Z15-1960s


 * 1960s PRESENTATIONS **
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 * 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: **
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 * Thoroughly explains the answers to the questions related to his/her learning targets.
 * Answers are supplemented by examples, images, charts and/or graphs.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. What were the roots of the civil rights movement? ANSWER:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Little Rock Nine (1957)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">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. Plessey V Ferguson <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. Brown V 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;">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

<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?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964- banned discrimination in employment and public goods

•Affirmative Action- programs that encouraged hiring women and minorities, aimed at promoting equal opportunity

•Voting Rights Act of 1965- outlawed discriminatory voting practices

•Equal Pay Act of 1963- the act’s goal was to make wage disparity based on sex discrimination illegal

•Economic Opportunity Act of 1964- pivotal to Johnson's Great Society campaign and his goal of fighting poverty, the act was made of several social programs to promote the health, education, and general welfare of the impoverished

•Higher Education Act of 1965- increased federal money given to universities, created scholarships, and gave low-interest loans for students

•Elementary and Secondary Schools Act of 1965- funded elementary and secondary schools

•Medicaid Act of 1968- paid for the medical expenses of the poor, and Medicare

provided medical insurance to older Americans under the Social Security system

•Fair Housing Act- made discrimination in the sale or rental of housing illegal

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">7. What were the negative social and cultural changes of the 1960s? • Radical changes in government and beliefs threatened the way of life of more conservative people •Native Americans at this time experienced a great deal of racism

•Changing ways of life also brought an increase in crime rates, drug usage, and the spread of STDs

•Large disparity in wealth

•Materialistic views remained after the 50’s

<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: Domestic- Cuban Missile Crisis: The united States found Soviet nuclear weaponry in Cuba pointed towards the United States Bay Of Pigs: Unsuccessful CIA led operation to overthrow Fidel Castro (leader of Cuba) Kennedy's new Frontier: His government plan to help the economy by increasing government spending, keeping steel prices low, reducing taxes, and providing the poor in America with financial assistance.

Foreign- China's First Atomic Bomb: The United States was worried about China's rapid growth in the development, production, and testing of nuclear weaponry. Officials were even scares that a possible alliance could be made between china and Japan to seek revenge on the United States.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">9. The thirteen-day Cuban missile crisis of 1962 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. Because the United States was democratic and the USSR was communist, finding nuclear weapons in Cuba belonging to the USSR made the United States very on edge. The missiles were pointed towards our homeland and many were worried that Cuba was using it's close proximity to the US to team up with the USSR and launch nuclear weapons onto our land. If that were to occur, the US would fire back and a nuclear "World War three" would have likely began. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">10.In response to finding Soviet missile sites in Cuba, JFK 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

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">11. What were President Kennedy’s motivations for increasing involvement in Vietnam? ANSWER: Kennedy was scared that if Vietnam failed, like the bay of pigs invasion and other failed attempts, US alliancesd would diminish and the government would lose support of the people. Also, Kennedy believed in the domino theory which in turn caused him to believe that if South Vietnam fell to communist powers, Asia might entirely.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">12. What were the major accomplishments of LBJ’s Great Society? ANSWER:
 * War on Poverty
 * Medicare-National health insurance for people over 65
 * Medicaid-program that provides free health care to the needy.
 * Funding for Education-Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 provide $1.3 billion in aid to schools in poor areas
 * Urban rewal and housing assistance-Department of Housing and Urban Development oversaw federal housing programs
 * Quality of life-Supported the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which offered educational televion programming



<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: Both presidents issued more government involvement. For example, Kennedy's New Frontier called for an increase in government spending and more involvement by the government to help bail the United States out of the slump they were in at the time. Similarly, LBJ's Great Society also used government in a way that exemplifies a liberal vision of federal government.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">15. What difficulties did JFK face in getting civil rights legislation passed? ANSWER: JFK faced a lot of harsh words while fighting for civil rights. He was threatened with major voting decreases in the southern states by those who believed African Americans should not have rights. Also, Kennedy faced a congress that contained many congressmen who were not in support of the civil rights legislation. Many thought that Kennedy was trying to do too much at one time in an effort get the legislation passed.

<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: The Gulf Of Tonkin happened in August 1964. North Vietnamese ships attacked two US ships in the Gulf of Tonkin near Vietnam. Johnson said the US did not do anything to deserve these attacks. After this claim, the US government passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution that stated the president could, "take all necessary measures to repel armed attacks against the US."

<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:LBJ wanted to use air power to win in Vietnam. He put into effect Operation rolling Thunder which was a bombing campaign in the north. This was put in place to weaken the enemy's will to fight. This was unsuccessful because the vietcong repaired lines of transportation and built many facilities underground.

<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 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 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 The Viet Cong were an underground guerilla army formed by North Vietnam