Civil Rights in America: Key Events and Figures

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3. 1950s civil rights leader advocated non-violence and civil disobedience as tools for change; organized protests such as the March on Washington, as well as indirectly inspired sit-ins and protests across the nation

4. Who is Martin Luther King Jr?

5. Followed a philosophy of racial pride. Said that African Americans should create their own culture and political institutions. Was a key factor influencing the Black Panthers.

6. What is Black Power?

7. Constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender?

8. What was Equal Rights Amendment?

9. 1966 Supreme Court decision that sets guidelines for police questioning of accused persons to protect them against self-incrimination and to protect their right to counsel..

10. What was Miranda v. Arizona?

11. Black Muslim who argued for separation, not integration. Was a strong influence on the Black Power movement. He changed his views, but was assassinated in 1965.

12. Who is Malcolm X?

13. She was the author of "Feminine Mystique." The book expressed the discontent that many women were feeling. Her book helped sparked the Feminist Movement.

14. Who is Betty Friedman?

15. Invalidated the use of any test or device to deny the vote and authorized federal examiners to register voters in states that had disenfranchised blacks, encouraging greater social equality and decreasing the wealth and education gap?

16. What was Voting Rights Act of 1965?

17. 1954 Supreme court case that declared Mexican Americans and all other racial groups had equal protection under the 14th amendment?

18. What was Hernandez v. Texas?

19. Non-violent leader of the United Farm Workers from. Organized laborers in California and in the Southwest to strike against fruit and vegetable growers. Unionized Mexican-American farm workers.?

20. Who is Cesar Chavez?

21. This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.

22. What was Civil Rights Act 1964?

23. An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education?

24. What was Affirmative action?

25. States: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.".

26. What was Title IX?

27. Closest time to nuclear war at any point between the U.S. and the USSR. Soviets had moved nuclear missiles to Cuba in response to U.S. missiles in Turkey. President John F. Kennedy demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the Soviet leader Khrushchev accepted the U.S. demands, on condition that U.S. doesn't invade Cuba?

28. What was Cuban Missile Crisis?

29. 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. CIA landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. the invasion ended in disaster?

30. What was Bay of Pigs?

31. Kennedy's plan, supports civil rights, pushes for a space program, cutting taxes, and increase spending for defense and military?

32. What was New Frontier?

33. Daily Double

34. Chief justice that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in Brown v. Board of Education (1954); he was the first justice to help the civil rights movement, confirmed "Magic Bullet Theory" in assassination of JFK.

35. What was Warren Court?

36. Bombing campaign over North Vietnam, intent to weaken enemy's ability and will to fight?

37. What was Operation Rolling Thunder?

38. Passed in direct response to a minor naval engagement. It increased the presidents powers giving Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia.

39. What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

40. Label Nixon gave to middle-class Americans who supported him, obeyed the laws, and wanted "peace with honor" in Vietnam, he contrasted this group with students and civil rights activists who disrupted the country with protests in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

41. Who were Silent Majority?

42. Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in response to the Vietnam War.

43. What is the 26th Amendment?

44. War policy in Vietnam initiated by Nixon. This strategy called for dramatic reduction of U.S. troops followed by an increased injection of S. Vietnamese troops in their place. Has become standard for involvement in other countries?

45. What is Vietnamization?

46. 1973 A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress or if America is already under attack or serious threat?

47. What was the War Powers Act?

48. A lack of popular confidence in the truth of the claims or public statements made by the federal government, large corporations, politicians, etc. Lyndon B. Johnson popularity suffered greatly during the Vietnam War?

49. What was the Credibility Gap?

50. This invention allowed the viewing of almost live images daily of the war; bringing war home for the first time. Helped cause the credibility gap.