Vietnam
Vietcong
What types of peaceful protests were advocated by MLK that we went over in class?
Sit-ins
Freedom Rides
Marches
MLK's speech and the March on Washington led to the passage of what act?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Why was fighting tough for the US in Vietnam? What style of fighting did the US run into?
guerrilla warfare
fighting in the dense jungles
booby traps
tunnels
Media coverage of the war led to many Americans to join what?
Anti-War Movement
What was the goal of the freedom rides into the south?
to enforce the integration and end discrimination on interstate travel
What did the 24th Amendment get rid of?
abolished poll taxes
What was the result of the Supreme Court Case Tinker vs. Des Moines? What did the school violate?
students had the right to wear peace armband in accordance with their first amendment right of freedom of speech
What was the 26th Amendment and why was it passed?
lowered the voting age to 18
if you can be drafted at 18 you should be able to vote at 18
What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?
schools were integrated (desegregated)
Describe what happened with Rosa Parks.
refused to give up her seat and got arrested, led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that gave what to the President?
the power to send troops to fight a war without a declaration from Congress
The nickname for this was was the "Living Room War," why was it characterized by this?
Who was the governor of Arkansas that denied the entrance to nine black students and who did he use to deny these students?
Orval Faubus
Arkansas national guard
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
banned discrimination in most places, mostly discrimination by employers
What was the War Powers Act?
required the President to consult Congress to send troops into combat
How would you describe the Anti-War Movement?
groups of protests across the country to end the Vietnam War, marches, burning draft cards
What is the name of MLK's famous speech after the March on Washington?
"I Have a Dream"
What was passed to increase the amount of registered voters in many places in the south?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What happened at Kent State University?
4 students were killed by the national guard after a protest on campus turned violent
Who were the biggest groups of the Anti-War Protest?
college students, hippies, civil rights activists, veterans
What are the three reconstruction amendments and what they were?
13th - abolish slavery
14th - citizenship
15th - voting cannot be denied by race
What were the laws that made it legal to discriminate and segregate in places, primarily in the south?
Jim Crow Laws
What policy and what theory pulled the US into Vietnam? What do they mean?
Containment - stop the spread of Communism
Domino Theory - if one country falls to Communism, surrounding countries will as well
The Kent State incident led to what in the US?
increase support of the anti war movement
What was the result of the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson?
"separate but equal"
minorities were not allowed in white spaces (segregation)
Why did the Little Right Nine get denied entrance to the high school in Arkansas?
The governor did not want to follow the Brown v. BOE ruling