c) dominated the Democratic Party in 1948. d) were led by Hubert Humphrey. Who were the common victims of McCarthyism? The firstâthe urban/rural thingâis common to all democracies around the planet. In 1948, the Soviets began the Berlin Blockade: e) in response to the creation of West Germany. Which event marked the turning point in the Vietnam conflict, forcing Lyndon Johnson to change course and pull out of the upcoming presidential race? Dixiecrats Formed from a rebellion in the Democratic party in 1948, it was officially known as the State's Rights Democrats. a) brought the United States and the Soviets to the brink of nuclear war. During the Eisenhower administration, United States-Soviet relations: b) improved somewhat after the end of the Korean War and the death of Stalin. The impact of the Cold War on American culture was: c) offered economic assistance to noncommunist governments. Segregation was created in the South during this time period, and many of the ideas that drove it still exist more than a century later in the South of today. a) They put on a series of massive popular demonstrations demanding their right to remain in the United States. Members were called Dixiecrats. The decline in the number of new American jobs in the early twenty-first century had the most impact on: In response to the nation's economic woes, the Bush administration: Which state's supreme court ruled that homosexual marriages must receive legal recognition, spurring a moral values debate during the 2004 presidential election? In Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall's main argument before the Supreme Court? The firstâthe urban/rural thingâis common to all democracies around the planet. Chicano farm workers found a powerful advocate in: b) a transformation in the status of women. The countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from the 1999 repeal of which New Deal measure? The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon: d) highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns. Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, like Phyllis Schlafly, argued that the passage of the ERA would: a) relieve men of their responsibilities in terms of child support and alimony payments. Joseph McCarthy's downfall came as a result of: c) his hearings on the Defense Department. The Dixiecrats, a political party with the slogan ''Segregation Forever,'' were the first group to use the Confederate flag in association with segregation. a) created a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. By the end of the 1990s, the American economy: a) was characterized by rising employment rates and declining income for poor and middle-class Americans. d) became an effective advertising medium. The state was more segregated for black students compared to any other Southern state. The Dixiecrats were members of the States' Rights Democratic Party, which splintered from the Democratic Party in 1948. e) To prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation. Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in October 2001: a) against Afghanistan, because they were harboring Osama bin Laden. The Dixiecrats opposed civil rights, racial integration and wanted to retain Jim Crow laws. Which statement is true about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? a) that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem. By 1972, however, Wallace was shot and paralyzed, and Nixon began to tilt the south ⦠In a historic move, in 1972 President Nixon opened diplomatic relations with: a) passed Congress but failed ratification. When Birmingham police chief Bull Connor used nightsticks, high-pressure hoses, and attack dogs on young civil rights protesters: c) there was a wave of revulsion globally. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated: a) while in Memphis, supporting a garbage workers' strike. As a result of the Montgomery boycott in 1955-1956: c) the Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public transportation was illegal. The Jim Crow laws of the American south have segregation, anti-miscegenation laws outlawing intermarriage, and they condone state-sponsored discrimination. He opposed totalitarianism, but not racial segregation. Bill Clinton's foreign policy centered on: a) elevating human rights to a central place in international relations. - Openly defended segregation - Defended state autonomy/rights - Opposed Truman as the Democratic party nominee. - Said that segregation was unconstitutional in the field of public education, and inherently unequal. During his first year in office, George W. Bush: e) persuaded Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history. a) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. a) included Lyndon Johnson's crusade to end poverty in America. By the end of 1991, Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos, and the: b) Soviet Union dissolved, ending the Cold War. b) expanded the rights of law enforcement agencies to conduct secret searches and detain suspected aliens. In 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which: a) prohibited both racial and sexual discrimination in employment and public institutions. The ability to influence the world with American goods and popular culture is called: Between 1946 and 1960, the American gross national product: a) more than doubled, and wages increased. Chicano farm workers found a powerful advocate in: In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that: c) state laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional. Segregation was created in the South during this time period, and many of the ideas that drove it still exist more than a century later in the South of today. ... you would expect that the Deep South⦠The rest, more than 200 Dixiecrat senators, congressmen, governors and ⦠By the end of Reagan's second term in office, he viewed the Soviet Union: President Carter's foreign policy emphasized: