Study Guide Seventeen

Domestic Politics of the 1960s:

Great Society and Civil Rights

FINAL EXAM

NOTE: If you can answer these questions satisfactorily, you should do well on this section of the final exam. The material below consists of important material from the lecture. Questions on the test will be largely taken from this material.

Terms (definition and significance):

John F. Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Kennedy-Nixon Debates

New Frontier

War on Poverty

Kennedy Assassination

Lyndon Johnson

Barry Goldwater

Medicare/Medicaid

Woolworth’s Lunch Counter Sit-In

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Rosa Parks

Congress on Racial Equality

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Martin Luther King

Black Muslims

Great Society

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Westberry v. Sanders 1964

Black Power

Watts Riot 1965

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Cesar Chavez

Betty Friedan/Feminine Mystique

Questions to Think About:

Including television, what were the things that helped John F. Kennedy to defeat Richard Nixon?

What were Kennedy’s economic policies and how did Johnson continue those policies?

What were the issues during the presidential election of 1964 between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater?

How did the Great Society and the War on Poverty attempt to transform American Society?

What were the accomplishments and problems of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960s?

How did white racism and black separatism effect the Civil Rights movement?

What were the issues that effected American Indians and their place in American society?

What were the issues that effected Hispanic Americans and their place in American society?

How did American women fare in terms of gains in their civil rights during the 1960s and 1970s?