1. The NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was a civil rights organization founded in 1909. Their main goal was to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
2. Integration refers to the process of ending segregation, or the separation of different racial groups. Segregation is the enforced separation of different racial groups in schools, housing, and public facilities.
3. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. Sit-ins were nonviolent protests typically against segregation in which protesters would occupy a space and refuse to leave until their demands were met. The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation.
4. The purpose of the affirmative action program was to promote equal opportunities in education and employment for underrepresented groups, particularly African Americans.
5. The United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) was created by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to fight for labor rights and better working conditions for farm workers, particularly Mexican Americans.
6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 aimed to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote.
7. The US no longer supported Fidel Castro due to his alignment with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attempt by the US to overthrow the Cuban government led by Castro. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union in response to the installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
8. Acts/programs created under the Great Society included Medicare, Medicaid, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Economic Opportunity Act.
9. The Environmental Movement was kickstarted by events like the publication of Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" and the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill.
10. US involvement in Vietnam was primarily due to the domino theory, the fear of the spread of communism, and the US desire to contain communism.
11. The Pentagon Papers were a classified study of the Vietnam War that was leaked to the press and revealed government deception about the war to the American public.
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Question answer the questions 1-24 in complete sentences
1
What is the NAACP? What was their main goal?
2
Define Integration and Segregation
3
Be able to describe the following organized events:
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit-ins
Freedom Riders
4
What was the purpose of the affirmative action program?
5
Who created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC)? Why?
6
Identify the following Civil Rights legislation
Voting Rights Act of 1965
7
What caused the US to no longer support Fidel Castro?
Describe the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis
8
What acts/programs were created under the Great Society, a.k.a. War on Poverty?
9
What event(s) kicked started the Environmental Movement?
10
What causes US involvement in Vietnam?
11
Describe the Pentagon Papers
12
Describe the follow Cold War terms:
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
Geneva Accords
Containment
Tet Offensive
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Vietnamization
My Lai Massacre
13
What is the War Powers Act of 1973?
14
Describe the impact the draft had on American citizens and their support for the Vietnam war
15
Describe the hippie movement
16
Describe the impact television had on the …
Presidential debate between Kennedy/Nixon, 1960
Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam War
Moon landing
17
Describe the Space Race
18
Describe the Watergate Scandal
Define Executive Privilege & it’s role in U.S. v. Nixon
What happened to President Nixon?
19
Describe the impact of Betty Friedan’s 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique
20
What did the National Organization for Women (NOW) work towards?
21
Describe the following Environmental Movement Terms:
Environmental Protection Agency
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Endangered Species Act
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
22
What is the importance of the Camp David Accords in 1978?
23
Describe the impact of the Iranian Revolution
24
What happened as a result of the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
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