AP U.S. History Chapter 29 Civil Rights, Viet Nam, & Liberalism

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1. Describe presidential candidate John F. Kennedy’s upbringing and the two concerns regarding his candidacy: ______

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2. Identify and describe Pres. Kennedy’s domestic reforms. List both successes and failures.

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3. Describe Lyndon B. Johnson’s background and his political rise to power: ______

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4. Describe the ‘Great Society’ proposed by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson: ______

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5. Medicare provided federal aid to the elderly for medical expenses. List the concerns of those opposed to this program; explain the benefits as well as how the program would be funded

Concerns / Benefits/Funding

6. Describe the concept of “Community Action” and why it proved to be a failure. ______

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7. Explain the purpose of the Housing Act of 1961: ______

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8. Why was the public concerned about using federal aid for public education. ______

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9. What was the impact of the Immigration Act of 1965? ______

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10. List the failures and accomplishments of the Great Society programs:

Accomplishments / Failures

11. Historians now speak of plural Civil Rights movements. What are these movements? (from inset on pages 812-813) ______

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12. Define & describe members and activities of the following groups/events

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‘Freedom Rides’

13. Explain why President Kennedy sent federal troops to Oxford, Mississippi: ______

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14. Who was Eugene ‘Bull’ Conner and what actions was he responsible for? ______

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15. What was President Kennedy’s response after the murder of NAACP official Medgar Evers and college unrest? ______

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16. Explain the purpose and results of the March on Washington, D.C. in August 1963:

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17. Describe and explain the events and the impact of ‘Freedom Summer’ 1964:

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18. What events helped push the Civil Rights Act of 1965? What was the Act’s purpose? _____

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19. Describe the concept of ‘affirmative action’______

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20. What happened in the Watts district of Los Angeles? What did it trigger during the summer of 1964

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21. What were the findings of the Commission on Civil disorder?______

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22. Describe the new approach of ‘Black Power’ What impact did it have socially and psychologically on African Americans? ______

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23. Discuss the causes for the increasing divide within the Civil Rights movement: ______

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24. Who were the Black Panthers? What was there purpose? ______

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25. Who was Malcolm X? Briefly explain his influence on the Civil Rights movement. ______

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1945 GNP :
1960 GNP:
1930’s Unemployment:
1950’s Unemployment:
Cost of Interstate Highway Program:
Peak economic growth 1950-55:
Decline rate of economic growth
From 1955-60: / Baby boom peak year:
Population 1950:
Population 1960:
% Expansion of suburbs:
Pace of economic growth in comparison to population:
Increase in purchasing power from
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1960 per capita income:

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