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Unit 12: Civil Rights and Conservatism Pre-AP Organizer

Please use your guide, notes, and chapters 24 and 25 in your textbook to answer the following questions.

1 – 3. For each President, place an X in the box of their party affiliation

Politician / Democrat / Republican / Dixiecrat
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Strom Thurmond
Harry S. Truman

Complete the following chart for 4 – 6. For 7 – 9, place an X in the box (liberal, moderate, or conservative) that best describes each politician or groups’ political beliefs.

Political Stance / Definition of Term / 7. Lyndon B. Johnson / 8. Allan Shivers / 9. Most 1950s TX Politicians
Liberal / 4.
Moderate / 5.
Conservative / 6.

10. Governor Shivers supported Eisenhower for President in the 1952 election. How did this strategy work in Shivers’s favor?

11. Look at the graphic organizer “Causes and Effects of the Tidelands Issue” on page 543. Why did Eisenhower give Texas the tidelands revenue when Truman had not?

12. Describe the significance of the Warren Court during the 1950s and 60s.

13. (A) What is the name and year of the landmark case that kept racial segregation legal? (B) What is the name and year of the landmark case that led to desegregation of schools?

Texas Officials Reactions to Court Ruling:

19. (A) What is the “red scare”? (B)How did it get started in the U.S.?

20. Describe three results of the “red scare” that happened in Texas.

21. (A) What are “loyalty oaths”? (B) Who was required to sign them?

22. Why did John F. Kennedy choose Lyndon B. Johnson to be his Vice-Presidential running mate in the 1960 election?

23. Explain how Lyndon B. Johnson became President at the end of 1963.

24. (A) Describe Johnson’s belief in the role of the federal government. (B) Why did he declare a “war on poverty?

25. (A) What earlier U.S. program is often compared to the “Great Society”? (B) How are they similar?

26. (A) Why was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act so important to Johnson? (B) Where did he sign this bill and with whom?

27. What two major pieces of civil rights legislation did Lyndon B. Johnson sign into law during the 1960s?

28. What are the provisions contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

29.Johnson also supported additional laws that created jobs and funded education. Name the three results from these laws.

30. (A) How was Vietnam divided? (B) Which region did the United States support?

31. How did Johnson change American involvement in Vietnam?

1968 Event / Description
March 31 / 32.
April 4 / 33.
June 5 / 34.
November 5
(Election Day) / 35.

36. What effect did Nixon have on the war on Vietnam?

37. (A) Summarize what happened in the “Watergate” scandal. (B) How did Nixon respond?

38. (A) How did Vietnamese war refugees impact Texas? (B) Which coastal industry attracted many Vietnamese people to Texas?

39. Who was Barbara Jordan, and how did she gain national attention?

Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE) / Description
Leader / 40.
Person of Influence / 41.
Purpose / 42.
boycotts / 43.
sit-ins / 44.
freedom rides / 45.
Time and Name of Leader’s Award / 46.