Exam! Flashcards
(153 cards)
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North Vietnam leader
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Ho Chi Minh
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Capital of North Vietnam
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Hanoi
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Capital of South Vietnam
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Saigon
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American backed leader of south Vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Alleged attack of American destroyers off Vietnam coast ( made up by US to get the men and recourses )
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Gulf of Tonkin incident
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US bombing campaign
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Operation rolling thunder
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Deferment
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Delayed draft availability
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People opposed to war because of morals
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Conscious objecters
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Credibility Gap
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Loss of faith in the LBJ administration
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Nixons national security advisor
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Henry Kissinger
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Creator of Vietnam War Memorial
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Maya Ying Lin
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Communists living in S Vietnam
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Vietcong
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Viet minh
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League of independence for vietnam
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_________ Where US killed numerous unarmed, innocent Vietnamese civilians in a small village __________ was the lieutenant that was held responsible
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Pinkville, Lieutenant William Calley
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The US used unconventional weapons such as _________ and __________
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Napalm, agent orange
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When Buddhist set themselves on fire
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Self immolation
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_________-_________ was a movement that rejected traditional American values
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Counter-culture
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Indochina
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Pennisula (need to know map)
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Geneva accords
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Established the 17th parallel
International meeting involving USSR, US, France, UK, china, and the Viet Minh
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Search and destroy
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US bases in the south of the country and, by helicopter, destroy every Viet Cong forces.
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Doves/hawks
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Doves are anti-war
Hawks are pro-war
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Election of 64
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Democratic LBJ wins over rebulican Barry Goldwater, in a landslide
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Election of 68
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The republican nominee, Nixon, wins over the democratic nominee Humphrey
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Kent state protesting
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Killing of 4 and injuring of 9 unarmed kids. All killed by the Ohio national guard, while protesting against the violent Vietnam war.
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Domino theory
One country falls to communism they all do
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Robert McNamara
Secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968
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Silent majority
Americans who chose not to express their veiws
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Containment
Keeping communism from spreading
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Paris peace talks
Ending american involvement in vietnam
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Generation Gap
Separate beliefs of separate age groups
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Pentagon papers
Leaked files to NYT containing war plans
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Dien Bien Phu
Vietnamese military victory that brought an end to French colonial rule in Vietnam
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gulf of tonkin resolution
allowing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate
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Ho Chi Minh trail
used to transport weapons and supplies to the north Vietnam army
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my lai
incident that occurred when American soldiers killed more than 500 unarmed South Vietnamese citizens in the village of My Lai
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fall of Saigon
Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, effectively ending the Vietnam War
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tet offensive
battle attack on big villages in south Vietnam on their new year holiday by north vietnemse soilders
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William Westmoreland
commanded US troops during Vietnam
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Vietnamization
strategy that aimed to reduce American involvement in the Vietnam War
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"ballad of the green berets"
written by Barry Sadler in 1966
about brave soilders (green berets) fighting in the war
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"for what its worth"
written by buffalo Springfield in 1967
about the protesting and the innocent lives being taken
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"fortunate son"
written by Creedence lyrics in 1969
talking about how its a rich mans battle but a poor mans fight
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"war"
written by Edwin Starr in 1969
talking about how war has "shattered" some peoples lives
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"ohio"
written by Crosby in 1970
about the kent state protests
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cold war
war with not a lot of fighting just intimidation
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proxy war
war fought by 2 countries in a different country
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capitalism
economic system in which individual people make most of the decisions and own most of the property in a country
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communism
totalitarian govt based on a social system where goods are held in common
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iron curtain
ideological barrier of communist Russia and European countries
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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administrator
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hot line
facilitating communication with Russia
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flexible response
U.S. defense strategy in which a wide range of diplomatic, political, economic, and military options are used to deter an enemy attack.
