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Study Guide for USII.8e-9dReview for Quiz

1.What is segregation? The separation of races

2.List the 3 effects of segregation:

*Separate educational facilities

*Separate public facilities

*Social isolation of races

3.List 3 examples of separate public facilities:

*Restrooms

*Restaurants

*Drinking Fountains

4.“Separate but equal” was the ruling of what case? Plessy v. Ferguson

5.What court case determined “separate but equal” to be unconstitutional

and led to the desegregation of schools? Brown v. Board of Education

6.Who practiced passive resistance against segregated facilities?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

7.What is Rosa Parks is known for? Montgomery Bus Boycott

8.Organized protests included:

*Freedom Riders

*Marches

*Sit-Ins

9.What does the NAACP stands for?National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People

10.The NAACP challenged: The desegregation of public schools in the 1950’s

11.This act barred segregation in public places, authorized desegregation of public schools, and made it illegal to discriminate in employment on the basis of gender-

The Civil Rights Act

12. The Civil Rights Act was passed in what year? 1964

13.This legislation made the federal government supervise state elections

to ensure African Americans right to vote-

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

14. What women’s organization supported the movement for “equal pay for equal work”?

NOW

15.Workplace disadvantages for women included discrimination in hiring practices

16. Women were paid lessthan men for doing the same job.

17.Federal legislation improved conditions for women byforcing colleges to give women equal athletic opportunities.

18. Despite its failure, and a focus on equal opportunity employment, this

Amendment created a wider range of options and advancement for

women in business and public service-

TheEqual Rights Amendment

19. This movement resulted in legislation that ensured constitutional

rights to all citizens regardless of race-

The Civil Rights Movement

20. What legislation led to increased educational, economic, and

political opportunities for women and minorities?

TheCivil Rights Legislation

21. List the 7 industries that benefited from new technologies:

1. Airline/Jets 4. Internet 7.Automobile/Interstate Highway System

2. Computer 5.Exploration of Space

3. Satellite 6.Entertainment and News Media

22. The impact of new technologies on American life included increaseddomestic and internationaltravel for business and pleasure, greater access to newsand other information, cheaper and more convenient means ofcommunication greater access toheating and air-conditioning , and decreased regional variation.

23.Between the end of WWII and the present, the world has been marked by an increase

in globalization and interdependence.

24.Globalization is the linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and communication and involves increased integration of different societies.

25.The Impact of Globalization on American Life includes: improvement of all

communication such as travel, telecommunications and theinternet, the availability of a wide variety of foreign-made goods and services, andoutsourcing of jobs.

26. Next to each name, fill in the category in which each person was famous for:

Science / Culture / Academics / Economics
Charles Drew/Blood plasma / Frank Wright/Architecture / Henry Gates/History / Ray Kroc/Franchising/
McDonald’s
J.R.Oppenheimer/Physics/Manhattan Project Team / Martha Graham/Dance / Maya Angelou/Literature / Bill Gates/Computer Technology’
Microsoft

27. American foreign policy, immigration policies, energy policies, and environmental policies have affected people in both the United States and in other Countries

28. Foreign Policy: increase inTerrorist activities, conflicts in the Middle East and changing Relationships with Nations

29. Immigration Policy: changing Immigration patterns; Hispanic and Asian Americans.

30. Global Environment Policy: policies to protect the environment, global climate change, conservation ofwater and other natural resources.

31. Other issues: Energy issues (dependence on foreign oil and world health issues (global pandemics like the swine flu).