Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39

According to John Green, the 1950s is called the period of what?

• Consensus

• Diversity

• Equality

• Nonconformity

Give two reasons John Green refers to the 1950s as a "consensus" culture. (Pick 2)

• Affluence

• Civil Rights Movement

• Trustbusting

• Economic Recession

• Cold War

According to Eric Foner,"By 1960, an estimated 60 percent of Americans enjoyed what the
government defined as _________.”

• a middle class standard of living

• an upper class standard of living

• freedom from Communist threat

• equal rights and protections under the Constitution

What core values did most Americans believe in by the 1950s? (select all that apply)

• Value in Diversity

• Belief in Equal Opportunity

• Respect for Private Property

• Individualism

What were some of the criticisms of American 1950s society? (Pick 2)

• People of giving in too much to conformity and are not truly independent

• We should question a society that will pay for new missiles and new cars but not new schools

• All immigrants and peoples not originally from North America are a threat to capitalism and should return to their homelands

• A nation so afraid of Communism cannot have true confidence in Democracy

Suburbs that sprang up during the 1950's were almost completely white, and remained that way for decades.

• True

• False

Before Brown v. Board of Education, what happened in California relating to school segregation?

• Matthews v. Sacramento ruled segregation in California was legal as long as minorities also were granted access to an education

• Plessy v. Ferguson ruled Los Angeles had to desegregate all public schools

• Mendez v. Westminster ruled Orange County had been discriminating against Latinos

The NAACP, led by Thurgood Marshall, challenged the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that stated:

• all public facilities are to be separate but equal

• all public accommodations must be open to all

• all public facilities are equal for all races but separate for men and women

How did Southern states engage in "massive resistance" to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education requiring desegregation? (Select all that apply)

• States began to re-institute slavery for the first time since the Civil War ended

• States began to fly the
  Confederate Battle flag over their state capitol buildings

• A number of counties in states, rather than integrate their schools, closed them

• Some cities passed "Grandfather Clauses" stating people could not legally hold jobs unless the grandfathers could have also legally held that position during their working years

What was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

• A coalition of black civil right leaders and Church leaders who pushed for integration

• A group of judges across the South that actively supported civil rights cases

• An organization of the South that argued segregation was supported by the Bible