History Final Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What was the Hollywood 10 | actors, writers, and directors that were black listed bc government thought they were communist |
| who was against the Hollywood 10 | Ronald Regean and Congress |
| Who is Paul Robeson? | singer, actor, activist who was subversive and due to being friends with people like Emma Goldmen he was blacklisted as well -also worked at law firm before becoming actor |
| What is something the Hollywood 10 did that irritated HUAC? | they did not give out names of other communist. |
| What was the HUAC ? | ruled out disloyalty and subversive activties |
| Who was accused in the Whittiker Chambers? | Algar Hiss |
| What was the Whittiker Chambers? | Hiss was accused of being a communist spy "pumpkin papers" (records that he actually was a spy for Russia |
| What happened with the Rosenbergs? | Julius and Ethel were accused of being communist spies and were executed with very little evidence -worked of US Army Signal Corps |
| What were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg members of ? | Young communist league |
| What is McCarthyism? | McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. |
| How did the Cold War effect Civil Rights? | They tried to say that members of the Civil Rights Movement were communist to take their pedestal away |
| What were the Kitchen Debates? | Russia and the US wanted to show off to see who had the better economy...Capitalism vs Communism. The Russian Exibit was in NY -show what kitchen a working class would have |
| What effect did WWII have on America? | The domestic product doubled. It brought America out of the GD |
| What symboled social status in the 50's | The Television |
| What change did the television bring about? | advertising |
| What changed in the labor force in the 1950's? | Women joined the work force |
| What else was a social status besides televisions? | buying cars |
| What kind of jobs did women work? | Clerickal, telephone operators, and other low paying jobs |
| What is conservatism? | less gov involvement, moral aspect to their beliefs, less taxes, less funded programs |
| What is dog-whistling | Speaking to a certain group with codes like "make america great again" which really means "lets get whites back in power with minorities under us" |
| What was the problem with the Vietnam War? | It had nothing to do with America yet they were sending young men at the age of 18+ to go fight against communism |
| What happened with Brown vs. Education? | Oliver and Linda Brown lived in an affluent area and had to drive far to a segregated school and he wanted to fight to get his daughter better education |
| What happened with Brown vs Education vs Topeka Kansas? | Thurgood Marshall overturned "separate, but equal" and it was ruled unconstitutional |
| Were schools automatically desegregated? | No, it was going to be done at "deliberate speed" |
| Who was Kenneth Clark? | known for the doll test which made an influence on the Brown v Eduction |
| What was the SCLC? | The Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| Who was the civil right activist who preached at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church? | MLK |
| What was significant about the 1960 presidential debate | It was the first one televised so people could see the faces of the presidents |
| What gave Kennedy an advantage in the 1960 presidential debate? | He looked more calmer and he was handsome and young. |
| Was MLK Birmingham Letter a letter? | No, it was more like an essay. |
| Why did MLK write the Birm. Letter? | He was arrested in Birmingham Alabama and the clerical (pastors) challenged him and said that he was a stranger stirring up trouble and these are suppose to be Christian men |
| Who was King speaking to in his letter? | Black muslims, moderates (people straddling the fence), black excellence people |
| What was the Southern Strategy? | takes place in the '68 elections under Truman. Trying to get the deep south to vote republican by dogwhisteling |
| Who was Malcom X? | Civil Rights activist who believed in self-defense. Was racist until his 1st visit to Mecca and he came back challenging his people and they killed him |
| Who was the Black Panthers? | A group of African-Americans who protected the community against racist cops and carried around weapons |
| What law did the Black Panther Party inffluence? | The Morphed Act |
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