People CRM
What three leaders that were shot and killed during this time period?
Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, Robert Kennedy, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X
In 1896, the court case of Plessy v. Ferguson stated that?
Separate but equal was constitutional
What type of warfare was commonly used in Vietnam by the Vietcong?
Guerrilla warfare
NAACP lawyer for Brown v. Board of Education; also the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
What was the difference between a dove and a hawk?
Dove = Peace
Hawk = War
This boy's murder is noted as one of the leading events that motivated the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
What were the 2 main organizations most Civil Rights Movement people were involved in?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
What were the Pentagon Papers?
A history of America’s military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967
Who were 4 of the Big 6 Leaders
Martin Luther King
John Lewis
Roy Wilkins
Asa Philip Randolph
Ralph Abernathy
James Farmer
Three marches in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement
What were the Selma to Montgomery Marches?
African Americans and whites together rode various forms of public transportation in the South to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation
What are the Freedom Riders?
What were four legal or illegal ways to avoid the draft?
Conscientious objector, Marriage/Parent, Enroll in college, Medical conditions, Essential job/role
Hide/flee, Burn cards, Refuse to register
Who were the Little Rock 9?
9 students that desegregated the first high school in Arkansas; stopped by state National Guard; Eisenhower sent in US Army
What did the Reconstruction Amendments do?
Hint: there are 3
13th: no slavery
14th: citizenship and equal protection
15th: African American males can vote
What is the difference between de jure and de facto segregation?
De Jure: by laws
De Facto: by traditions/customs
List four reasons/events for why Americans began to oppose the Vietnam War?
Civil War
S.V. = oppressive too
US can’t control entire world
Morally unjust
High death toll
Credibility Gap
Invasion on Cambodia