ch. 29 HW due 5/12/08... ws F

1. The goal of the freedom riders was to test the Supreme Court Descisions banning segregation on public buses and to provoke a violent reaction that would convince the Kennedy administration to enforce the law.
2. The Kennedy administration reacted by sending in 400 US marshalls to protect the freedom riders.
3. The goal of the march on Washington was to persuade Congress to pass the civil rights bill that would guarantee equal access to all public accomodations and give the US attorney general the power to file school desegregation suits.
4. More than 250,000 people (civilians), including about 75,000 whites, attended the march.
5. The goal of the Freedom Summer project was to receive national publicity and influence Congress to pass a voting rights act.
6. Many college students volunteered for the project.
7. It showed America (and the governement) how bad and unfair things were, and Johnson's Voting Rights Act of 1965 was finally passed.
8. President Johnson quickly presented Congress with a new voting rights act and asked for its swift passage.
9. The Voting Rights Act outlawed the so-called literacy tests that had disqualified many voters.
10. It stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials, and the percentage of registered African-American voters rose after that.

ch. 25 HW due 5/5/08 sct.4 #5

WW11 had a negative effect on the "morality" or functioning of American famliles becuase it tore the parents from the home, but the war had a slightly good effect on the finances of some families (more jobs, etc.).
Women gained lots of employment opportunities from the war (with many men off fighting in the war) in defense plants and other places of work. This affected family life as well, which suffered (at least a little), because if women were working, they had less time to spend with their kids, or doing housework, etc. and the father of the household was most likely off to war, so the children often lacked a sense of parenthood and direction.
...I don't see how "the relationship between the races" relates to how WW11 affected family life so...
In 1944, the federal government passed the GI Bill of Rights to help veterans with education, training, and loans, which would have aided them and their families.

ch. 25 HW due 5/5/08

25.C (WS)
1. Why do you think the war ration book requires information on a person’s age, sex, weight, height, and occupation?
This was for identity purposes (so they could make sure it was REALLY YOUR book/stamps), and so that the government could decide how much food/goods you should be allowed; if you were a bigger person, you would need more food, etc.
2. What was the penalty for violating rationing regulations?
You could go to jail for 6 months, get your stamps taken away or be refused more, etc.
3. Most Americans during World War II accepted rationing. Why do you think this was so?
They considered it their personal contribution to the war effort; this was their way of supporting their country and troops, so they were ok with it.

--> growth/impact of centralized state power: This showed growth of centralized state power because the government was now deciding how much food which person could buy, and what to do about it if the people didn't comply.