e) human rights as a diplomatic priority. By the end of the 1990s, the American economy: a) was characterized by rising employment rates and declining income for poor and middle-class Americans. President Truman's civil rights plan called for all of the following EXCEPT: All of the following statements about the Cold War's impact on American life are true EXCEPT: e) Cold War military spending weakened the economy. In the midst of the stock market crash of 2008 and the housing crisis, most Americans: a) cut back on spending, leading to business failures and a rapid rise in unemployment. After the September 11 attacks, who authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to listen to domestic telephone conversations without a court warrant? Which Supreme Court decision did Brown overturn? Politics and Society in the South (1989) excerpt and text search; Bullock III, Charles S. and Mark J. Rozell, eds. The 1971 ruling Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education led to the: a) use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration. The Dixiecrats were a right-wing faction of the Democratic Party that drew its support from southern states. Militia groups arose in America during the 1990s: b) and engaged in acts of domestic terrorism. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated: b) as he launched the Poor People's Campaign. b) a major supporter of the foreign policy of the Cold War. President George W. Bush insisted that the war on terror was: All of the following statements about President Obama's first year in office are true EXCEPT: a) The Obama administration abolished the military tribunals Bush had established. d) a militant gay liberation movement was born. Let's take a look at the official Dixiecrat platform, as published in the reference book National Party Platforms. During the 1990s, twenty-three states passed laws: At the end of the twentieth century, the Christian Coalition: a) was a major force in Republican Party politics. Board of Education and their commitment to segregation forever. a) passed Congress but failed to achieve ratification by the required 38 states. The politics of the Southern United States generally refers to the political landscape of the Southern United States.The institution of slavery has had a profound impact on the politics of the Southern United States, causing the Civil War, along with continued subjugation of African-Americans from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.From Reconstruction in the ⦠Who among the cabinet members protested against President Bush's directive that denied Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners the Geneva protections? The move of Southern states from solidly Democrat t⦠There are two dynamics at work. As some politicians and activists fought for equality of all Americans, others began to vehemently r⦠Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 in part because he: d) manifested a public image of fatherly warmth. However, Eisenhower believed it was not the place of the federal government to be involved in local culture. The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics (2007) state-by-state coverage excerpt and text search In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt chaired a committee to draft the: d) Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Besides segregation, what was in the 1948 platform of the states-rights' Democratic party? The Dixiecrats: a) opposed segregation in the South. a) Its widespread use of the Internet to raise money and communicate directly with voters. All we have to do is take the laws of the Democratic party, cross out the word Black, write in the word Jew, and we are home free.â What am I saying here? Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee, selected Sarah Palin as his running mate: b) because he sought to draw Democratic women into the Republican Party. - They wanted to shake up the democratic party. By the start of the twenty-first century, dot-coms symbolized the: c) negative impact of stock speculation among technology companies. e) All the members pledged mutual defense against any future Soviet attack. It makes perfect sense to think that segregationalist Democrats were liberals, so long as you ignore the vast majority of Southern Democrats at the time who were famously conservative. The Dixiecrats, more formally known as the Statesâ Rights Democratic Party, were committed to statesâ rights and the maintenance of segregation, and opposed to federal intervention in the interest of promoting civil rights. Johnson's War on Poverty included all of the following programs EXCEPT: b) A jobs program for unemployed Americans. When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking into: e) resulted in a rise in economic inequality. What happened at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq? All of the following contributed to the emergence of the civil rights movement of the 1950s EXCEPT: e) President Truman's refusal to desegregate the military. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that: c) state laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional. e) to prevent Vietnam from becoming a communist nation. d) a coalition of civil rights groups launched a voter registration drive in Mississippi. The civil rights movement, once a controversial left-wing fringe, has grown deeply embedded into the fabric of our national story. The 1995 truck bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was organized by: The 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was: In response to the terrorist attacks on Washington, D.C., and New York City on September 11, 2001, President Bush: During his first year in office, George W. Bush: e) persuaded Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history. What were the student protesters who occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989 demanding? But then in 