HIST 106 1st Edition Final Exam Study Guide 1 Alcatraz a Prison off the shore of San Francisco Bay Occupied by Aboriginal people during the time of Indian revolution They claimed the island under an earlier federal act that gave unoccupied federal land to Indians 2 All Deliberate Speed a Supreme Court s order during Brown vs Board of Education that states act in this manner only to desegregate schools This left a lot of room for states to do what they wanted however they wanted and in no timely manner 3 Alliance for Progress a US spent billions to promote economic growth in Latin America b The main push was for Cuban revolution of 1959 4 Bay of Pigs 1 Trained Cubans are captured immediately by Castro s forces 2 Poor liked Castro so invasion was not seen as beneficial to them 3 Huge disappointment for US and looks really bad on US 5 Black Panther i Formed by Carmichael a Lowndes Country Freedom Organization b Number of black registered voters skyrockets ii Formed to prevent police brutality in primarily black neighborhoods iii Protected blacks 6 Camp David Accords a Peace accord signed by Egypt and Israel brought on by the US Isreal agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt 7 Cesar Chavez i Caesar Chavez gets tired of braceros being hired to work for nothing 1 Start grass rooting boycotts a Grape boycott is the most successful in history ii Chicano Movement 1 El Movimiento 2 Brown Baretts a Followed black panthers on smaller scale b Restored pride in mexicans 8 Civil Rights Act of 1964 i Lead to by end of filibuster 1 Banned discrimination in privately run accommodations for publics 2 Authorized Attorney General to eliminate segregation in schools hospitals playgrounds libraries museums and other public places a Would lost federal funding if not 3 Title VII forbade discrimination in employment in regards to sex race color religions and national origin ii Actually had enforcement power unlike tries before iii Did have resistance still in schools in south and housing in north iv Little immediate impact on daily realities of civil rights activist 9 Committee to Re Elect the President i Americans rallied around LBJ to carry on JFK s legacy ii LBJ and federal government had to be driving force behind social and economic progress 10 Commonwealth of Independent States a The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union 11 Desert Shield a Stage of gulf war before Desert Storm Originally intended to keep Iraq out of Kuwait Made US and Russia diplomatic allies to oust Iraq US gives till Jan 15 to remove troops when Iraq doesn t became Desert Storm and all out military attack 12 D tente a permanent relaxation in international affairs during the Cold War rather than just a temporary relaxation the so called thaw 13 Domino Theory a If one group fell in Asia other countries would soon follow 14 Double V Campaign a Black power movement that wanted a victory over seas for democracy as well as equal treatment on the home front for blacks 15 Ella Baker a Started the Student nonviolent coordinating committee i Felt students should keep away from adult actions ii Most under 22 year olds iii Worked on voter registration campaigns as well 16 Emmett Till i Visiting aunt and uncle in Mississippi ii Whistled at white woman on dare iii Woman s husband kidnaps beats mutilates and kills Till iv Open casket funeral to show world of the evil that had been done 17 Equal Rights Amendment 1 Introduced in every congressional session since 1923 Finally passed and sent to ratification by states in 1972 a had to ratify by 1978 for it to go into effect b Equal rights amendment 18 Eugene McCarthy a Ran against Bobby Kennedy for the democratic presidential vote b Was against the war c When Bobby was assassinated he drops out of the race 19 Evil Empire a Term coined by Regan to describe the Soviets during the Cold War i Mikhail Gorbachev 1 Ended soviet role in conflict 2 Instituted new policies a Glasnost openness b Perestroika restructuring 20 George Wallace a American Independent Party 21 Glasnost and Perestroika a Glasnost openness b Perestroika restructuring 22 Great Society a War on Poverty i National poverty rate had risen again 19 of Americans ii Extended new deal programs that had expanded very little since introduction 1 Loans for small businesses 2 Funding for work study programs 3 Rural development 4 Food stamps 5 Office of economic opportunity established community action programs a Head start job corps VISTA Volunteers in Service to America iii Had room to get programs passed iv LBJ announces even bigger program called Great Society b Big Four Education Medicare Medicaid Immigration Voting Rights Act of 1965 i Federal aid to public education signed bill in one room school house he had attended in TX as kid 1 Dramatically increased federal funding of public education ii Medicare 1 1965 half of elderly had no insurance 2 With this new programs were created that subsidized costs for older Americans 3 Aided 19 million based on age not income iii Medicaid 1 Healthcare for disabled 2 Some people living below poverty line 3 Prior to healthcare had been only for wealthy iv Immigration reform 1 Got rid of national origin quotas from 1920 s 2 Law makers expected mostly Europeans most immigrants came from Latin America and Asia though v Voting Rights Act of 1965 1 Voting had been left out of civil rights act of 1964 2 In many deep south places 90 of blacks still couldn t vote 3 Extended federal power in south a Justice department could intervene to suspend discriminatory registration test b Could send federal registrar to take over local if being discriminatory 4 Within 1 year percentage increases from 30 to 40 voting c Started to unravel before liberals could celebrate i LBJ rushes through it ii No bipartisan for support iii Special Interest iv Oversell made big promises that he couldn t keep v Growing power of conservatism vi Vietnam War caused LBJ to forget agenda at home and robbed money to fund programs 23 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1 Authorized LBJ to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the US 2 Closest Us had come to declaring war 24 Iran Contra Scandal 1 Oliver North a Argued what he did was in the name of being a patriot b Lied to congress shredded evidence kept Regan out of loop 25 Iran Hostage Crisis i Iranian revolution 1979 1 Militant shiats take over