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Unit 6 Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Explain the ruling in Plessy V. Ferguson | -Legal Justification for segregation laws . -Jim Crow laws |
| 2. What law/act made it easier and safer for African Americans to vote | Voting rights act of 1965 |
| 3. Explain the goal of the 1961 Freedom Rides | To have federal government enforce supreme court against discrimination on interstate buses |
| 4. List the differences between MLK and Huey Newton | MLK was in southern Christian leadership conference and wanted non violate civil disobedience. Huey Newton was in Black Panthers and he wanted violence by any means necessary |
| 5.How did the Orval faubus try to stop the "Little Rock 9"? | Orval faubus refused to integrate Little Rock central HS |
| 6.How did president eisenhower respond to the "Little Rock 9"? | Eisenhower enforced integration with federal troops |
| 7.Who ordered the integration of the military/ what was the order #? | President Trumen ordered the integration ordered the integration of the military executive order 9981 |
| 8.Why did the HUAC go after Hollywood | Fear of communism infiltrating the entertainment industry |
| 9.What did the Soviet Union do that caused the US to spend more money on technology and weapons | Soviet launched Sputnik (satellite) into space |
| 10.What was the name of the witch-hunt movement in the 50s where people were being accused and arrested for being communist without any evidence | McCarthyism |
| 11.Why did the United States send troops to korea | North Korea (communist) invaded south Korea (democratic) |
| 12.Define Containment.Provide 3 examples | Containment is the spread of communism . 3 examples are truman doctrine, Korean war, and the Berlin blockade |
| 13.What will be the impact of the increase of births in the US (baby boom) | the growth of suburbs |
| 14.what is NATO? Goal of NATO? | NATO is a military alliance. Goal is to have a rapid military response to communist aggression |
| 15.What did the Marshall plan provide?To what countries?What policy supported the Marshall Plan? | Provided economic $$$$$ aid, to western European countries , supported by the Truman doctrine |
| 16.Why did the US prospers economically in the 1950s | American production for recovering war-torn countries . Dramatic increase in the standard living |
| 17.What was the effect of Rock and roll on 1950s society | Created a generation gap between youth and parents |
| 18.What were vaccines like the polio vaccines developed during the 20th century | to prevent the outbreak of disease like polio |
| 19.what part of the cold war began after the US dropped the atomic bomb to end WW2 | The arms race |
| 20.What is one significant factor that contributed the emergence of the Beat generation?What impact did this factor have on the movement? | Disillusioned with American consumerism and conformity culture. Literary self expression and nonconformity with the mainstream culture |
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