1948, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and South Carolina voted for third-party segregationist candidate Strom Thurmond. The impact of the Cold War on American culture was: d) barred "totalitarians" from entering the United States. d) They felt the hearings were a violation of the First Amendment. a) brought the United States and the Soviets to the brink of nuclear war. Whose election campaign director was fond of the saying "It's the economy, stupid"? c) proposed that a system of block grants be assigned to states to spend as they saw fit. The 1971 ruling Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education led to the: a) use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration. e) supported Harry Truman in 1948. e) committed the United States to fighting communism anywhere. By the start of the twenty-first century, the largest minority group in the United States was: By the start of the twenty-first century, dot coms symbolized the: c) negative impact of stock speculation among technology companies. The Supreme Court had ordered the immediate integration of schools in the South, the Vietnam War raged, and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. It looks like your browser needs an update. c) The nation and its economic recovery remained dependent on the price of oil. d) growing frustration over America's condition. In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt chaired a committee to draft the: d) Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By 1968, the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam: c) exceeded half a million as the war became more brutal. Early in Bush's first term, his administration pursued all of the following policies EXCEPT: e) banning drilling for oil in Alaska's Artic National Wildlife Refuge, In a September 20, 2001 speech, President Bush announced that "freedom and ____________ are at war.". Part of what the future Dixiecrats objected to was the new plank in the Democratic Party platform on civil rights. The Dixiecrats, formally known as the States' Rights Democratic Party, were disturbed by their region's declining ⦠In a September 20, 2001 speech, President Bush announced that "freedom and ____________ are at war.". c) was spreading less rapidly among gay Americans. Thurmond carried four Deep South states in the general election: South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. In North Carolina, however, the Dixiecrat campaign failed to generate much enthusiasm for two reasons. When he assumed the presidency, Richard Nixon announced a new policy regarding the Vietnam War known as: d) growing frustration over America's condition. The Dixiecrats, more formally known as the Statesâ Rights Democratic Party, were committed to statesâ rights and the maintenance of segregation, and opposed to ⦠What reason did the Hollywood Ten give for not cooperating with the HUAC hearings? c) He was a horrible tyrant who ruled Iraq ruthlessly. c) He was a horrible tyrant who ruled Iraq ruthlessly. a) That segregation did lifelong damage to black children, undermining their self-esteem. In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that: d) those in police custody had certain rights. However, although slavery officially ended in the 1860s, the United States was still extremely segregated 100 years after the war, through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 60's. The Dixiecrats were a political party organized in 1948 by disgruntled white southern Democrats dismayed over their regionâs declining influence within the national Democratic Party. a) proposed to guarantee a minimum income for all Americans. In 2001-2002, all of the following policymakers were determined to oust Hussein from power EXCEPT: Early in 2003, President Bush announced that the United States would go to war against Iraq: c) because it was believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The Political South in the 20th Century (Scribner, 1975). Democratic defectors, known as the âDixiecrats,â started a switch to the Republican party in a movement that was later fueled by a so-called "Southern strategy." During the postwar suburban boom, African-Americans: e) were often unable to receive either private or public financing for housing. c) was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration. The Confederate battle flag was used by Senator Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat political party in 1948. In his 1968 election campaign, Richard Nixon appealed to the: c) insisted that blacks have economic and political autonomy. The handling of the Iranian hostage crisis: c) made Jimmy Carter appear weak and inept. In his "Long Telegram" from Moscow, George Kennan: c) argued that the United States should prevent the spread of communism. Dixiecrats were Southern Democrats who, in 1948, broke away from the Democratic Party to form their own splinter political party based on racial segregation and Southern ⦠c) dominated the Democratic Party in 1948. d) were led by Hubert Humphrey. It wanted to preserve slavery and segregation. The Dixiecrats ran Strom Thurmond as their candidate for president in 1948 against Harry Truman (Democrat) and Tom Dewey (Republican). c) empowered federal officials to oversee voter registration. d) barred "totalitarians" from entering the United States. Reagan's economic program, known as "supply-side economics" relied on: c) proposed that a system of block grants be assigned to states to spend as they saw fit. The party platform represented the openly racist views of most white southerners of the time. The Dixiecrats were also known as âStatesâ Rights Democrats.