Leaders
Called the "Conscience of the South" this Atlanta Constitution newspaper editor supported civil rights.
Who was Ralph McGill?
Because of this tragic event at Selma, Alabama, the US Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
What was "Bloody Sunday"?
Passed after the MLK Assassination this law ended discrimination in housing.
What was the Fair Housing Act?
One of the justifications for American involvement in SE Asia fearing one country after another would fall to communism.
What was the Domino Theory?
Governor Carter's plan aimed to control spending and funding of the executive branch in state govt.
What was Zero Based Budgeting?
1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner he gave the famous "I have a Dream" Speech in Washington DC.
Who was Martin Luther King?
Led by MLK this non-violent method ended segregation for the public busing system in Montgomery.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1965 federal law that ended discrimination in voting.
What was the Voting Rights Act?
This guerrilla army helped by the United States in World War II fought the Japanese and then defeated the French in Indochina.
What was the Vietminh?
Governor Busbee's popular slogan when he campaigned for the office.
What was a workhorse?
One of the 8 new black leaders elected to the state legislature and anti-war activist.
Who was Julian Bond?
SNCC and CORE organized this desegregation of public busing terminals across the south.
What were the Freedom Riders?
1964 law that ended discrimination against minorities and women.
What was the Civil Rights Act?
What was television?
Regional name for Georgia and the other states the experienced growth during the 1970s. Warmer climate played a role.
What was the Sunbelt Region?
Leader in Nation of Islam representing militancy he promoted self-help. Later assassinated by rivals.
Who was Malcolm X?
Considered the high tide of the Civil Rights Movement 250,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
What was the March on Washington?
The 1957 Civil Rights Act was passed in response to this infamous murder case in Mississippi.
What was the Till Case?
This incident off the coast of N. Vietnam compelled the US to directly intervene in the war.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
Economic hardship from higher prices the US faced as a result of the Arab Oil Embargo in 1974.
What was inflation?
Younger brother of President Kennedy and former attorney-general he was assassinated in 1968 while running for president.
Who was Robert Kennedy?
The Watts Riot in California signaled the beginnings of racial unrest in major US cities during the 60s.
What were the Long Hot Summers?
Landmark supreme court case that declared racial segregation as unconstitutional.
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
What was Vietnamization?
Negative image for Georgia besides discrimination that posed a challenge for people in both urban and rural areas.
What was poverty?