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Stalin
ruled from 1922 to 1952 in Russia
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Fidel Castro
ally with soviet union
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Nakita Khrushchev
ruler of russia from 1953 to 1964
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joseph McCarthy
revealed communists in state dept
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john foster dulles
sect of state 1953 to 1959
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william levitt
created the first mass-produced residential housing development after World War II
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george kennan
made the policy of containment
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mao zedong
chairman of china from 1943 - 1976
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Chiang Kai-shek
president of china on and off from 1928 to 1975
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McArthur
Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Army
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lee Harvey Oswald
assassin of JFk
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earl warren
made racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
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jack ruby
murdered lee harvey oswald
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truman doctrine
established that US would provide political, military and economic assistance to all nations under threat from external or internal forces
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united nations
international organization founded in 1945
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marshell plan
providing money to poorer countries to keep them from falling to communism
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berlin airlift
bringing food and supplies to berlin through planes because of berlin blockade
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization - protection from USSR
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warsaw pact
collective defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
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nuclear arms race
US vs USSR - who can have to most nuclear weapons and be the most powerful
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suez canal
man-made waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea
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Korean war background
The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union while South Korea was supported by the United States and allied countries
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berlin wall
berlin blockade, nobody can leave, many die trying
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Hungary rebellion
countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)
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dien bien phu
a decisive Vietnamese military victory that brought an end to French colonial rule in Vietnam
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the u-2 incident
US spy plane shot down by USSR with pilot Gary Powers in it
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cuban missile crisis
we spotted USSR missles pointed at the US and freaked out, ordering a blockade between us and Cuba
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bay of pigs
an attempt in 1961 (during the Cold War) to remove Fidel Castro from power in Cuba
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apollo 11
launched on July 16, 1969, apollo was the mission to get to the moon and it made it, with 3 astronauts landing on the moon
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Yalta
Big Three agreed that after Germany's unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post-war occupation zones, controlled by U.S., British, French and Soviet military forces
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people involved with Yalta
US - Roosevelt
USSR - Stalin
UK - Churchill
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postdam
complete disarmament of Germany
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people involved with potsdam
US - harry Truman
USSR - Stalin
UK - Churchill, replaced by clement Atlee
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HUAC
house of un-American activities committee - investigates people to detect disloyalty
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McCarthyism
public accusations of disloyalty without evidence
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Klaus fuch
spy who passed atomic notes to USSR
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hollywood 10
group of 10 film industry members that refused to testify to an anti-communist committee hearing during the Second Red Scare era
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beat generation
literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era
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GI bill
giving money to vets
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McCarren act
required associations that the government considered Communist to register with the government and submit information about membership, finances, and activities
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feminine mystique
book by beat author Betty Freidman
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1948 election
greatest upset - Truman won Dewey lost
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1952 election
eisenhower won a landslide over stevenson
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1960 election
JFK wins closely over nixon
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1st amendment
freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petitioning the govt
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2nd amendment
right to have a weapon of protection
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3rd amendment
soldiers cannot take or live in a persons house
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4th amendment
the govt cannot search or arrest a person without a probable cause
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5th amendment
you cannot be arrested for the same crime 2 times
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6th amendment
right to speedy and fair trial
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7th amendment
right to a jury trial
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8th amendment
no cruel or unusual punishment
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9th amendment
the constitution does not include all of the rights of people and states
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10th amendment
any powers that the constitution does not give to the federal govt belongs to the states
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11th amendment
citizens cannot sue states
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12th amendment
the pres and vice pres are elected on a party ticket
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13th amendment
slavery is illegal
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14th amendment
every person born in the US is a citizen
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15th amendment
all males can vote
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16th amendment
congress can tax income
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17th amendment
people can elect senators
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18th amendment
alcohol is illegal
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19th amendment
all females can vote
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20th amendment
the pres is inaugurated in january
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21st amendment
alcohol is legal
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22nd amendment
pres cannot serve more than 2 terms
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24th amendment
illegal to make a citizen do a reading test to vote
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25th amendment
line of succession
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little rock nine
high school kids chosen to go to a white school as an act of integration
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ruby bridges
little girl chosen to go to white school, was spat at and yelled at by white parents
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brown vs board
May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional
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SCLC
southern Christan leadership conference - focused its efforts on citizenship schools and efforts to desegregate individual cities
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plessey vs ferguson
separate but equal
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james meridith
first African American student at the University of Mississippi
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freedom summer
1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi
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huey newton
helped get the first African American History course adopted into the college's curriculum
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bias
prejudice against a person
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black panther party
revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality
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james earl ray
assassinator of MLK
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thurgood marshell
argued the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case
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SNCC
student nonviolent coordinating committee - led nonviolence peaceful protests
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phillip randolph
directed the March on Washington movement
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jackie robinson
first major league AA baseball player
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freedom rides
group of americans riding around the country to test if the bus laws were actually helping - got bombed
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bobby seale
started black panther party
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a. goodman
joined Freedom Summer 1964 to register African-Americans to vote. On his first day in Mississippi, he and two other civil rights workers, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Elizabeth Eckford
member of the little rock nine, got lost form security and was very strongly bullied for being black
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linda brown
When Linda was denied admission into a white elementary school, Linda's father, Oliver Brown, challenged Kansas's school segregation laws in the Supreme Court
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CORE
congress of racial equality - came up with ways to protest
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medgar evans
senator of NAACP form Mississippi
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George Wallace
racist governor of alabama
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stokely carmichal
leader of Black nationalism in the United States in the 1960s and originator of its rallying slogan, “Black power.”
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eugene connor
ultra-segregationist with close ties to the KKK
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civil rights act 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
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NAACP
national assosiation for the advanment of colored people
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orval faubus
Faubus's name became internationally known during the Little Rock Crisis of 1957, when he used the Arkansas National Guard to stop African Americans from attending Little Rock Central High School as part of federally ordered racial desegregation
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emmett till
14 year old boy beaten to death after whistling at a white lady
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voting rights act
prohibiting racial discrimination in voting
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selma
on March 7, 1965, hundreds of people gathered in Selma, Alabama to march to the capital city of Montgomery
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john lewis
one of the principal organizers of the March on Washington in 1963
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james farmer
co-founded the Congress of Racial Equality
