Terms
Feminism
The belief that women should have political, economic, and social equality to men
Vice President that took over once JFK was assassinated
Lyndon B Johnson
Where were the Black Panthers formed and why?
California, Fight against police brutality
MLK vs Malcolm X
MLK: 6 non-violence principles, peaceful, used faith, preacher
Malcolm: fight back, take up arms, white and black should be separate, went to mecca and changed to equality for all, part of Nation of Islam
What are the first two words of the Canadian National Anthem?
Oh Canada
Relied on multiple options for responding to threats
Flexible Response
Beaten, shot, and killed in Mississippi. Death was very symbolic and viewed across the nation
Emmet Till
May 4th, 1970 guards fired live ammunition into a crowd of campus protestors who were hurling rocks at them
Would wound nine people and kill 4
2 of which were not even in the rally
Kent State
Arguments for and against the ERA
provide women legal equality to men
would let women be drafted, ruin American family and their values, stop protecting homemakers
What country was Nikkita Kruschev head of?
USSR
De Facto Segregation
Exists by practice and custom (north)
Former President of Cuba, US tried to assassinate hundreds of times. For an extra 50 points give one way the US tried to assassinate this person.
Fidel Castro
What was the Bay of Pigs and where did it occur?
Cuba, Exiled Cubans who had been trained by the CIA failed to overthrow Castro
Differences in fighting tactics between US and Vietcong
Vietcong: hid in tunnels, among the people, and in jungles. Fought for their very existence giving them nothing to lose
US: more of a political battle, was supporting South Vietnam, More advanced but could not see Vietcong
What two movies did we watch this semester?
Hidden Figures and Forrest Gump
Culture of young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960’s seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love, and individual freedom
Counter Culture
First person to integrate an all white school in Louisiana at the age of 6
Ruby Bridgers
Where were sit-ins most popular?
In the South
Explain the bombing in Laos. Why did we bomb them? What happened as a result?
Ho Chi Minh trail went through Laos. They became the most bombed country in the world and many Hmong immigrated to the US and in turn MN
Throughout history the US has tried to prevent the spread of what ideology/form of government?
Communism
The Great Society
A legislative program LBJ outlined that would end poverty and racial injustice
Hoped this would create a higher standard of living and promote a higher quality of life
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower's Secretary of State, strongly anti-communist, came up with Brinkmanship
Clash in Birmingham
What was it and where is Birmingham? WHAT STATE?!?!
Alabama, tested nonviolence tactic, protester's were jailed and beaten. This led to children's march and MLK Jr's famous letter from Birmingham jail.
What term(s)/philosophies came about as a result of the Red Scare?
Containment, Brinkmanship, Truman Doctrine, and Eisenhower Doctrine
What time does class end?
10:50/11:45