Civil Rights Movement
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
The first nine African-American students to attend Little Rock Central High School
A young man could be deferred from the draft for the Vietnam War if they what?
What is go to college or have a qualifying medical condition?
What Civil Rights leader is famous for their "I Have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which president, who was elected in 1960, had a strong focus on civil rights before his administration was cut short?
John F Kennedy
The Viet Cong was the military for which side of the Vietnam War?
North Vietnam
What was the one big thing that the Womens' Rights Movement was not able to get passed?
Ratification of the Equal Rights Movement
What was the name of the chemical defoliant that was used by the United States during the Vietnam War?
Agent Orange
One of the most famous people from the Civil Rights Movement, this person's refusal to give up a bus seat is argued as one of the most important events of the Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks
Which president succeeded Kennedy after his assassination?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What is the term for a conflict where two major powers support different sides rather than fighting each other directly?
Proxy War
What was the Brown v. Board of Education case? What happened as a result of it?
It was a Supreme Court case based on Oliver Brown's unwillingness to send his daughter to an all-black school on the other side of town, challenging the constitutionality of segregated schools. The court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson
Where were North Vietnam and South Vietnam divided?
17th Parallel
What civil rights leader was famous for their use of violent tactics and disinterest in integration?
Malcolm X
Name at least two laws passed during Johnson's Great Society.
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1968, Higher Education Act of 1965, Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Food Stamp Act of 1964, Social Security Act of 1965, Elementary and Secondary Education Act
What policy of this era aimed to end poverty and injustice in the U.S.?
Johnson's Great Society
This made segregation in public places illegal.
What was the Tet Offensive? How did it affect the American public's perception of the Vietnam War?
The Tet Offensive was a North Vietnamese attack on 5 major South Vietnamese cities during the planned ceasefire for the Vietnamese holiday of Tet. While the North Vietnamese suffered more casualties, the United States public was firmly turned against the war.
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Name at least two programs started during Johnson's Great Society.
Job Corps, Upward Bound, Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, Office of Economic Opportunity
What was Vietnamization?
The process of removing American forces from Vietnam and handing the war over to the South Vietnamese.
What major Civil Rights Movement event began with four college students at Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina?
Greensboro Sit-Ins
The South Vietnam leader that the U.S. backed?
Who was Ngo Dihn Diem?
What is the name of the man who assassinated President Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
What is the primary reason that people argue that the Great Society was ineffective?
President Johnson spent much of the time, effort and money that the programs needed on the Vietnam war effort.
One key component of this movement in 1964 was a campaign led by white college students to register African Americans to vote in Mississippi.
Freedom Summer
What leader used non-violent means to organize farm workers?
Cesar Chavez
What was the name of the bill passed by Congress that gave President Johnson the authority to conduct the war in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Who became Attorney General under John F. Kennedy?
Robert (Bobby) Kennedy, JFK's brother
What was Kennedy's initiative called that started the expansion into space, Green Berets, and the Peace Corps?
New Frontier
This author wrote about womens' dissatisfaction with staying home and raising a family.
Betty Friedan