â. The Dixiecrats were a political party organized in the summer of 1948 by conservative white southern Democrats committed to states' rights and the maintenance of segregation and opposed to federal intervention into race, and to a lesser degree, labor relations. What did the Justice Department label the captured members of Al Qaeda in order to get around the Geneva Conventions? - Openly defended segregation - Defended state autonomy/rights - Opposed Truman as the Democratic party nominee. To libertarian conservatives, freedom meant: b) individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. Segregation and Jim Crow lasted for 100 years after the end of the Civil War. It was the party of social conservatism. 2.Strom Thurman A Clemson alumni and the Dixiecrat candidate. Which nation held fifty-three Americans hostage from November 1979 until January 1981? Thurmond carried four Deep South states in the general election: South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in October 2001: a) against Afghanistan, because the nation was harboring Osama bin Laden. By 1948 the protection of segregation led Democrats in the Deep South to reject Truman and run a third party ticket of Dixiecrats in the 1948 election. After 1964, Southern Democrats lost major battles during the Civil Rights Movement. Segregation is not limited to areas in the Deep South but places like New York as well. The Statesâ Rights Democratic Party opposed racial integration and wanted to retain Jim Crow laws and white supremacy in the face of possible federal intervention. The 1960 presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon: d) highlighted the impact of television on political campaigns. All of the following contributed to the banking crisis of 2008 EXCEPT: d) The Federal Reserve Bank and other regulatory agencies slowed the speculative frenzy. d) received economic assistance from the United States. a) created a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. All of the following contributed to the banking crisis of 2008 EXCEPT: d) The Federal Reserve Bank and other regulatory agencies slowed the speculative frenzy. d) became an effective advertising medium. Early in Bush's first term, his administration did which of the following? The Dixiecrats were a political party organized in the summer of 1948 by conservative white southern Democrats committed to states' rights and the maintenance of segregation and opposed to federal intervention into race, and to a lesser degree, labor relations. The faction consisted of malcontented southern delegates to the Democratic Party who protested the insertion of a civil rights plank in the party platform and U.S. president Harry S. Truman's advocacy of that plank. The handling of the Iranian hostage crisis: c) made Jimmy Carter appear weak and inept. Although the roots of the Dixiecrat revolt lay in the 1930s, the impetus for the Dixiecrat movement included President Harry Trumanâs civil rights program, ⦠President Truman's civil rights plan called for all of the following EXCEPT: All of the following are enactments of the policy of containment EXCEPT: According to the policy of containment, as laid out by George Kennan, the: c) United States was committed to preventing the spread of communism. President Eisenhower used the CIA to overthrow which Middle Eastern government in the early 1950s, in large part because this government attempted to nationalize British-owned oil fields? Which statement is true about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? All of the following statements about President Obama's June 2009 speech to the Islamic World are true EXCEPT: b) Obama promised to impose American ideas on Muslims. d) Some states closed the public schools rather than integrate, and offered white children the choice to opt out of integrated schools. a) were launched by CORE to desegregate interstate bus travel. History of the South: Civil Rights II; White Reaction; Church study guide by casey_jason includes 25 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Voters approved Proposition 13 in California, a law that banned: Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court were intended to: c) lead the court in a conservative direction. a) authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam. To libertarian conservatives, freedom meant: b) individual autonomy, limited government, and unregulated capitalism. Dixiecrat, member of a right-wing Democratic splinter group in the 1948 U.S. presidential election organized by Southerners who objected to the civil rights program of the Democratic Party. This article was most recently revised and updated by Jeff Wallenfeldt, Manager, Geography and History. Black, Earl, and Merle Black. It correctly asserts that Republicans started as a progressive, socially liberal party , and that the Democrats were the party of states rights and slavery during its initial years. To ensure the best experience, please update your browser. d) received economic assistance from the United States. (Ch 27) Week 8 "Globalization and Its Discontents". Thurmond rose in South Carolina politics in the 1930s, and eventually became a state circuit judge, a position that gave him influence. a) separated the free West from the communist East. e) received the most votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt. During the 1990s, twenty-three states passed laws: At the end of the twentieth century, the Christian Coalition: a) was a major force in Republican Party politics. a) was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man. Reagan's economic program, known as "supply-side economics" relied on: e) resulted in a rise in economic inequality. What happened at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq? The Dixiecrats were a right-wing faction of the Democratic Party that drew its support from southern states. Despite that, the Democrats' nominee, President Harry Truman, was re-elected. On the Larry King's CNN show, Senator Lott said that Strom Thurmond would have been a good president because he would have made a strong national defense and a balanced budget priorities. (The term Dixiecrat is a portmanteau of Dixie, referring to the Southern United States, and Democrat.) During this time, African Americans were largely disenfranchised. The 1995 truck bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was organized by: The term "pay gap" refers to the difference in: The 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was: In 1992, Bill Clinton secured the Democratic nomination for president because he: c) combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism. Strom Thurmond. The counterculture of the 1960s can best be described as: c) was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration. c) was mixed, as the recession ended but the unemployment rate rose. In Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall's main argument before the Supreme Court? In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which: c) banned gender discrimination in higher education. There was no African-American voting bloc. The first steps toward official segregation came in the form of âBlack Codes.