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Chapter 14 1940 to 1972: Politics, War, and Civil Rights To play the game, go to the next slide and click on a point value to go to a question. To go to final Wrap-Up click on Final Wrap-Up at the bottom of the main screen.
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Longs vs Anti-Longs World War II After the War Early Civil Rights of the 1960’s WWII at home
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Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 Team 5 Wager board
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Long or Anti-Long: Got rid of the deduct system, reformer, stability
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Anti-Long: Sam Jones score board
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Long or Anti-Long: Public service commissioner, entertainer, spent a great deal of his term outside Louisiana, scandal free
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Anti-Long: Jimmie Davis, the Singing Cowboy score board
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Long or Anti-Long: repealed civil service reforms, state sales tax doubled
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Earl Long score board
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Long or Anti-Long: careful accounting of state spending, rejected the order to integrate schools in 1954
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Anti-Long: Robert Kennon scoreboard
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Long or Anti-Long: African Americans back on the voting rolls, committed to a state mental hospital
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Earl Long score board
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What German leader led Germany out of the depression that plagued the country after WWI?
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Adolf Hitler score board
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What event caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
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The German invasion of Poland score board
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What event in 1929 impacted the entire world economy?
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The Great Depression score board
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What caused economic turmoil in Germany after WWI?
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The reparations Germany had to pay to other countries score board
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What event is depicted in the picture above?
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The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor score board
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What location did the army choose as the headquarters for military training and maneuvers in 1939?
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Central Louisiana score board
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What were new gardens grown during WWII called?
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Victory Gardens score board
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What was the result of needing to supply and feed the military during WWII?
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mandatory rationing score board
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What was the impact of WWII on Louisiana’s economy?
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The state experienced economic growth score board
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What group benefitted the most from industry jobs in Louisiana?
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African Americans score board
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What law gave veterans a chance to go to college after the war?
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Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (The G.I. Bill) score board
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What did African Americans returning home from the war demand?
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Equality score board
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What world status did the United States hold by the end of 1945?
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The United States was the most powerful country in the world score board
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Why did rural regions in Louisiana gain population and strength during WWII?
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These areas were used as training locations score board
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What did women that worked during the war do after the war?
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Most returned to being housewives and some continued to work score board
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What did Truman do in 1948 to impact Civil Rights?
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He ended racial segregation in the Armed Forces score board
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How was A.P.Tureaud different than the other lawyers the NACCP had used prior?
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A.P. Tureaud was African-American score board
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What was the impact of the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953?
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It provided a model for other civil rights advocates around the country score board
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What Supreme Court case overturned “Separate but Equal”?
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954) score board
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What event is being depicted in the Norman Rockwell painting above?
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Ruby Bridges attending a desegregated school score board
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Why were many surprised that President Johnson signed civil rights legislation?
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He had always supported segregation in the past score board
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What Civil Rights Act helped return African Americans to the voting rolls and eliminated poll taxes?
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 score board
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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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required that people be given equal access to public facilities regardless of their race score board
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What Governor between 1964-72 worked hard to create a more racially integrated state?
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Governor McKeithen score board
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What Governor started pursuing the votes of African Americans in 1970?
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Edwin Edwards score board
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Make your wager on the scoreboard scoreFinal Question
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What event is depicted in the picture above?
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The signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 score board
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