Unit 12

Question 1

Organization
founded by Ella
Baker at Shaw
University.

Answer 1

SCLC

Question 2

Birmingham Police
Chief who was the
leader of violence
against student
protesters.

Answer 2

Bull

Connor

Question 3

Supreme Court
case which led to
the desegregation
of schools.

Answer 3

Brown v.
Board of
Education

Question 4

Supreme Court
case which
upheld separate
but equal

Answer 4

Plessy v.

Ferguson

Question 5

A bus boycott in
_________ led to
changes in Jim
Crow policies.

Answer 5

Montgomery

Question 6

Leader of the
Nation of Islam
during the
1960s

Answer 6

Elijah

Muhammad

Question 7

Segregation
enforced by
law

Answer 7

DeJure

Segregation

Question 8

Segregation
that happens
socially/by fact
it exists

Answer 8

DeFacto

Segregation

Question 9

President who sent
troops to Little Rock,
Arkansas to help
with the integration
of the schools.

Answer 9

Eisenhower

Question 10

First African
American to attend
the University of
Mississippi

Answer 10

James

Meredith

Question 11

Who were
the Freedom
Riders

Answer 11

Civil Rights activists who
were rode the interstate
bus system to expose the
non-compliance of
Supreme Court ruling
desegregating buses.

Question 12

President who
desegregated
the military

Answer 12

Truman

Question 13

What does
the SCLC
stand for?

Answer 13

Southern
Christian
Leadership
Conference

Question 14

What does
SNCC
stand for?

Answer 14

Student
Non-Violent
Coordinating
Committee

Question 15

Significance
of Rosa
Parks

Answer 15

Refused to give up
seat on bus. Arrested.
African American
community outraged.

Question 16

The Red Scare
was an increasing
Worry on the part
of the US of…

Answer 16

Communism

Question 17

Won 1960 Pres
Election And took
part in first
Televised debate

Answer 17

JFK

Question 18

Female pilot who
disappeared Over
the Pacific in
1937

Answer 18

Earhart

Question 19

Selective
Service is
another Name
for the

Answer 19

The

draft

Question 20

Flew the
Spirit of St.
Louis

Answer 20

Lindbergh

Question 21

Battle on the
Eastern Front
Which was a
turning point of
WWII In Europe

Answer 21

Battle of

Stalingrad

Question 22

What country is
divided by the
38th parallel

Answer 22

Korea

Question 23

Who came up
with the term
Iron Curtain

Answer 23

Churchill

Question 24

The policy of
remaining apart From
the policies &
interests of Other
nations is known as…

Answer 24

Isolationism

Question 25

Name for icon that urged women to join the workforce during WWII

Answer 25

Rosie the | Riveter

Question 26

Japanese suicide pilots during WWII

Answer 26

Kamikaze

Question 27

Who becomes President after Nixon resigns?

Answer 27

Ford

Question 28

Describe | hippies

Answer 28

``` rock music, radical appearance, drug use, communal living, eastern religions ```

Question 29

Artist famous for the visual art movement known as pop art.

Answer 29

Andy Warhol

Question 30

Giant concert held in upstate NY in 1969.

Answer 30

Woodstock

Question 31

Describe the late 1960s/early 1970s fashion trends.

Answer 31

Bell Bottoms, jump suits, mini skirts, plat form shoes.

Question 32

What precedent did Roe v. Wade establish?

Answer 32

made abortion legal

Question 33

What does NOW stand for?

Answer 33

National Organization for Women

Question 34

Created the United Farm Workers.

Answer 34

Cesar | Chavez

Question 35

Describe New Federalism

Answer 35

``` Give money and power back to local governments and take it away from the federal bureaucracy. ```

Question 36

Define | Stagflation:

Answer 36

``` Rising inflation and unemployment brought an end to the economic boom in America that was enjoyed since 1948. ```

Question 37

What nation imposed an oil embargo on the US in 1973?

Answer 37

Saudi | Arabia

Question 38

Who was President Nixon's Secretary of State?

Answer 38

Kissinger

Question 39

Describe the Watergate scandal

Answer 39

``` Group of Nixon’s men break into Watergate hotel to steal campaign secrets from Democratic National Committee. Exposed by Washington Post Reporters. ```