â These were laws passed throughout the South starting around 1865, that dictated most aspects of black peoplesâ lives, including where they could work and live. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference: b) was a coalition of black ministers and civil rights activists who fought for desegregation. There is a case of double segregation because students have become isolated both by race and household income. Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania: d) repudiated the centuries-old claim that a husband had a legal claim to control the body of his wife. In 1992, Bill Clinton secured the Democratic nomination for president because he: c) combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism. ISBN 0-684-13983-9. Economically, the antebellum and cotton-oriented South looked to the British textile industry for its market and opposed the growing politico-economic power of the industrializing North. d) Under the supervision of U.S. military personnel, many prisoners were mistreated, humiliated, and tortured; some even died. a) authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam. The codes also ensured black peopleâs availability for cheap labor after slavery was abolished.Segregation soon became official policy enforced by a series of South⦠The impact of the Cold War on the civil rights movement: c) included government action against black leaders. Which Supreme Court decision did Brown overturn? d) a militant gay liberation movement was born. The display of flags associated with the Confederacy is controversial. What did the Justice Department label the captured members of Al Qaeda in order to get around the Geneva Conventions? Thurmond rose in South Carolina politics in the 1930s, and eventually became a state circuit judge, a position that gave him influence. He supported full citizenship rights for blacks and was okay with social contact. Dixiecrats. Journalists gave it the nickname Dixiecrats. a) quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which: c) banned gender discrimination in higher education. In response to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas: b) violence broke out, and President Eisenhower sent in federal troops. e) received the most votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt. By 1948, however, the civil rights issue revealed the real philosophical differences between northern and southern Democrats as never before. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. It wanted to preserve slavery and segregation. All of the following are enactments of the policy of containment EXCEPT: c) called for a massive increase in U.S. military forces. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles's policy of massive retaliation: e) declared that any Soviet attack would be countered by a nuclear attack. e) committed the United States to fighting communism anywhere. The Dixiecrats, who opposed federal regulations they considered to interfere with statesâ rights, carried South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama, to receive 39 electoral votes; their popular vote totalled over 1,000,000. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, was the party of the South. The Republican Congress response to Hurricane Katrina was: d) to cut funding for Medicaid, food stamps, and other social programs to pay for relief. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for What do the authors of NSC-68 identify as the "most contagious idea in history"? Truman and Dewey both received 40+% of the vote. In his 1968 election campaign, Richard Nixon appealed to the: b) a transformation in the status of women. There was no ⦠Dixiecrats were disbanded the same year they were created. c) offered economic assistance to noncommunist governments. The Hurricane Katrina disaster highlighted which of the following to Americans in 2005? All of the following statements are true of the Fair Deal EXCEPT: b) Congress passed Truman's Fair Deal to raise the standard of living for Americans. e) initiated the largest military buildup in American history. Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee, selected Sarah Palin as his running mate: b) because he sought to draw Democratic women into the Republican Party. Segregation and Jim Crow lasted for 100 years after the end of the Civil War. c) repudiated the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. By the end of 1991, Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos, and the: b) Soviet Union dissolved, ending the Cold War. The most memorable rally of 1966 was held at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia, South Carolina, an all-male event with everyone crowded together, standing near the stage in ⦠This is a salutary development, but a ⦠d) Under the supervision of U.S. military personnel, many prisoners were mistreated, humiliated, and tortured; some even died. President Franklin Roosevelt's electoral body in 1945 had included a diverse, in fact contradictory, set of elements both conservatives and liberals, northern and southern Democrats and Republicans.