Civil Rights Era – Flashcards
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What were Jim Crow laws?
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They were laws that enforced the strict separation of the races.
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Why did Martin Luther King target Birmingham, Alabama for a civil rights campaign?
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because it was considered the most segregated city in the South
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination in employment on the basis of
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Race
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In response to riots over desegregation the University of Mississippi, President Kennedy declared that
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Americans were free to disagree with the law but not to disobey it.
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At what school was there major rioting over James Meredith's enrollment?
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the University of Mississippi
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How did T. Eugene "Bull" Connor react to civil rights marchers in Birmingham, Alabama?
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He ordered the use of police dogs and fire hoses against the marchers.
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To which city did President Eisenhower send federal troops to protect African American students?
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Little Rock, Arkansas
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The first of the confrontations on the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the march on Selma became known as
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Bloody Sunday
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What happened in hundreds of cities immediately after the assassination of Martin Luther King?
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Riots Broke Out
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The conflict at Little Rock's Central high School was a reaction to
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Brown v. Board of Education.
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In the 1960s, a common goal of President John F. Kennedy's Alliance for Progress and Peace Corps was to
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support developing nations while containing communism
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What was an example of de facto segregation exhibited in the North?
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African Americans were denied housing in many neighborhoods.
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What was one outcome of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962?
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The Soviet Union withdrew its nuclear missles from Cuba
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As a result of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,
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nearly forty countries ended aboveground nuclear tests.
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The Supreme Court decisions in Mapp v. Ohio (1961) and Miranda v. Arizona (1966) directly expanded the rights of which group?
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person accused of crimes
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The Bay of Pigs invasion was an attempt to overthrow
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Fidel Castro.
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What effect did the Cold War have on the American space program?
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Competition with the Soviet Union spurred American space missions.
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What was one result of the Great Society?
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The lives of many underprivileged Americans improved.
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The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-1969) is considered one of the most liberal in United States history because it
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expanded civil rights and the rights of the accused
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What was the conclusion of the Warren Commission about Lee Harvey's Oswald's role in the JFK assassination?
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He acted alone.
