15

• 1966: First NA Commissioner of Indian Affairs in almost 100 years
• 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
• 1975 United States v. Mazurie

Question 16

Native Americans: Political - Negative

Answer 16

• 1887 Dawes Act

* 1924 Indian Citizenship (Synder) Act

Question 17

Native Americans: Social - Positive

Answer 17

• 1969 Siege of Alcatraz

Question 18

Native Americans: Social - Negative

Answer 18

• Lack of unity when at most vulnerable (19th C)

Question 19

Women: Political - Positive

Answer 19

• 19th Am.

Question 20

Women: Political - Negative

Answer 20

• Failure to pass ERA

Question 21

Women: Social - Positive

Answer 21

• 1973 Roe v. Wade

Question 22

Women: Social - Negative

Answer 22

• Persistence of traditional attitudes

Question 23

Women: Economic - Positive

Answer 23

• 1963 VRA
• 1964 CRA
• 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act

Question 24

Women: Economic - Negative

Answer 24

• Eco. pawns