Civil Rights/Vietnam War

Civil Rights MovementI. 1950’s Social ______________A. _____________1. _____________ – all-white until _______________ broke color barrier2. Governmenta. Pres. Truman ordered the integration of the ____________b. ______________ – Southern Democrats not happy w/party over ________________ issuesc. Election of 1948 i. ____________ won re-election in upset

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3. Election of 1952a. Gen. ____________________(R)b. tried to avoid civil rights issues, but…c. ____________________ of Topeka, KA i. Supreme Court ruled “__________________” was ________________ ii. public facilities (schools) had to be ____________

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iii. __________________ - __________________ ordered ____________ to escort students into all-white hs in Little Rock; - ____________ branch enforcing law

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d. Montgomery ____________________ i. after ______________ refused to give up seatii. ___________________ became leader of protest movementiii. beginning of ____________________ movement

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II. Civil Rights – 1960’sA. __________________ in 20th c. 1. ___________________ laws in _____________2. segregated neighborhoods in _______________3. segregated __________ units during __________B. Legal End to ____________________1. __________________________decisiona. NAACP – Thurgood Marshallb. overturned ______________________________2. Little Rock Ninea. fed. gov’t would _____________ to integrate schools

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C. Civil Rights Movement1. ___________________a. movement based on ideas of Jesus, Thoreau, Ghandi => ______________________2. Southern Christian Leadership Conference a. organized protests in ________________b. help _______________________

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3. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)a. _________________b. student protests4. _________________a. NC A&T student protest at Woolworths in _______________

Civil Rights Movement5. Freedom ______________a. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)b. Student protest to _____________ bus systemc. rode through South6. James Mereditha. first to ____________ Univ. of Mississippi7. Univ. of Alabamaa. JFK sent troops to force Gov. Wallace to _________ school

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8. Birmingham __________a. protests, boycotts to __________ new voters, _______________ public facilitiesb. _________ showed police beating protestorsc. got public ______________9. ______________________a. NAACP officer murdered in Mississippi

Civil Rights Movement10.March on _____________a. MLK – “______________________” speechb. grassroots event 11. ___________________ 1964a. pushed by JFK; picked up by LBJb. overcame Senate filibuster by Southern Dems.c. law outlawed _________________ in public places based on ___________

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11. Freedom _______________ a. CORE/SNCC organized voter registration drive in Mississippib. three students killed by _____12. _____________________a. MLK organized march in Alabama for voter registrationb. protesters beaten by _______c. Second march organized w/ lots of publicity

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13. _________________________ 1965a. cannot stop ____________________ based on raceb. __________________ for voting illegal=> # black voters ___ ;# black elected officials ___D. Impact of Civil Rights Movement1. segregation now _____________2. # blacks involved in politics _____

Civil Rights MovementE. New ______________/Attitudes1. __________________a. Nation of Islam i. _________________ cannot live togetherii. _____________ protest (“by any means necessary”)b. had a change of heart after pilgrammage to __________c. assassinated giving speech in Harlem2. _______________________a. Black _____________ Movementb. Stokely Carmichel, Huey Newton,c. ____________ revolt, black pride

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F. __________________1. 1968a. assassination of ________________________________________b. riots, protests around countryc. country looks like it’s __________________

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Vietnam War

I. US InvolvementA. French _____________

(Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia)1. France backed by _____a. France defeated at Dien Bien Phu b. _________________ – ____________ leader of ___________ Vietnamc. ______________ - Vietnamese communists

Vietnam War2. _________________ Theorya. US policy that said if one country in SE Asia fell to _________________, others around it would _______ (like containment)b. Pres. Eisenhower in 50’s3. ____ picked up where France left off to defend _______ VNa. Pres. Kennedy sent military advisorsb. US supported _______ in South VN to change leaders

Vietnam WarB. LBJ Years (1964-68)1. __________ VN in danger of _______________ takeover2. ________________ Resolution (1964)a. North VN attacked US ship off coast of VNb. _____________ gave LBJ military power to defend US interests in _________(not an official declaration of war)3. 50,000 US soldiers fighting Vietcong (South VN _____________) and _________ VN

Vietnam WarC. Escalation of __________1. end of 1965 – 180,000 soldiers in VNa. Gen. William Westmorelandb. fighting w/______ VN against communist __________ VN2. North VN fighting _________________ war; blending in w/population3. hard to id enemy; US strategies _______ support of South VN peoplea. Agent Orange, ____________

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D. War at __________________1. took $ from LBJ’s plans for _________________ (war on poverty)2. first “________________________” wara. death/destruction into living rooms3. fought mostly by lower classes, _________________4. ________ groups on _________________ campusesa. protests, burning draft cards5. country became divideda. ________________________________

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E. Turning Point – 19681. ___________________a. surprise attack by ___________ VN against South VN/USb. US held _________ (South VN capital) but showed enemy was not close to defeat like gov’t/ military was sayingc. public support in US started to ____________

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2. LBJ __________ support a. decided not to run for ___________________b. Democrats push new candidates - Eugene McCarthy - __________________3. country in chaosa. ___________________b. assassinations (MLK, RFK)

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E. Election of ___________1. ________ at Democratic Convention (Chicago)a. police attacked protesters in/outside convention – on _______b. Dem. Party looked out out of controlc. Southern Dem. nominate George Wallace2. _____________ (R) won

Vietnam WarF. Nixon Years (1968-74)1. public wanted _____ of VN2. _____________________ a. gradual ___________ of US troops; South VN take bigger role3. at the same time, seemed to escalate wara. _________ North VN, Laos, Cambodia4. My Lai Massacrea. murder of ________ by US soldiers

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5. _____________ Protesta. National Guard soldiers fired on _____________ protestersÞ country coming apart6. Nixon re-electeda. pressure to ___________7. 1973 – agreement signed; last US soldiers leave8. 1975 – Saigon/_______ VN fell to North VN

Vietnam WarG. _______________ of War1. 58,000 Americans killeda. no heroes welcome2. people more cynical, less trusting of _____________3. __________________ Acta. passed by Congressb. _____________ must tell __________ w/in 48 hrs. if troop are sent w/out declaration of warc. try to _______ war-making power of _______________

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5. Vietnam ___________ (1982)a. designed by Vietnamese womanb. people start to pay more attention to _____________ issues