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Unit 8 Test Flashcards

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Thurgood Marshall

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A string civil rights activist, first African American Supreme Court Justice

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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Supreme Court struck down segregation in schooling as an unconstitutional violation.

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Rosa Parks

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A black woman, member of NAACP, who shunned segregated things like elevators and drinking fountains, etc.

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Martin Luther King Jr

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Civil rights activist who lead many boycotts and protests

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SCLC

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Its purpose was to carry on nonviolent crusades against the evils of 2nd class citizenship

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SNCC

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It hoped to harness the energy pf these student protesters; it would soon create one of the most important student activist movements in US history

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freedom riders

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People who hoped to provoke a violent reaction that would convince the Kennedy administration to enforce the law.

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James Meredith

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Air Force veteran who was allowed to enroll in an all white university, but when he got there, he wasn’t allowed to register as a student

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Prohibited discrimination because of race, religion, national origin, and gender.

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Freedom Summer

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A 1964 project to register African American voters in Mississippi

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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A law that made it easier for African Americans to register to vote by eliminating discriminatory literacy tests and authorizing federal examiners to enroll voters denied at the local level

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de facto segregation

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segregation that exists by practice and custom

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de jure segregation

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segregation by law

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Malcolm X

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He believed blacks should build a completely separate society from whites

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Nation of Islam

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A religious group, Black Muslims, founded by Elijah Muhammad to promote black separatism and Islamic religion.

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Black Power

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A slogan used by Stokely Carmichael in the 1960s that encouraged African American pride and political and social leadership

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Black Panthers

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A militant African American political organization formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to fight police brutality and to provide services in the ghetto.

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Civil Rights Act of 1968

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A law that banned discrimination in housing

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affirmative housing

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A policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring groups who were previously disadvantaged.

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John F Kennedy

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35th President, believed America should confront the danger of communism, great public speaker

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flexible response

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a policy, developed during the Kennedy administration, that involved preparing for a variety of military responses to international crises rather than focusing on the use of nuclear weapons

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Fidel Castro

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leader of Cuba, communist

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Berlin Wall

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A concrete wall separating East and West Berlin

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hot line

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this dedicated phone enabled the leaders of US and SU to communicate at once should another crisis arise

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Limited Test Ban Treaty

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it barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere

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Bay of Pigs

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President Eisenhower sent Cuban exiles into Cub to assassinate Castro. It failed epically and the US had to pay $53 million to get their Cubans back.

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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Soviets put nuclear missiles in Cuba that could destroy the entire nation of America. Kennedy was able to make a deal to prevent WWIII.

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New Frontier

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President JFK legislative program, which included proposals to provide medical care for the elderly, to rebuild blighted urban areas, to aid education, to bolster the national defense, to increase international aid, and to expand the space program.

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Peace Corps

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An agency established in 1961 to provide volunteer assistance to developing nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

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Alliance for Progress

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An US foreign aid program of the 1960s, providing economic and technical assistance to Latin American countries.

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Warren Commission

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A group, headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy and concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was alone responsible for it.

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The Movement of the Migrant Workers

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Many workers from other countries moved to the Pacific Coast, the Midwest, and the Atlantic Coast to work in the fields.

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Lyndom B Johnson

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President after JFK, his ambition and drive became legendary

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Economic Opportunity Act

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Approved nearly $1 billion for youth programs, anti-poverty measures, small businesses leans, and job training. For examples, the Job Crops Youth Training Program, VISTA, Project Head Start, and The Community Action Program.

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Great Society

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President Johnson’s program to reduce poverty and racial injustice and to promote a better quality of life in the US.

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Medicare and Medicaid

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  • Provided hospital insurance and low-cost medical insurance for almost every American ages 65+
  • Extended health insurance to welfare recipients
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Immigrant Act of 1965

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Opened the door for many non-European immigrants to settle in the US by ending quotas based on nationality.

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Warren Court

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The Supreme Court during the period when Earl Warren was Chief Justice, noted for its activism in the areas of civil rights

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reapportionment

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the redrawing of election districts reflect in population

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Elementary and Secondary Act

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$1 billion to help public and parochial schools purchase textbooks, etc

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Baker vs. Carr

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Federal courts had the right to tell states to redivide their districts more evenly

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Mapp vs. Ohio

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Evidence seized illegally can’t be used in court

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Gideon vs. Wainwright

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Required criminal courts to provide free legal counsel to those who couldn’t afford it

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Escobedo vs. Illinois

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An accused person has the right to have a lawyer present during police questioning

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Miranda vs. Arizona

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All suspects must be read their rights before questioning

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