History final review

Who’s the leader of SCLC and the face of the Civil Rights Movement?

Martin Luther King Jr

Name two people who helped lead sit-in protests in Nashville

Diane Nash and John Lewis

What was Malcolm X’s approach toward civil rights?

more militant and more unpleasant than SCLC’s

Name the person who worked for the NAACP and initiated the effort to desegregate buses?

Rosa Parks

Who’s funeral coverage sparked the Civil Rights Movement?

Emmett Till

What was the main objective of Freedom Summer Campaign?

Registering Black people to vote

What did President Eisenhower believe the role of the state and federal government was the Civil Rights struggle as evidenced by what happened in Little Rock?

That states should obey the orders of the Supreme Court

In what city did children march for Civil Rights and got attacked by fire hoses?

Birmingham, Alabama

What legislation (law) was passed in order to increase participation in the political process (voting)?

Voting Rights Act and 24th Amendment

Which of the following differentiated the Black Panther Party from other civil rights groups?

It was more militant when protecting Black people from police brutality

What piece of technology did the 1960 Presidential race candidates make use of?

Television

What strategies did JFK use to help stimulate the economy

deficit spending, tax cuts for big businesses, creating jobs in the defense industry

What was JFK’s goal in the Space Race?

To put a man on the moon

What was the purpose of Bay of Pigs invasion?

To spark an uprising against Fidel Castro in Cuba

What did JFK’s flexible response plan call for?

A buildup of conventional weapons

What event contributed to Nikita Khrushchev’s decline in popularity in the Soviet Union

The Cuban Missile Crisis - perceived as a humiliating defeat

What was the purpose of the Warren Commission?

To investigate JFK’s assassination

What did LBJ do to honor JFK’s memory after he was assassinated?

He worked to pass the Civil Rights ACt of 1964

What program helped show how LBJ achieved on of the Great Society goals?

reduced the costs of basic healthcare through Medicare for Americans over the age of 65

What was the Jobs Corps created as part of?

War on Poverty

What was an outcome of the Warren Court?

To protect the rights on those accused of a crime - 5th and 6th amendment rights, right to an attorney/fair trial

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