The Civil Rights/Vietnam

Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?

The first organized movement by African Americans to fight segregation was ___.

Which of the following is not associated with the Black Power movement?

___ set off the first general student strike in U.S. history.

In 1960, members of SNCC use ___ to desegregate lunch counters throughout the South.

Which president asked Congress for the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?

Which admins efforts to mislead people were revealed by the publication of the Pentagon Papers?

De jure segregation is segregation that results from ___.

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 enable federal officials to do?

Americans who supported strong U.S. military efforts in Vietnam

What was the main purpose of introducing the "body count"?

Which doctrine was overturned by the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education?

In 1896, in ___, the Supreme Court rules that "separate but equal" is constitutional.

veteran who became the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi

In the 1968 presidential campaign, which of the following candidates would a dove favor

The murder of 200 innocent Vietnamese villagers by U.S. troops shocked America

When this fell to Vietnamese forces in 1954, the French began to leave Vietnam.

Which of the following is an example of de facto segregation?

Black Muslim leader who urged blacks to separate from white society

He urged SNCC to stop recruiting whites and to focus on developing African-American pride.

founded by Tom Hayden, charged that corp and large govt institutions had taken over America.

Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers?

U.S. president responsible for the Vietnamization of the war

The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.

political organization whose goal was to win Vietnam's independence from foreign rule

___ served as the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam.

civil rights leader and minister who believed deeply in the power of nonviolent protest

South Vietnamese citizens who fought against the South Vietnamese government and Americans

U.S. troops are not to remain in a hostile area longer than 90 days without congresses approval

One legacy of the civil rights movement that has been challenged in recent years is ___.

A major turning point in the civil rights movement was marked by ___.

One accomplishment of the ___ was ending segregation in all interstate travel facilities.

who used the Tonkin Gulf incident as an excuse to deepen U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War

This allowed communist North Vietnam to supply military arms to the opposition in S. Vietnam

Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?

___ was most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable

Which statement accurately describes the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

This was the first extensive U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.

Which of the following affirmed the legality of segregation and the passage of Jim Crow laws?

___ was the United States' main goal in Vietnam.

___ did not occur in 1968.

To expose Vietcong tunnels and hideouts, U.S. planes dropped gasoline based bombs in the jungle

NAACP lawyer who argued the Brown v. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court

activist whose protest helped spark the Montgomery bus boycott

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a founder and the first president of the ___.

In the early years of the war, a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 banned discrimination in which activity?

Which of the following did President Nixon say would bring about "peace with honor" in Vietnam?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

According to the Kerner Commission, what was the main cause of urban violence?

When this fell to Vietnamese forces in 1954, the French left Vietnam.

___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.

civil rights leader who became impatient with nonviolence and called for "Black Power"

This is segregation that exists by practice and custom, not by law.