Cards in this guide (12)
What is the best evidence of the rise of consumer culture during the 1950s and 1960s
the rapid spread of the shopping mall
How did the NAACP fight segregation
Some ways that the NAACP fought segregation was:
- By fighting inequality in public schools
- By proving that schools were not equal
- By bringing lawsuits
How did Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson differ
- -Robinson's stand made him more popular than Robeson
- -Robeson took a more radical approach to equality than Robinson
- -Robeson spoke well of the Soviet Union, Robinson did not
- -Robinson's stand made him more popular than Robeson
What was the result of Bill Russell speaking out about racism and a lack of equality in America
Bill Russell became less popular around the nation after speaking out about racism and a lack of equality in America.
What was the advantage to the NAACP legal team in obtaining desegregated law schools
States were unlikely to want to spend money to make black
schools equal.
Why did Franklin Delano Roosevelt agree to desegregate the defense industry
He feared a march on Washington by African Americans would be
bad for the war effort.
What reforms of the fair deal did not happen
What does G you bill stand for
If you mean GI, Government issue-refers to veterans of the armed
forces.
What short time back did sit ins and other civil rights protest have on life in the south
The short term effect that sit ins and other civil rights
protest have on life in the south is that businesses suffered from
the mass actions.
What of the following helped lead to U.S. economic growth in the 1950s
the growth of domestic consumerism
Many southern states tried to block school desegregation by what
By closing schools or ending their funding, by paying for white students to attend private schools, and by requiring tests for black students
Which of these was not a result of the red scare
President Truman spoke out against witch-hunting