Civil rights groups
Which civil rights organisation focussed on legal changes?
NAACP
What did Malcolm X change his surname from?
Little
In what year did the Montgomery Bus Boycott start?
1955
In what year was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
1964
What was the theory called where Nixon would make it seem as though he would do anything to stop communism spreading, including dropping a nuclear weapon on North Vietnam?
Madman theory
What civil rights organisation was founded and led by Martin Luther King?
SCLC
Malcolm X was assassinated by members of which group?
Black Muslims
In which town in Alabama were the Freedom Riders firebombed?
Anniston
Which man did the US initially support as President of South Vietnam?
Diem
In what year did the US begin bombing Cambodia?
1970
What does MIA stand for?
Montgomery Improvement Association
How many members did the Black Panthers have by the end of 1968?
5000
How many black students initially tried to join Little Rock High School in 1957?
9
The Chinese Communist Party supported the Vietminh, and then the North Vietnamese government. What was the name of their leader?
Mao Zedong
1969
The Freedom Riders were predominantly members of which organisation?
CORE
The Black Panthers were founded in which city?
Oakland
How many people marched from Selma to Montgomery on 21 March 1965?
Over 25,000
How many million tonnes of bombs did the US drop on Cambodia?
3 million
What was the name of Nixon's National Security Adviser who led the peace talks for America?
Henry Kissinger
Stokely Carmichael was chairman of which organisation?
SNCC
What were the names of the two athletes who gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympics?
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
How many children were arrested by Police Chief 'Bull' Connor on 3 May 1963?
1300
How many strategic hamlets were set up under Kennedy?
Nearly 3000
What was the name of the president of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, one of Nixon's strongest supporters?
Peter J. Brennan