Who helped start the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus?

How did Rosa Parks help to bring about the birth of the civil rights movement?

By refusing her seat on a bus to a white man.

Describe the Montgomery bus boycott.

It was a boycott against the public transportation system which stemmed from Rosa Parks' refusal.

What are policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals?

Segregation laws passed after slaves were freed legalizing segregation.

What 1896 Supreme Court decision provided a constitutional justification for segregation by ruling that a Louisiana law requiring "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races" constitutional?

What 1954 Supreme Court decision held that school segregation was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection?

What case marked the end of legal separation in the United States?

This group of young black and white volunteers in their teens and early twenties that traveled the deep south combating racism?

What act made racial discrimination illegal in public places of accommodation?

What act forbade discrimination by employers?

What act created the equal employment opportunity commission (EEOC)?

What act allowed the withholding of grants to institutions practicing discrimination?

What act strengthened the voting rights of African Americans?

What act authorized desegregation?

Name six key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Banned racial discrimination in places of public accommodation, forbade employer discrimination, created the EEOC, strengthened voting rights of minorities, allowed withholding of grants to institutions practicing discrimination, and authorized desegregation.

What were taxes levied on the right to vote that often fell due at a time of the year to discriminate against African American voters?

What is the term for a means used primarily by democrats in the South to discourage African American voting by not allowing them to vote in the primaries?

Which constitutional amendment passed in 1964 declared poll taxes void in federal elections?

Which law was designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American suffrage?

True or False?  Under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, thousands of African Americans were registered to vote and the number of African American elected officials increased.

What rights have Native American activists campaigned for?

To retain protection of sacred lands, tax-exemption, and self government.

This legal doctrine was used to give men the advantage in obtaining custody of children over women.

When were women given the right to vote?

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Laws that protected women from certain aspects of work and encouraged more gender specific roles which limited women's opportunities were considered what kind of public policy?

What was the theme of The Feminine Mystique?

It encouraged women to question traditional assumptions and assume their own rights.

Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?

When was The Feminine Mystique published?

1963

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Act protect the rights of women?

What are the two important differences between the treatment of men and women in the military?

Women are not required to enlist in the draft and are permitted in ground force combat.

What types of discrimination have people with disabilities suffered?

What law was geared towards granting accessibility to disabled Americans?

What law entitled ALL children to receive a free public education?

What law passed in 1990 required that employers and public facilities make reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities and prohibited discrimination by employers?

Who have suffered discrimination by way of homophobia, and job, education, public accommodation and housing discrimination?

True or false?  Half of the American public support same sex marriage?

What was the policy used by the military concerning the sexuality of its members?

What are some of the victories achieved by gay activists?

Same sex marriage approved in some states, states cannot ban same sex relationships, lifted a Texas law banning sodomy.

How many legal immigrants are permitted into the country each year?

This wave of immigration occurred in the late 19th century consisting of northwestern Europeans (English, Irish, Germans, Scandanavians).

This wave of immigration occurred in the late 19th early 20th centuries and consisted mainly of eastern Europeans (Italians, Jews, Poles, Russians, et al), most came to America through Ellis Island.

This wave of immigration has occured in recent decades, with the 80's seeing the largest rise, consisting of Hispanics and Asians.

This term refers to the emergence of a non-Caucasian majority, as compared with a White, generall Anglo-Saxon majority.

True or false?  It is predicted that by 2045 our popoluation will have the minority majority.

What percentage of our population does the Census Bureau believe will be made up of whites by 2045?

What act requires that employers document the citizenship of their employees?

What is the fastest growing age group in our country.

How does the evergrowing over 65 population affect the Social Security system?

What is the process through which a young person acquires political orientations as they grow up, based on inputs from parents, teachers, the media and friends?

Which aspect of socialization is most important in development because of it's monoply on emotional attachment and time?

Which aspect of socialization is considered the "new parent" in the process?

What aspect of socialization promotes national loyalty and support for the government's basic values, and which the government has the most control over?

This is the key technique used by sophisticated survey researchers, which operates on the principle that everyone should have an equal probability of being selected to a sample.

This term defines the level of confidence in the findings of an opinion poll.

True or False?  More stock can be placed in a poll with more participants?

This technique is used by pollsters to place telephone calls randomly to both listed and unlisted numbers when conducting a survey?

What do critics about polling say?

That it could lead to politicians following instead of leading and bandwagoning.

What do supporters say of polling?

That it speeds up feedback on policy issues.

Has polling showed that American's level of political knowledge is high or low?

What have polls shown American's level of trust to be in the government, high or low?

What is it that some critics say keeps politicians of their toes while others say it since government is based on the consent of the governed that it should show that something is not being done right?

Which ideology tends to want to spend less on military, less use of force, pro-choice on abortion, supports taxation of the wealthy, spend more on the poor, and guard defendant's rights?

Which ideology typically support military spending, is for the use of force, if pro-life in abortion,  favors prayer in school, supports low taxes.

Do social scientists feel that Americans look at themselves in stringent ideological terms?

Attending caucuses, demonstrating, filing lawsuits, writing congressmen, voting and civil disobedience are forms of what?

This form of political participation is designed to achieve policy change through dramatic and unconventional tactics?

This form of political participation reflects a conscious decision to break a law believed to be immoral and to suffer the consequences.

Thorough's refusing to pay taxes and King's incarceration resulted from this form of political participation?

Which president was the first to practically invent media politics?

What helped to sour the press on government and create an environment of cynicism?

This is the use of in-depth reporting to unearth scandals, scams, and schemes, at times putting reporters in adversarial relationships with political leaders.

What type of reporting have political scientists criticized by politcal scientists because it pits the media against politcal leaders and attributes to cynicism and negativity.

What does Thomas Patterson's studies tell us about the press and the government.

This type of journalism is a sensational type of reporting focused on violence, corruption, wars and gossip, often with disregard for the truth.

Paper that offers perhaps the most insight into Washington.

News source which has over 2700 reporters and is reported in many markets.

How has television displaced newspapers?

What played a larger role in the Kennedy Nixon debates in 1960, television or radio?

This was created by Congress in 1934 to regulate the use of the airwaves, now regulates communications via radio, television, telephone, cable and satellite?

The FCC's practice of preventing near monopolies of the control of the markets, evaluating goals on performance of stations, and fair treatment rules on campaigners and public office is holders is an example of this.

Media programming on cable tv or the internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience.

What are the chief sources of news that young people under the age of 30 turn to for news about politics?

What do the older Americans turn to for their news.

What was William Taubman's  shortcomings found with cable news?

True or false?  Do many scholars think that the transition from network to cable news resulted in less time dedicated to printed news, more chatter from the reporters, repetitiveness, and spotty coverage.

What can serve to help inform the public about politics because of it's ability to access limited information?

Why is the impact of the internet limited upon people's understanding of politics?

Why does private ownership of mass media infulence the quality and content of news?

Specific locations from which news frequently emanates?

Intentional leaks for the purpose of accessing political reaction?

Whose relation relies on journalists to get out their messages and journalists rely on to keep informed?

How has the main focus of the news changed in recent years?

How can the media influence public opinion?

It alters the priorities which Americans attach to problems of concerns.

What is the medias agenda-setting function?

Reports ideas to get them to the government's agenda by getting coverage to the masses.