1950's
Civil Rights 1
Civil Rights 2
Civil Rights 3
Vietnam
100
He stated that he had a list of Communists employed by the State Department.
What is Joseph McCarthy’s witch hunt:
100
All citizens’ votes should have equal weight.
What is “One man, one vote”
100
His philosophy and techniques were drawn from Mohandas Gandhi
What is Dr. Martin Luther King’s inspirations
100
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What is did little to guarantee the right to vote.
100
Why did the U.S. step in when the French left Vietnam?
What is To protect the pro-Western government in the South.
200
President Eisenhower’s political beliefs:
What is He described them as middle of the road.
200
Established the separate-but-equal doctrine
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
200
How did the governor try to prevent African American students from entering the high school in Little Rock?
What is By deploying the National Guard.
200
Given at the march on Washington.
What is MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech:
200
The fall of one country to communism would lead to other countries falling to communism as well.
What is Domino theory
300
Negatives of suburbia:
What is Lacked diversity
300
Laws throughout the South that segregated buses, schools, restaurants, and other public facilities.
What is Jim Crow laws
300
The organization founded by student civil rights activities.
What is SNCC
300
The focus of the civil rights movement until 1965:
What is Focused on segregation and voting rights rather than economic and social problems
300
Why did Kennedy feel that he needed to stand up to communism in Vietnam?
What is Many republicans blamed the Truman administration for losing China to communism.
400
How did the government unwittingly encourage residents of public housing to remain poor?
What is By evicting them as soon as they began to earn any money.
400
Encouraged white Southerners to defy Court rulings.
What is Southern Manifesto
400
Organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to integrate bus terminals.
What is Freedom Riders
400
The primary difference between their philosophies toward the civil rights movement was the use of violence.
What is Malcolm X / MLK’s philosophies
400
Result of the monk setting himself on fire in protest in South Vietnam:
What is American public outrage toward the war.
500
Television was used for the first time to advertise candidates.
What is 1960 presidential campaign / television:
500
African Americans organized a bus boycott.
What is The result / response to Rosa Park’s arrest:
500
Why did Kennedy act slowly on civil rights at first?
What is He needed support from many Southern senators to get other programs passed.
500
The militant African American group that believed that a revolution was necessary in the U.S. to gain equal rights.
What is Black Panthers
500
The goal was to destroy the ability to hide in jungles.
What is Agent Orange
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