Chapters 28 & 29

Study Guide

Please review the following terms, names, and short answer questions for your test on chapters 28 & 29. On Friday, May 23^rd, there will be some class time set aside for you to bring in sample written out answers to the short answer questions on the study guide. I will go over your answers with you, with the objective of helping you formulate your best possible response to the questions. Please come to class with written out responses. There will be no class time to write responses.

28.2-The Korean War and McCarthyism

Mao Zedong

38^th Parallel

Arms Race

Joseph McCarthy

Brinkmanship

H-bomb

Short Answer Questions from 28.2

How was McCarthy able to gain such a powerful hold on the government and the American public?

Why did the U.S. become so involved in the Korean War?

What were the terms of the 1953 cease-fire?

Why did the U.S. rear of communism increase after Mao Zedong came to power?

29.1-Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

SCLC

SNCC

Sit-ins

Thurgood Marshall

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Short Answer Questions from 29.1

How is the Holocaust connected to the start of the Civil Rights Movement?

How did African American soldiers feel after coming home from fighting in Europe?

Explain the objective of the March on Washington in 1963.

What effect did the movement of African Americans to cities have on the civil rights movement?

What was the reaction of Southern whites to the civil rights victories for blacks?

29.2-Kennedy, Johnson, & Civil Rights

CORE

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Freedom Ride

Malcolm X

Voting Rights Act

Short Answer Questions from 29.2

Why did civil rights leaders choose Birmingham as a location for protests?

How did the assassination of JFK affect the civil rights movement?

How did the Great Society help the poor, disenfranchised, and elderly?

What were the two sides of the civil rights movement? Explain the “charge” for each side.

29.3-The Equal Rights Struggle Expands

Ceasar Chavez

NCAI

NOW

ERA of 1972

Termination Policy

Betty Friedan

Short Answer Questions from 29.3

What were the Latinos pushing for in their movement? Why?

What encouraged the Native Americans to push for equal/better rights for their people?

What kinds of discriminations did women face in the 1960’s?

What were the goals of NOW?

How did farm workers participate in the equal rights movement?