Organizations
SDS
Students for a Democratic Society
an organization of Vietnamese Communists and other nationalist groups that between 1946 and 1954 fought for Vietnamese independence from the French
Vietminh
resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving the president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Sent 400 marshals to protect riders
JFK
Refused to let Meredith register
Gov. Ross Barntt
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
the idea that if a nation falls under Communist control, nearby nations will also fall under Communist control
Domino Theory
a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts
Napalm
Shut down down Central High School to stop integration
Gov. Orval Faubus
Head of NAACP legal campaign
Charles Hamilton Houston
SNCC
Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
a 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956
Geneva Accords
a toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts
Agent Orange
Greatest Victory is Brown V. Board of education of Topeka
Thurgood Marshall
Was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus
Rosa Parks
CORE
Congress of Racial Equality
the South Vietnamese Communists who, with North Vietnamese support, fought against the government of South Vietnam in the Vietnam War
Vietcong
a U.S. military raid on a South Vietnamese village, intended to root out villagers with ties to the Vietcong but often resulting in the destruction of the village and the displacement of its inhabitants
Search-and-Destroy Mission
Baptist Pastor who lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ran for president in 1957
NAACP
National Association for the advancement of Colored Peopl
a network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
required enrollment in the armed services
Draft
Attended Central High School
Elizabeth Eckford
Enrolled at Ole Miss
James Meredith