Civil Rights
Presidents
Vietnam
Nixon's Presidency
Court Cases
100
Declared segregation in public shcools illegal
What is Brown vs. Board of Ed. Topeka Kansas?
100
Enforced Supreme Court decision too end segregation, ended Korean War, condemned McCarthy, interstate highway
Who is Eisehower?
100
Divided Vietnam and allowed US to send aid to South Vietnatm
What is the Geneva Accords?
100
Limited president's power of deploying and committing troops
What is the War Powers Act?
100
Protects people from illegal search & seizure
What is Mapp vs. Ohio?
200
Amendment that abolished poll taxes
What is 24?
200
Use of American forces to protect Middle East from communism and lend aid to anti-communist countries
What is Eisenhower Doctrine?
200
US destroyer attacked by N. Vietnamese, Johnson gave go ahead to 'prevent further aggression'
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
200
Started detente with Soviets, visited China
What is Nixon's foreign policy?
200
Claimed denying legal counsel to those who cannot afford it is illegal
What is Gideon vs. Waiwright?
300
Signed by Lyndon Johnson, prohibited discrimination of all kinds, allowed federal govt. to enforce desegregation
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
300
Chief Justice who decided Brown vs. Board of Ed. and many cases involving protecting the rights of the accused
Who is Earl Warren?
300
Use of geurilla warfare, lack of public support, TV, protests
What is Vietnam 'War'?
300
Turned war over to South Vietnatmese, 'peace with honor'
What is ending the Vietnam War?
300
Nonverbal communication is protected speech
What is Tinker vs. Des Moines?
400
Literacy tests made illegal, established affirmative action, equal opportunity in education and employment
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
400
YOungest president, Cuban Missile Crisis & Bay of Pigs, Peace Corps, assinated, escalated US involvment in Vietnam
Who is Kennedy?
400
4 Vietnam War protestors killed by National Guard
What is Kent State Massacre?
400
5 men broke into DNC, aide claims Nixon involved, calls for impeachment, Nixon resigns
What is teh Watergate Scandal?
400
Gives schools the right to search students and their belongings
What is NJ vs. TLO?
500
Led to hiring of minorities without discrimination, has been said to lead to reverse discrimination
What is Affirmative Action?
500
Great Society, Civil Rights legislation, further involvment in Vietnatm
WHo is Johnson?
500
Massive attack on US troops by Vietcong
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
Camp David Accords reduced Middle East tensions, SALT I, Iranian hostage crisis
Who is Carter
500
Protects right to privacy, legalized abortion
What is Roe vs. Wade?
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