This president ordered the US Marshals to protect James Meredith when he tried to attend the University of Mississippi.
Who is John F. Kennedy
100
President Lyndon B Johnson launched these social programs that include medical care and financial aid for poor people, among other things.
What is The Great Society?
100
Before World War II, the country known as Vietnam was known under this name?
What is French Indochina
100
Martin Luther King Jr. organized protests in this city, which he believed to be the most segregated city in the country.
What is Birmingham, Alabama.
100
The United States saw this government philosophy as a threat to the American Way of Life and was committed to prevent it from spreading.
What is Communism
200
This governor of Alabama vowed to defend segregation and to prevent any black students from attending the University of Alabama.
Who is George Wallace
200
Before becoming president, LBJ served as a Congressman and a Senator serving this state.
What is Texas
200
This country invaded Vietnam and took control from the french, then lost control after World War II.
What is Japan
200
This law makes it illegal to discriminate in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters and other pubic places.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
The movement to allow members of all ethnic groups to use the same facilities and institutions regardless of the color of their skin.
What is Integration or Desegregation.
300
This man shot and killed president John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22nd, 1963
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald
300
President Johnson declared this war in 1964. Its measures included creating jobs, improving literacy and eliminate discrimination.
What is The War on Poverty.
300
These accords divided Vietnam into 2 countries: South Vietnam and North Vietnam.
What are The Geneva Accords
300
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 authorized the Attorney General office to file legal suits to enforce this.
What is desegregation in public schools.
300
This conflict between capitalist countries like the United States and Great Britain and communist like The Soviet Union and China never amounted to full blown combat but provoked a lot of tension.
What is the Cold War
400
This man became the leader of the Vietnamese independence movement.
Who is Ho Chi Minh
400
These programs designed to provide health care for older Americans and the poor were created by the Great Society.
What are Medicare and Medicaid.
400
Ngo Dinh Diem was a corrupt leader whose policies to weaken Budhism spurred protests and rebellions in South Vietnam and eventually lead to the creation of this group.
What is The Viet Cong or National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam.
400
This act helped protect the electoral rights of African Americans and was signed into law in 1965.
What is The Voting Rights Act.
400
A war between the citizens of the same country. This kind of war erupted between North and South Vietnam.
What is Civil War
500
At the beginning of the Vietnamese Civil War, these American Soldiers didn't participate in direct fighting. Instead, they were there to help South Vietnam fight the rebels who wanted to unite Vietnam.
What are Military Advisers
500
While in Congress, Johnson became the first representative to volunteer for active duty during this conflict.
What is World War II
500
This resolution authorized president LBJ to act after the US destroyer Maddox was attacked by a North Vietnamese patrol in 1964.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
500
Many of LBJs achievements towards fighting discrimination and creating a better society for all Americans were overshadowed by this conflict.
What is The Vietnam War
500
The belief that communism could spread from country to country moved America to send money, weapons and troops to other countries.