Unit 7: Evolving American Culture & Rights, 1946-1968

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was significant because it

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?

What march inspired the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

This was a common name for segregation laws in the South.

Medicare provides medical insurance for the

What was the name of President Johnson's plan to eliminate poverty?

The Supreme Court ruled in Brown II that schools must desegregate

This Supreme Court decision said that segregated schools were "inherently unequal." 

What law eliminated literacy tests and poll taxes? 

Which court case established "separate but equal" WAS constitutional? 

This group produced important literary works in which they criticized the conformity the 1950s.

In the 1st TV presidential debate (1960), which candidate appeared nervous and sweaty and lost?

Which strategy did students use when they refused to leave a “whitesonly” lunch counter?

This marketing strategy encouraged consumers to buy goods by showing them their products.

What was JFK's domestic reform program called? 

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the prosperity of the 1950s? 

Which of these described civil disobedience?

This term refers to the post World War II generation that was born between 1946 and 1964. 

What item in the household took center stage in family life in the 1950s?

This group tested the Supreme Court's decision banning segregation on interstate bus routes. 

This group the formed as a community organization to help and protect blacks in Oakland, CA. 

Freedom Summer was a time when activists worked to

What bill gave financial and educational aid to soldiers returning from WWII? 

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, a bus boycott was arranged in this city. 

What are special efforts to hire or enroll members of groups who have suffered discrimination?

This man was a lawyer for the NAACP and helped win Supreme Court cases for desegregation. 

This type of segregation results from laws. 

William Levitt contributed to the growth of the suburbs by

One "tool" that helped bring national attention to the civil rights movement was the

True or False: Malcolm X blamed whites and wanted to be separate from them.