Chapter 29: Contesting Futures, America in the 1960s

Which legislation revamped immigration policy and led to an increase in Asian and Latin American immigrants?

Immigration and Nationality Act

Which labor leaders organized agricultural workers to form the United Farm Workers?

Larry Itliong, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta

Which event illustrated John F. Kennedy’s style and telegenic appeal?

Kennedy's 1960 presidential debate against Richard Nixon.

Who penned/wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which coordinated protests in 186 cities.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I redefined the 1920s concept of the “New Negro,” changed my name, and supported violence if attacked.
Who was ?

Malcom X

What did Kennedy support as a strategy for African Americans to gain political and social equality?

voter registration drives and a constitutional amendment outlawing poll taxes.

Which court case extended the protections of the Fourteenth Amendment to all ethnic groups in the U.S.?

Hernandez v. Texas

President Lyndon Johnson’s agenda focused on combating racism and eliminating poverty; however, what doomed his vision for a better society?

the war in Vietnam and the cost of the war

During the late 1960s, young civil rights activists turned away from non-violent civil disobedience to

Black Power and black separatism

I was a civil rights leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and pushed for a “participatory Democracy” by organizing young people.
Who was ?

Ella Baker

The sit-in movement to desegregate lunch counters and restaurants started where?

Greensboro, North Carolina

Which American president was the first to send military advisors and financial aid to Vietnam?

Harry S. Truman

We created the Port Huron Statement–college students fighting against economic inequality and discrimination.
What was ?

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

The Black Power movement influenced Mexican Americans to create what?

the Chicano Movement

What worked against candidate John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election?

his Catholic faith

Figure 29.4 shows the U.S. progress in the space race with

President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy (his wife), and Vice President Johnson watching the first American in space.

The Great Society with the goal of “liberty and justice for all” was started by

Lyndon B. Johnson

All of the following was part of President John F. Kennedy’s foreign policy actions EXCEPT?

de-escalation of the Cold War through the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT).

President John F. Kennedy was not able to see his New Frontier agenda passed; however President Lyndon B. Johnson’s legislation combatting racism and his war on poverty included all of the following EXCEPT which legislation?

Desegregation Act of 1966

I wrote The Feminine Mystique that articulated the dissatisfaction of white suburban women to traditional gender roles of marriage, children, and homemaking.
Who was ?

Betty Friedan

In his 1961 inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy challenged Americans to

"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country"

President Lyndon B. Johnson escalated U.S. involement in Vietnam after the passage of what?

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution