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Chapter 141940 to 1972: Politics, War, and Civil Rights
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World War II
After the War
EarlyCivil Rights
Civil Rightsof the 1960’s
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Long or Anti-Long:
Got rid of the deduct system, reformer,
stability
Anti-Long: Sam Jones
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Public service commissioner, entertainer, spent a great deal of his term outside Louisiana,
scandal free
Anti-Long: Jimmie Davis, the Singing Cowboy
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Long or Anti-Long:
repealed civil service reforms, state sales tax
doubled
Earl Longscor
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Long or Anti-Long:
careful accounting of state spending, rejected the
order to integrate schools in 1954
Anti-Long: Robert Kennon
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Long or Anti-Long:
African Americans back on the voting rolls, committed to a state mental hospital
Earl Longscor
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What German leader led Germany out of the
depression that plagued the country after WWI?
Adolf Hitler
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What event caused Great Britain and
France to declare war on Germany?
The German invasion of Poland
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What event in 1929 impacted the entire
world economy?
The Great Depression
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What caused economic turmoil in
Germany after WWI?
The reparations Germany had to pay
to other countries
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What event is depicted in the picture above?
The Japanese bombing of Pearl
Harbor
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What location did the army choose as the
headquarters for military training and maneuvers
in 1939?
Central Louisiana
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What were new gardens grown during WWII
called?
Victory Gardens
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What was the result of needing to supply and
feed the military during WWII?
mandatory rationing
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What was the impact of WWII on
Louisiana’s economy?
The state experienced
economic growth
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What group benefitted the most from industry
jobs in Louisiana?
African Americans
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What law gave veterans a chance to go to college after the
war?
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
(The G.I. Bill)
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What did African Americans returning home from the war
demand?
Equality
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What world status did the United States hold
by the end of 1945?
The United States was the most powerful
country in the world
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Why did rural regions in Louisiana gain
population and strength during WWII?
These areas were used as training locations
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What did women that worked during the war
do after the war?
Most returned to being housewives and
some continued to work
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What did Truman do in 1948 to impact
Civil Rights?
He ended racial segregation in the
Armed Forces
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How was A.P.Tureaud different than the other lawyers the NACCP had
used prior?
A.P. Tureaud was African-American
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What was the impact of the Baton Rouge
Bus Boycott of 1953?
It provided a model for other civil rights
advocates around the country
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What Supreme Court case overturned
“Separate but Equal”?
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
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What event is being depicted in the Norman
Rockwell painting above?
Ruby Bridges attending a
desegregated school
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Why were many surprised that President Johnson
signed civil rights legislation?
He had always supported segregation
in the past
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What Civil Rights Act helped return African
Americans to the voting rolls and eliminated poll
taxes?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of
1964?
required that people be given equal access to
public facilities regardless of their race
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What Governor between 1964-72 worked hard to create a more racially
integrated state?
Governor McKeithenscor
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What Governor started pursuing the votes of African Americans in
1970?
Edwin Edwards
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Final Question
What event is depicted in the picture above?
The signing of the Civil Rights Act of
1964
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