Transcript Warm-Up: November 17

Warm-Up: March 16
Directions: Follow the directions below.
• Can you define the word “segregation”? How
about “discrimination”? Can you give any examples
of segregation or discrimination from what you have
read, heard about, seen on television, personally
experienced or witnessed?
• What do you know about what life was like for
African-Americans in the South in the 1950s and
1960s? Were racial relations between blacks and
whites the same in the North as in the South? What
was the same or different?
Warm-Up: March 17
Directions: Follow the directions below.
• Take out your paper from yesterday, or get it out
of the tray
Warm-Up: March 18
Directions: Follow the directions below.
3. How did the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v.
Ferguson (1896) have a major impact on the lives of
African Americans?
A. segregation was legal in educational
institutions
B. voting was a right guaranteed by the
Constitution
C. separate but equal public facilities were legal
D. military occupation of the South was
unconstitutional
Warm-Up: March 19
Directions: Follow the directions below.
“We conclude that in the field of public education, the
doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal. . . .”
— Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brown v. Board of Education
of Topeka
4. This quotation illustrates the Supreme Court’s
power to A. uphold previous decisions
B. overrule state laws
C. check the powers of the executive branch
D. provide for educational funding
Warm-Up: March 20
Directions: Follow the directions below.
5. In 1957, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little
Rock, Arkansas, to –
A. Protect civil rights marchers
B. Help African Americans register to vote
C. Enforce a Supreme Court decision to
desegregate public schools
D. End race riots resulting from a bus
boycott
Warm-Up: March 23
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
1. Martin Luther King, Jr. first emerged as
a leader of the civil rights movement
when he –
A. Led the bus boycott in Montgomery,
Alabama
B. Refused to give up his seat on a bus
to a white man
C. Challenged the authority of the
Supreme Court
D. Was elected as the first black
congressman from the South
Warm-Up: March 24
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete answer choice.
2. What legislation banned racial discrimination in
public places?
A. Civil Rights Act of 1957
C. Equal Pay Act of 1963
B. Civil Rights Act of 1964
D. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Warm-Up: March 25
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
3. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was
an influential book in the 1960s because it –
A. Helped strengthen family values
B. Led directly to the defeat of the Equal Rights
Amendment
C. Energized a new women’s rights movement
D. Reinforced the importance of women’s
Warm-Up: March 26
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
I am giving you 10 minutes to finish your
Supreme Court Case Poster before
presentations start! Use the time wisely!
Warm-Up: March 27
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
Test Day Procedures:
1. Turn in Warm-Ups & Review
2. Place all other belongings, backpacks,
electronic devices (OFF), in the front of the
room (Like STAAR)
3. Any electronic device found out/cheating
will result in an automatic 0 on the test, with
the re-take to be taken during tutoring.
****Monday we will be in room 725****
Warm-Up: March 30
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
1. What does it take to be a
“great” president?
Warm-Up: March 31
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
“. . . Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we
shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support
any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of
liberty. . . .”
— President John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961
2. This statement by President Kennedy suggests a
continued commitment to the foreign policy of
A. Isolationism
B. Appeasement
C. Containment
D. Imperialism
Warm-Up: April 1
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
Warm-Up: April 2
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and
complete answer choice.
4. An employee contacts his supervisor to request time off
guaranteed to him under the Family and Medical Leave
Act. Under which circumstance do the provisions of this
law apply?
A. The employee qualifies for time off to complete a
college degree.
B. The employee qualifies for time off to care for a
newborn child.
C. The employee qualifies for an extended vacation due
to airline delays.
D. The employee qualifies for assignment to a different
work location.
Warm-Up: April 6
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete
answer choice.
1. President Johnson used the Tonkin Gulf incident to –
A. Press for a complete reappraisal of America's Vietnam
policy
B. Begin a sustained bombing campaign against North
Vietnam
C. Bring alleged North Vietnamese aggression to the attention
of the United States
D. Win Congressional approval of a resolution authorizing him
to use American forces in Vietnam
2. In 1965, Congress established Medicare to –
A. Provide health care to the elderly
B. Assist foreign nations with their health problems
C. Grant scholarships to medical students
D. Establish universal health care
Warm-Up: April 7
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete
answer choice.
Warm-Up: April 8
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete
answer choice.
4. Which of the following best describes the philosophy of the
counterculture?
A questions traditions and experiment with new ways of living
B support existing political parties
C become members of the working-class
D promote traditional American values and morals
5. What did the Beats in the 1950s and the youth culture of the
1960s have in common?
A They failed to support equal rights for women
B They challenged conformity to “Establishment” thinking
C They supported America’s anti-Communist containment policy
D They introduced new patterns of poetry and art, based on the
rhythms of jazz and music
Warm-Up: April 9
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete
answer choice.
• You have 10 minutes to study over
your review
Warm-Up: April 10
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete
answer choice.
• Turn in your warm-ups for the
week. You should have 5 total.
Warm-Up: April 14
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete
answer choice.
The photograph below shows President
1.
Richard Nixon on a 1972 overseas
diplomatic trip.
1. What was a long-term consequence
of the event shown in the
photograph?
A. The easing of Cold War tensions
B. The easing of Vietnam War protests
C. A commitment to preserve
historical landmarks
D. A commitment to continue
humanitarian missions
Warm-Up: April 16
Directions: Be sure to write the date, question, and complete
answer choice.
2. The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that
A. Borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of
domestic programs
B. Significant increases in government spending would help reduce
unemployment
C. Broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic
expansion
D. Reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus
3. In 1979 the Shah of Iran was forced into exile. The U.S. government later
allowed the Shah to enter the United States for medical treatment. This
perceived U.S. support for the Shah of Iran resulted in which of the
following?
A. Iran attacked a U.S. military base in Asia.
B. Soviet forces began an occupation of Iran.
C. Israel demanded U.S. support for the strategic bombing of cities in Iran.
D. Revolutionaries kidnapped a group of U.S. citizens in Iran.