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1. How did the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and Rosa Parks’ arrest affect change?
The Montgomery Bus Boycotts and Rosa Parks arrest affected change by leading to
the integration of the cities buses.
2. What was the purpose of the SCLC, SNCC, and NAACP?
The purpose of the SCLC, SNCC, AND NAACP was they aimed to achieve racial equality
through legal and political means.
3. What was the Freedom Rider movement?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was an act that banned literacy tests and set federal
voting officials into the South to protect voters.
12. What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was voter turnout and registration
increased among black citizens & African Americans elected black politicians for the
1st time since Reconstruction.
13. How are Cesar Chavez and MLK similar?
The Freedom Rider was a movement where people apart of the SNCC who rode buses
throughout the South to test wether integration orders being enforced.
4. What method does MLK admit to in his Letter from Birmingham Jail?
The method MLK admit to in his Letter from Birmingham Jail was
5. How did increased news coverage of the civil rights movement impact America?
The increased new coverage of the civil rights movement impacted America by
spreading more awareness about violence attached to segregation. Example:TV reports
of violence in Birmingham made it difficult for average Americans to ignore segregation
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Public outrage over police brutality forced Birmingham officials to end
segregation
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Events in Birmingham revealed the need for greater action by the national
government.
14. Who did Cesar Chavez support and how did he advocate for civil rights?
Caesar Chavez supported to improve the lives of “Chicanos”
, he advocated
for civil rights by organizing the United Farm Workers and helped gain better
pay, union recognition, and better working conditions for farm laborers
through civil disobedience.
15. What happened after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated?
After Marin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated the civil rights movement turned from
non-violent to embracing African Culture & black pride.
16. What was the Bay of Pigs?
The bay of pigs was when the CIA trained Cuban exiles to invade the island and
overthrow Castro. In 1961, JFK authorized the plan, but the Bay of Pigs invasion failed
after JFK called off air strikes on Cuba so he took responsibility for the
failure.Afterwards, Khrushchev promised to defend Cuba from the US
6. What was significant about the March on Washington?
The significance of the March on Washington was
7. What was the main point of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech?
The main point of MLK’S “I have a dream speech” was to have a future without
prejudice or segregation.
8. What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an act that outlawed discrimination based on race,
religion, and gender and ended most jim crow laws.
9. How did the Civil Rights Act influence schools?
The civil rights act influenced schools by
10. What was the Freedom Summer Project?
The Freedom Summer Project was a movement that white & black college students took
part in Freedom Summer to help register African American voters in Mississippi.
11. What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
17. Why did Castro welcome the installation of Soviet missiles?
18. Why did Americans fear missiles in Cuba?
Americans feared missiles in Cuba because if assembled Soviet ICBMS in cuba would
give the soviet union first strike capability on U.S targets.
19. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The Cuban Missile Crises ended because JFK warned he would not allow nuclear
missiles in Cuba.
20. Why did the United States get involved in the conflict in Vietnam?
The United States got involved in the conflict in Vietnam because the US was
committed to containing communism and the spread of communism In Asia led the US
to become involved.
21. Why is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution significant?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was significant because it gave Lyndon Johnson broad
powers to “defend Vietnam at any cost”
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22. How did the public react to the Tet Offensive?
The public reacted to the Tet Offensive
23. How did Americans feel about the Vietnam War after seeing it on television?
Americans did not support the Vietnam War after seeing it on television.
24. What was significant about the Election of 1960?
It was significant because it marked a turning point in US politics between Republican
Richard Nixon who has experience and Democratic John F. Kennedy.
25. How did TV impact the Election of 1960?
Tv impacted the Election of 1960 by being the first time presidential debates were on TV
which helped JFK win the election and marked the beginning of TV dominance in
politics.
26. What was the greatest impact of JFK’s assassination?
27. What was Johnson’s “Great Society”?
28. What is the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
29. What happened to Robert F. Kennedy?
30. Why was Nixon elected president in 1968?
Republican Richard Nixon took advantage of the divided Democrats and won