1950s
In this city there was a Bus Boycott
What is Montgomery
This group worked on improving their communities while arming themselves to protect against police violence
What are The Black Panthers
This man led a march on Washington to make Americans more aware of The Civil Rights Movement
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
This man was assassinated in 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy
This war divided Americans. College campuses became centers of antiwar sentiment
What is The Vietnam War
In this city federal troops were sent to protect African American students
What is Little Rock
This was a union created for Latino and Filipino farm workers
What is The United Farm Workers
This woman refused to move to the back of a bus in the South in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks
This man won the presidency in 1968
Who is Richard Nixon
This group were Communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam
Who were the Vietcong
The conflict at Little Rock's Central High School was a reaction to this Supreme Court Case
What is Brown vs. Board of Ed
This movement increased Latinos' awareness of their history and culture
What is The Chicano movement
This woman wrote The Feminine Mystique
Who is Betty Friedan
This man was President when The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed
Who is Lyndon Johnson
In this city, police clashed with antiwar protesters
What is Chicago
The Montgomery Bus Boycott continued for...
What is more than a year
This event is largely regarded as a catalyst for the LGBT movement for civil rights in America
What are The Stonewall Riots
This woman wrote Silent Spring
Who is Rachel Carson
This man sent federal troops to Little Rock
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower
By 1968 this amount of Americans had been killed in Vietnam
What are over 30,000 Americans
In this Supreme Court case, it was decided that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in America had equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
What is Hernandez vs. Texas
In this city police dogs and fire hoses were used on peaceful protesters wanting better treatment for African Americans
What is Birmingham
This man won a federal court case that allowed him to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi
Who is James Meredith
This man began sending U.S. troops to South Vietnam
Who is John F. Kennedy
In this year The United States withdrew from The Vietnam War
What is 1973