60s & Vietnam War Day 2 Warmup

Resulted in consumer spending, growth of the middle class, and led to interstate highway system

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Economic prosperity
• March on Washington
• Unconstitutional programs

Required desegregation of schools, NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall helped argue the case

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Economic prosperity
• March on Washington
• Unconstitutional programs

Supreme Court used 10th Amendment to overturn some New Deal programs

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Economic prosperity
• March on Washington
• Unconstitutional programs

Nonviolent protest aimed to improve political rights and economic opportunities to minorities

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Economic prosperity
• March on Washington
• Unconstitutional programs

Part A Based on the excerpt, what was President Kennedy’s MAIN goal after he took office?

• He wanted to create jobs and get people back to work under New Deal policies.

• He hoped to put a man on the moon before 1970.

• He proposed giving money to U.S. allies to help develop a space program in Europe.

• He planned on running the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Part B Which statement provides evidence for the answer to Part A?

• “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things…”

• “has already created a great number of new companies, and tens of thousands of new jobs.”

• “…the National Aeronautics and Space Administration expects to double the number of scientists and engineers…”

• “To be sure, all this costs us all a good deal of money…”

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?

• It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites.
• It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes.
• It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns.
• It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.

What is one way to describe the developments shown below?

• Effects of programs to monitor national security
• Conclusions from research conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency
• Program results of the Federal Civil Defense Administration
• Practical applications of technologies developed for spaceflight