People
He was the segregationist governor of Alabama during the 1960s.
George Wallace
The U.S. created the majority of the internment camps during World War 2 in this region of the U.S.
Western states
This Civil Rights Movement challenged segregation in public pools and beaches.
The Wade Ins
In 1960, the FDA approved this medication, which sparked controversy.
The Birth Control Pill
This quote refers to what case in the late 1940s?
"Actors refuse to testify and name other communists. Judge holds them in contempt and jails them."
The Hollywood Ten Case
This 15 year old played an early role with influencing the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up their seat.
Claudette Colvin
The U.S. supported this side in the Vietnam War.
South Vietnam
The _______ were the students who tried to integrate Arkansas's Central High School in 1957.
Little Rock Nine
The airlines (stewardesses)
This quote is referring to what case in the 1950s?
"Couple charge with spying. Reports say they gave secrets to the Soviets."
The Rosenberg Case
The murder of this teenager in Mississippi sparked outrage and exposed the violence of the Jim Crow South in the 1950s.
Emmet Till
This Gay Rights group formed to promote equality and fair treatment during the 1950s and 1960s
The Mattachine Society
This president played a role in sending ground troops to Vietnam in 1964.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Operation Rolling Thunder involved the U.S. dropping these types of bombs that are now banned (thousands still remain unexploded in Vietnam and Laos)
Cluster Bombs
Who said this quote in 1967?
"Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?"
Muhammad Ali
He was the segregationist Chief of Public Safety in Birmingham in 1963.
Eugene "Bull" Connor
This group played a role in harassing and uncovering homosexuals and communists in Florida colleges during the 1950s and 1960s.
The Johns Committee
These two political figures criticized the U.S.'s involvement in the Vietnam War.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy
People criticized Martin Luther King Jr. for using these people during the Birmingham Campaign in 1963.
School-aged children
Which president said this in 1963?
"The events in Birmingham... have so increased the cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them... I am, therefore, asking the Congress to enact legislation giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public--hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments. "
President John F. Kennedy
Fired from his government job, he played a role in leading the Gay Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
Frank Kameny
They played a main role during the Sit In Movement and Freedom Rides during the 1960s.
College students
This event involved North Vietnamese army launching surprise attacks on South Vietnamese and American troops in 1968.
The Tet Offensive
This controversial event involved U.S. troops killing Vietnamese civilians in 1968
The Mai Lai Massacre
Which U.S. government official would have said this during the Red and Lavender Scare of the 1950s?
“The pervert is easy prey to the blackmailer…Homosexuals must not be handling top-secret material…they are prone to peculiar mental twists.”
Senator Joseph McCarthy