Civil Rights
He didn't believe that non-violent, passive resistance and civil disobedience was enough.
Who was Malcom X?
He was the first president to get America involved in Vietnam by sending military advisors.
Who was President Kennedy?
His assassination in 1963 sent the nation into mourning and made Johnson the next president.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This movement sought the passage of the ERA and equal pay.
What is the Women's Movement?
Medgar Evers
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
He founded the Black Panthers.
Who is Huey P. Newton?
He claimed that America could end the war in Vietnam with honor.
Who was President Nixon?
He was a civil rights activist who called for black empowerment and was assassinated before MLK.
Who was Malcom X
This movement sought access to rights they already had but to which they were denied access (such as the right to vote).
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Students for a Democratic Society
What is the Student Movement?
She united the Black Community of Montgomery to support a bus boycott because of her arrest.
Who was Rosa Parks?
He lied to the American people about how close US troops were to winning the Vietnam war.
Who was President Johnson?
He was assassinated while campaigning to become the Democrat Party's nominee for President in 1968
Who is Robert Kennedy?
This movement sought to improve working conditions, pay, access for their veterans to services, and education.
What is the Latino Movement?
Betty Friedan
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
He believed most Americans supported him and the war even though they didn't speak up.
Who was President Nixon?
His assassination caused the Civil Rights Movement to lose a prominent leader and spokesman.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This movement sought to hold the US government accountable for various treaty violations, unfair government practices, and lost land rights.
What is the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
Caesar Chavez
What is the Latino Movement?
He was one of the founding members of the NAACP.
Who was WEB DuBois?
He received unilateral power over the Vietnam War when Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Who was President Johnson?
He was assassinated for helping Southern Blacks to register to vote.
Who is Medgar Evers?
This movement protested many things: for free speech, the right to vote, discrimination (against other groups), the war, and the draft.
What was the Student Movement?
Russell Means, Dennis Banks, Ben Nighthorse Campbell
What is the American Indian Movement (AIM)?