H56-1960s


 * 1960s PRESENTATIONS **
 * All information, evidence, and materials from the presentation must be uploaded to this wiki.
 * Effectively present in-depth information that meets YOUR learning target(s).
 * Explain YOUR cultural __topic__(s) and how/why they are significant to the decade
 * Presentation must be **creative and unique**, allowing the audience to **experience** the decade (do not rely solely on a PowerPoint presentation)
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 * 1960s ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS: **
 * All questions on the Assessment Question sheet are included and answered correctly and thoroughly on this wiki page.
 * Thoroughly explains the answers to the questions related to his/her learning targets.
 * Answers are supplemented by examples, images, charts and/or graphs.

1. What were the roots of the civil rights movement? Answer: All of the above were roots of the civil rights movement, however, Brown vs. Board of __Education__ was the earliest root. Brown vs. Board __Education__ - Supreme Court case that declared "seperate but equal" public __schools__ unconstituional Little Rock Nine - Nine African __American__ __students__ who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas Montgomery Bus __Boycott__ - a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional
 * Brown v. of __Education__ (1954)
 * Little Rock Nine (1957)
 * Montgomery Bus __Boycott__ (1955)



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2. Which of the following made segregation illegal <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. Plessy vs. Ferguson B. Brown vs. Board of Education <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. ERA <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. 20th Amendment <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">3. What court case did Brown v. Board of Education overturn? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. Roe v. Wade <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. Texas v. Johnson <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. Plessy v. Ferguson <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. Gideon v. Wainwright <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">E. Dred Scott v. Sanford



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">4. Purposely defying a law to challenge an unjust law is known as. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. containment <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. planned __obsolescence__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. soul force <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. civil disobedience <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">E. freedom ride

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5. Which of the following was NOT used by African Americans desiring equality in the period following World War II to 1960? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. Calls for widespread violent demonstrations and responses by Blacks to mistreatments. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. nonviolent sit-ins in places where segregation was taking place. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. boycotts to economically hurt racist white businesses <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. formation of Civil Rights groups (to organize grass root efforts (freedom rides, marches, etc.) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">E. Groups like the NAACP used the courts as a means to change racist policies. They brought a series of cases demanding equal treatment.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">6. What were the positive social and cultural changes of the 1960s? ANSWER: In the 1960’s __American__ __culture__ began to diversify. During this time Americans were __working__ for equality for all people. African Americans, gay rights activists, women, and other minorities started to be recognized as equal to all US citizens. African Americans, led by Malcom x and Martin Luther King Jr., protested for equality. These protests were both violent and non-violent. The Equal Pay act made it illegal from female workers to be payed less than male workers for the same job. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">7. What were the negative social and cultural changes of the 1960s? ANSWER: Throughout the 60's drug use became more and more popular. There was also an increase in urban violence due to racism. Also President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">8. What domestic and foreign challenges were facing the U.S. at the start of the 1960s? ANSWER: The other challenges being faced during the 1960's was the "space race" between the USSR and the US. Between the two nations, they focused on attaining firsts in space exploration, which were seen as necessary for national security and symbolic of technological and ideological superiority. The Space Race involved pioneering efforts to launch a rtificial satellites, sub-orbital and orbital h uman spaceflight around the Earth, and piloted voyages to the Moon.



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">9. The thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962 <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. brought the world’s two superpowers dangerously close to nuclear war. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. followed the accidental firing of a missile at the U.S. Guantanamo naval base. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. weakened President Kennedy’s international standing. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. ended with Fidel Castro’s promise to hold democratic elections in Cuba.



<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">10.In response to finding Soviet missile sites in Cuba, JFK <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. blockaded the island of Cuba <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. orders the Bay of Pigs invasion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. launched attacks on the missile sites <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. sank a number of Russian ships E. called up coach Holzer



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">11. What were President Kennedy’s motivations for increasing involvement in Vietnam? ANSWER:He wanted to contain and stop the spread of communism.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">12. What were the major accomplishments of LBJ’s Great Society? ANSWER: His plan for the Great Society made major contributions that were significant to the protection of civil rights and the expansion of social programs to help the country (like the Jobs Corporation,Medicare, and Medicaid). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">13. Johnson’s Great Society contained <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. The War on Poverty <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. Medicare <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. Medicaid <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. all of the above

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">14.How did the Kennedy and Johnson administrations exemplify a liberal vision of federal government? ANSWER: President John F. Kennedy made the presidency seem more down to earth with his appearance, his cool but intellectual personality and his handsome features. Kennedy also pushed his agenda that was know as the "New Frontier". This involved fixing the economy's state and helping the poverty struck.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">15. What difficulties did JFK face in getting civil rights legislation passed? ANSWER: When trying to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed, the nonviolent protests of Birmingham forced President Kennedy to take a stand on civil right. Most of his aides feared that taking a stand would split the Democratic Party and ruin Kennedy's chances for the re-election. Despite of this, Kennedy asked congress to "enact legislation giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public."

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">16. Explain the Gulf of Tonkin incident and its significance to American foreign policy? How did LBJ respond to the incident? What considerations, domestic and international, contributed to his course of action? ANSWER: In August of 1964, what became know as the Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred and didn't go with what was America's foreign policy. It was thought by the public and by Congress that two American ships in water near Vietnam were attacked. In defense to this President Lyndon B. Johnson used the "unprovoked attacks" that weren't really true to urge America to expand the war efforts. He got whatver means he thought were necessary to win the war after Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. LBJ was happy about expanding the war efforts, but really he just made Congress and America not use constitutional power to declare war and the fairness of it was not right not only to Vietnam but to America, it's citizens rights, and foreign policy that we had at the time.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">17. What was LBJ’s strategy for the war in Vietnam? Why wasn’t this strategy successful? ANSWER: President Lyndon B. Johnson's strategy for the war in Vietnam was to overwhelm with lots of air forces and take down quickly. The plan was to take down the transportation passageways that Vietnam was using for war supplies so obviously their forces couldn't be supplied with the things they needed any longer. The fighting that was actually going on was going well for the US but it was the plan of taking down the transportation that didn't go well. Vietnam quickly repaired any damage causing the plan to fail.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">18. The item that gave President Lyndon Johnson to use whatever means necessary to win the Vietnam War? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. The Tet Offensive <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. The Emancipation Vietnamization <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. The Viet Cong Conclusion <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. The Gulf of Tonkin Bill of Rights <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">E. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">19.The Viet Cong were: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. Japanese immigrants from Hong Kong who provided the South Vietnamese with weapons and technology <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. Vietnamese people who fought on the American side <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. an underground guerilla army formed by North Vietnam <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. a type of Vietnamese soldier for south Vietnam <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">E. a grenade made by Japanese immigrants from Hong Kong <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">