Quiz – Modern U.S.--#2

The organization that argued the Brown v. Board of Education case

NAACP

African American woman whose refusal to give up her bus seat led to

a bus boycott

Rosa Parks

Bus Boycott in this city was led by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Montgomery, Alabama

Organization of which Martin Luther King, Jr. was a key leader

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

The non-violent tactic used by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating

Committee

Sit-ins

The primary purpose of the “Freedom Rides”

Protest segregation in interstate bus transportation

[cf. Morgan v. Virginia]

SCLC protest here led by MLK that included a boycott, demonstrations,

and the arrest of MLK

Birmingham, Alabama

What “Bull” Connor used on protesters in Birmingham

Dogs and fire hoses

What MLK wrote while in jail in Birmingham

his “letters from jail”

The technology that made all Americans aware of the Civil Rights

protests

television

The event at which MLK gave his “I have Dream” speech

March on Washington - 1963

The two laws that are considered to be the direct result of MLK and the

March o Washington

Civil Rights Act of 1964Voting Rights Act of 1965

A 1964 project in Mississippi to register African Americans to vote that led to the deaths of several

volunteers

Freedom Summer (the Mississippi Summer Project)

The 1965 civil rights march from this city to Montgomery was stopped by

police violence

Selma

African American Muslim who encouraged Black Nationalism

Malcolm X

The war that LBJ wanted to fight in America

“war on poverty”

LBJ’s program to eliminate poverty in America

The Great Society

Medical programs established during the LBJ administration

Medicare and Medicaid

Program to help more African Americans to receive government

contract and be accepted into universities

Affirmative Action

The Conflict that kept LBJ from fully funding his war on poverty

Vietnam War

Nixon’s plan to build the Republican party in the south

“the southern strategy”

3 Key environmental laws passed during the Nixon Administration

Clean Air ActClean Water Act

Endangered Species Act

The 1964 resolution that expanded the U.S. role in Vietnam

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Nixon’s program for withdrawing from Vietnam

Vietnamization

Leader of North Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh

Military forces of North Vietnam

Vietminh

Communist rebel forces in South Vietnam

Vietcong

College anti-war demonstration at which National Guard Troops killed

several students

Kent State

defoliant used by the U.S. to destroy jungle areas where the

enemy could hide in Vietnam; later caused cancer among many soldiers

Agent Orange

A gel-like substance that when mixed with a fuel can create

massive fires, killing personnel and destroying buildings

Napalm

The publication of these “secret” documents proved that the

government had not been truthful with the public about the Vietnam

War

The Pentagon Papers

The break in and an subsequent scandal that led to the end of the

Nixon presidency

Watergate

Massacre of innocent Vietnamese by American soldiers; added to the

anti-war fervor

My Lai Massacre

Law passed during Nixon’s presidency to greatly limit the

President ability to take the U.S. into conflicts

War Powers Act of 1973

Political philosophy that believes the government should take a very active role in solving the problems

of society

liberalism

Political philosophy that believe in more limited role for national

government and an emphasis on personal responsibility

Conservatism

Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the U.S.

Roe v. Wade

Movement that began in response to the Roe v. Wade decision

Right to Life

First Woman nominated to the Supreme Court

Sandra Day O’Connor

President who pardoned Richard Nixon

Gerald Ford

Crisis that was a key factor in Jimmy Carter’s loss to Ronald Reagan in

1980

Iran Hostage Crisis

The economic approach of the Reagan presidency

Supply Side (Trickle Down) Economics

The colloquial phrase for Reagan’s approach to economics

Reaganomics

The area of increase spending during the Reagan administration

Defense spending

This term is used to describe the expansion and integration of

worldwide trade networks

globalization

1994 Agreement that lowered tariffs worldwide

GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)

Major Program to improve American Education passed during the George

Bush Administration

No Child Left Behind

What “No Child Left Behind” demanded in order to prove student

improvement

testing

The type of legislation that failed during Bill Clinton’s first term, but

was passed during Barack Obama’s first term

Health care

A major reform legislation passed during Bill Clinton’s administration

Welfare Reform