Review

The Supreme Court recognized as a Constitutional

right in its 1966 decision that requires suspects be informed of their Fifth & Sixth Amendment rights "prior to interrogation" if their statements are to be used against

them in court.

• Roe Decision

• Wade's Rule

• Miranda Rule­

• Equal Rights

Brown V. Board of Education

• Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional

• Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as the facilities for blacks and whites were equal.

• All state laws prohibiting abortions were made unconstitutional based on a woman's right to privacy

• Ruled that a defendant in a felony trial must be provided a lawyer free of charge if the defendant cannot afford one.

_____________ rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the ruling of unsegregated public places.

• Freedom Rides

• National Organization for Women

• United Farm Workers

• Counterculture

What president assured the nation that "we shall overcome" when he signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He also took steps to end discrimination earlier when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry Truman

held hearings headed by Senator McCarthy to root put possible communists in the government and society

• Sunbelt

• Conformity

• House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

• Mass Media

a law formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act which provided low-interest loans or other benefits to World War II veterans seeking education, business opportunities, and homes

• Fair Deal

• Great Society

• G.I. Bill of Rights

• House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

What was the GI Bill?

• Helped Veterans afford houses

• Helped people named Bill buy a house

• Discrimination bill against African Americans

Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?

• high culture

• stay-at-home moms

• suburban conformity

• planned obsolescence

After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.

• television

• YouTube

• internet

• community swimming pool

Which of following accurately describes the expected role of women in the 1950s?

• Politically Active 
• Happy Housewife
• Majority Income Earner
• Single Mothers