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1
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What laws allowed segregation

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Jim Crow Laws

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When was Plessy vs Ferguson and what happened

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1896- Plessy taken to court for sitting in white only car. The judge, Ferguson, convicted him. Plessy went to Supreme Court and came about the idea ‘separate but equal’. As long as they’re the same, it’s ok to have one race things

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How many black Americans had the right to vote in 1956

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≈20%

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What did most states have in the 50s that was meant to make it harder for black people to get a vote

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Literacy tests were harder

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What were the main ways of protest

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Marches
Sit ins
Boycotts
Media exposure
Violence (Malcom X)

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Facts about NAACP

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Founded in 1909
Set up LDF in ‘40 to help wrongly convicted black people
Won almost every case taken to the supreme court

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Facts about CORE

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Used non-violent form of protest
Trained members not to react

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What did WASP stand for

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White Anglo Saxon Protestants

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When was brown vs Topeka and what happens

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1954- overruled Plessy vs Ferguson making segregation unconstitutional

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When did all schools become unsegregated

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1972

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When was Little Rock high and what happened

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1957- Elizabeth Eckford and 8 others went to an all white school in the Deep South. Guards blocked all entrances and President Eisenhower had to send in 1000 paratroopers. Faubus in response closed all schools in Arkansas for a year the next year

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When did Rosa Parks refuse to change seat

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1 December 1955

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How long did the bus boycott last

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381 days

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Who promoted the bus boycott

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WPC

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How did black people get around during the bus boycott

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Carpools

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What is a Dixiecrat

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Democratic Party senators from southern states

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Facts about SNCC

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Founded in April 1960
Received grant of $800 from SCLC
Nicknamed snick

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When was the Greensboro sit in

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1 Feb 1960

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What did freedom riders do

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Rode buses from north to south to see if desegregation in buses was really happening

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Who organised freedom rides

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James Farmer, director of CORE

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How many arrest came about due to the freedom rides

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7300

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When did James Meredith attempt to attend school in Mississippi

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1962

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How many marshals were sent out to help James Meredith

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26

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How many people were in the mob that tried to stop James Meredith

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3000

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When did demonstrations begin in Birmingham
3 April 1963
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Who was mayor of Birmingham when the protests happened
Bull Connor
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How many children were arrested in Birmingham
1300
28
What was firebombed and where
A bus in Anniston (just outside Alabama)
29
When was the civil rights act introduced
1964
30
What did the Civil Rights act say
Discrimination in hotels, restaurants, lunch counters and theatres was banned
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What happen in 1965 at Selma
March
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What happened to the marchers in Selma
Stopped on the bridge and attacked
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When was the Voting Rights Act introduced
Summer 1965
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What did the Voting Bill say
Ended literacy tests Ensured monitoring of registration
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By end of 1965 how many black Americans voted and what did the figure rise to by 1968
250k to 1 mill
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What did Malcom X reject at first
Direct Action
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When was Malcom X killed
21 Feb 1965
38
Facts about Black Panthers
Founded in California in 1966 Believed black people needed own police force
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How many major riots were there between 64-68 and in how many cities
329 in 257
40
How many death were there in the riots between 64-68
220
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Why were there riots
Unemployment Poverty Poor education Discrimination
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In how many towns were there riots after Kings death
72
43
What did the 1968 Civil Rights Act state
Fair housing and federal protection
44
After MLKs death what did SNCC change the N from to
Non-violent to National
45
Who were ARVN
South Vietnam army
46
Who were the Vietcong
Communist led guerrilla group
47
How much money did the US give South Vietnam between 55 and 61
$7 billion
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Who was the savage dictator in South Vietnam
Diem
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When was the South Vietnam revolution to get rid of Diem
1 November 1963
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How many strategic hamlets were built in 1962
3000
51
Why did America get involved in Vietnam
Domino theory and Truman Doctrine
52
When was Gulf of Tonkin incident
2-4 August 1964
53
What happened at the Gulf of Tonkin
US warship Maddox attacked ‘twice’
54
What methods did the Vietcong use
Punji traps 250km of underground tunnels Wore American uniforms
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What tactics did America use
Operation Rolling Thunder Operation Ranch Hand Search and Destroy
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How many litres of Agent Orange were used
82 million
57
How many Vietnamese roughly suffered health problems due to Ranch Hand
3 million
58
When was the Tet offensive launched
30 Jan 1968
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How long did the Tet offensive last
2 months
60
How many tons of bombs were dropped on Cambodia
3 million
61
How many were killed due to the bombing of Cambodia
100k and 2 million made homeless
62
What was Operation Linebacker II
Bombing of NV for 12 days around Christmas
63
At its height, what did the war cost America each day
$1 billion
64
How many tons of bombs were dropped in Vietnam by the US
7 million
65
How many US soldiers died during the war
58,000
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How many US soldiers became severely disabled
75,000
67
How many Vietnamese died due to the war
≈2 million
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When was the protest March on Washington against Vietnam and how many went
21/10/1967, 100k present
69
How much did Calley get due to the Mai Lai massacre
Life sentence, served 3 years
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How big was the protest after the public found out about the Mai Lai massacre
500k people
71
Who was Henry Kisseneger
US national security adviser 69-75
72
Who was Lu Duc Tho
Head of communist party of Vietnam
73
When were Kissinger and Duc Tho awarded the Peace Prize
1973
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When was a ceasefire agreed
23 June 1973
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When was Vietnam reunited
1975
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Were there more suicides after or deaths during the war for the US
Suicides
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How many Vets suffered from PTSD
700k

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