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Civil Rights/Vietnam War

Civil Rights/Vietnam War. Civil Rights Movement. I. 1950’s Social ______________ A. _____________ _____________ – all-white until _______________ broke color barrier 2. Government a. Pres. Truman ordered the integration of the ____________

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Civil Rights/Vietnam War

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  1. Civil Rights/Vietnam War

  2. Civil Rights Movement I. 1950’s Social ______________ A. _____________ • _____________ – all-white until _______________ broke color barrier 2. Government a. Pres. Trumanorderedthe integration of the ____________ b. ______________– Southern Democrats not happy w/party over ________________ issues c. Election of 1948i. ____________ won re-election in upset

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

  4. Civil Rights Movement iii. __________________ - __________________ ordered____________to escortstudents into all-white hsin Little Rock; - ____________ branch enforcing law

  5. Civil Rights Movement d. Montgomery ____________________ i. after ______________ refused to give up seat ii. ___________________ became leader of protest movementiii. beginning of ____________________ movement

  6. Civil Rights Movement II. Civil Rights – 1960’s • __________________ in 20th c. 1. ___________________ laws in _____________ 2. segregated neighborhoods in _______________ 3. segregated __________ unitsduring __________ B. Legal End to ____________________1. __________________________decisiona. NAACP – Thurgood Marshall b. overturned ______________________________ 2. Little Rock Nine a. fed. gov’t would _____________ to integrate schools

  7. Civil Rights Movement C. Civil Rights Movement 1. ___________________ a. movement based on ideas of Jesus, Thoreau, Ghandi => ______________________ 2. Southern Christian Leadership Conference a. organized protests in ________________ b. help _______________________

  8. Civil Rights Movement 3. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) a. _________________ b. student protests 4. _________________ a. NC A&T student protest at Woolworths in _______________

  9. Civil Rights Movement 5. Freedom ______________ a. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) b. Student protest to_____________ bus systemc. rode through South 6. James Meredith a. first to ____________ Univ. of Mississippi 7. Univ. of Alabama a. JFK sent troops to force Gov. Wallace to _________ school

  10. Civil Rights Movement 8. Birmingham __________ a. protests, boycotts to__________ new voters, _______________ public facilities b. _________ showed police beating protestors c. got public ______________ 9. ______________________ a. NAACP officer murdered in Mississippi

  11. Civil Rights Movement 10.March on _____________a. MLK – “______________________” speech b. grassroots event 11. ___________________ 1964 a. pushed by JFK; picked up by LBJ b. overcame Senate filibuster by Southern Dems. c. law outlawed _________________ in public places based on ___________

  12. Civil Rights Movement 11. Freedom _______________ a. CORE/SNCC organizedvoter registration drive in Mississippi b. three students killed by _____ 12. _____________________ a. MLK organized march in Alabama for voterregistration b. protesters beaten by _______ c. Second march organized w/ lots of publicity

  13. Civil Rights Movement 13. _________________________ 1965 a. cannot stop ____________________ based on race b. __________________ for voting illegal => # black voters ___ ;# black elected officials ___ D. Impact of Civil Rights Movement • segregation now _____________ 2. # blacks involved in politics _____

  14. Civil Rights Movement E. New ______________/Attitudes 1. __________________ a. Nation of Islam i. _________________ cannotlive together ii. _____________ protest (“by any means necessary”) b. had a change of heart afterpilgrammage to __________ c. assassinated giving speechin Harlem 2. _______________________ a. Black _____________ Movement b. StokelyCarmichel, Huey Newton,c. ____________ revolt, black pride

  15. Civil Rights Movement F. __________________ 1. 1968 a. assassination of________________________________________ b. riots, protests around country c. country looks like it’s __________________

  16. Vietnam War

  17. Vietnam War I. US Involvement • French _____________(Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) 1. France backed by _____ a. France defeated atDien Bien Phu b. _________________ – ____________ leader of ___________ Vietnam c. ______________ - Vietnamese communists

  18. Vietnam War 2. _________________ Theory a. US policy that said if one country in SE Asia fell to _________________, others around it would _______ (like containment) b. Pres. Eisenhower in 50’s 3. ____ picked up where France left off to defend _______ VN a. Pres. Kennedy sent military advisors b. US supported _______ in South VN to change leaders

  19. Vietnam War B. LBJ Years (1964-68) 1. __________ VN in danger of_______________ takeover 2. ________________ Resolution(1964) a. North VN attacked USship off coast of VN b. _____________ gave LBJ military power to defendUS interests in _________(not an official declaration of war) 3. 50,000 US soldiers fighting Vietcong (South VN _____________) and _________ VN

  20. Vietnam War C. Escalation of __________ 1. end of 1965 – 180,000 soldiers in VN a. Gen. William Westmoreland b. fighting w/______ VN againstcommunist __________ VN 2. North VN fighting _________________ war; blending in w/population 3. hard to id enemy; US strategies _______ support of South VN people a. Agent Orange, ____________

  21. Vietnam War D. War at __________________ 1. took $ from LBJ’s plansfor _________________ (war on poverty) 2. first “________________________” war a. death/destruction intoliving rooms 3. fought mostly by lowerclasses, _________________ 4. ________ groups on _________________ campuses a. protests, burning draft cards 5. country became divided a. ________________________________

  22. Vietnam War E. Turning Point – 1968 1. ___________________ a. surprise attack by ___________ VN against South VN/US b. US held _________ (South VN capital) but showed enemy was not close to defeat like gov’t/ military was saying c. public support in US started to ____________

  23. Vietnam War 2. LBJ __________ support a. decided not to run for ___________________ b. Democrats push new candidates - Eugene McCarthy - __________________ 3. country in chaos a. ___________________ b. assassinations (MLK, RFK)

  24. Vietnam War E. Election of ___________ 1. ________ at Democratic Convention (Chicago) a. police attacked protesters in/outside convention – on _______b. Dem. Party looked out out of control c. Southern Dem. nominate George Wallace 2. _____________ (R) won

  25. Vietnam War F. Nixon Years (1968-74) 1. public wanted _____ of VN 2. _____________________ a. gradual ___________ of US troops; South VN take bigger role 3. at the same time, seemed to escalate war a. _________ North VN, Laos, Cambodia 4. My Lai Massacre a. murder of ________ by US soldiers

  26. Vietnam War 5. _____________ Protest a. National Guard soldiers fired on _____________protesters • country coming apart 6. Nixon re-elected a. pressure to ___________ 7. 1973 – agreement signed; last US soldiers leave 8. 1975 – Saigon/_______ VN fell to North VN

  27. Vietnam War G. _______________ of War 1. 58,000 Americans killed a. no heroes welcome 2. 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 war c. try to _______ war-making power of _______________

  28. Vietnam War 5. Vietnam ___________ (1982) a. designed by Vietnamese woman b. people start to pay more attention to_____________ issues

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