Transcript Standard 23 Powerpoint with questions

Standard 23
The student will describe and
assess the impact of political
developments between 1945 and
1970.
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The Warren Court
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Led by Chief Justice Earl
Warren
the Court expanded
• civil rights and liberties,
• the judicial power,
• the federal governmental
power
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It brought an end to
• segregation,
• staff-led mandatory
school prayer
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recognized as a high
point in judicial power.
Miranda v. Arizona
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The decision stated that
a defendant must be
informed of the right to
consult with an attorney
before and during
questioning and of the
right against selfincrimination prior to
questioning by police,
and that the defendant
understand these
rights.
A defendant may
voluntarily waive these
rights.
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The Warren Court can BEST be
described as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Very conservative.
Anti-civil rights.
Socially active.
Favoring less government.
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The Supreme Court’s ruling in the
Miranda case officially established
that
A. Mexican immigrants must be treated equal to whites.
B. Law enforcement officials must have a warrant before
conducting a search.
C. Anyone arrested of a crime must be informed of their
rights to an attorney and their right not to incriminate
themselves.
D. The government must provide lawyers for criminal
defendants who cannot afford to hire their own.
B
The Assassination of JFK
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Kennedy was
fatally wounded by
gunshots while
riding with his wife
Jacqueline in a
Presidential
motorcade in
Dallas, Texas.
He was killed by
Lee Harvey
Oswald.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Kennedy’s
assassination
placed Lyndon B.
Johnson in the
presidency.
Johnson forced the
Civil Rights Act
through Congress
in memoriam of
Kennedy.
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Kennedy and Johnson’s attitudes
toward civil rights can best be
described how?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Supportive
The opposed civil rights
Indifferent
Suspicious
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In what way did the assassination of
John F. Kennedy affect civil rights?
A. The passage of civil rights legislation was
postponed several years.
B. Civil rights suffered as conservatives quickly
rose to power.
C. Civil rights legislation likely passed quicker
thanks to the efforts of Lyndon Johnson.
D. It had no effect.
C
The Great Society
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A set of domestic
programs proposed or
enacted in the United
States on the initiative
of President Lyndon B.
Johnson.
The two main goals of
the Great Society
were the elimination
of poverty and of
racial injustice.
Medicare
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Medicare is a social
insurance program
administered by the
United States
government, providing
health insurance
coverage to people
who are aged 65 and
over.
It was one of the
programs from the
Great Society.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
described his domestic plan for the
nation as
A. A “Great Society” meant to end
poverty.
B. A step back from the New Deal.
C. A “New Conservatism.”
D. The “Second New Deal.”
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Which of the following presidents had
the MOST in common in terms of
domestic policy?
A. Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon
Johnson
B. Harry Truman and Richard Nixon
C. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan
D. George Washington and Theodore
Roosevelt
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Under Johnson’s domestic programs,
a lower-income, elderly person would
benefit most from which of the
following?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Job Corps
Head Start
VISTA
Medicare
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The purpose of Lyndon Johnson’s
“Great Society” was to
A. Root out communism in the federal
government.
B. End poverty in the United States.
C. Slow down the pace of civil rights in
the South.
D. Win support for the war in Vietnam.
D
The Assassinations of 1968
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Martin Luther King Jr. was
assassinated in Memphis,
Tennessee on April 4, 1968, by
James Earl Ray.
Robert F. Kennedy, a United
States Senator and brother of
assassinated President John F.
Kennedy, was assassinated on
June 5, 1968 in Los Angeles,
California.
He was killed during
celebrations of his successful
campaign in the Californian
primary elections while seeking
the Democratic nomination for
President of the United States.
He was killed by Sirhan Sirhan.
The Democratic National
Convention
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The convention was
held at the
International
Amphitheatre in
Chicago, Illinois, from
August 26 to August
29, 1968.
The proceedings
garnered its media
attention and
notoriety because of
the large number of
demonstrators and
the use of force by the
Chicago police.
Unit 5 Book Questions
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