US HY 2 1960s Review

Supreme court case that first challenged segregation in 1954 dealing with education:

Organization that recruited college students for Freedom Rides:

Who defeated Richard Nixon in the 1960 election? First election with televised debate.

The supply route from North Vietnam to the Vietcong was called the Ho Chi Minh trail. T or F?

American troops left Vietnam in:

John F. Kennedy campaigned to stand up for Civil Rights. True or False?

Two social security attachments made by LBJ’s administration:

Famous hilltop battlefield attacked near North Vietnamese border:

____ _____ sparked the __________ Bud Boycott from 1955-1956.

JFK was shot on November 22, 1963. Where was this and who shot JFK?

Corrupt police commissioner of Birmingham: Very racist…

President who campaigned for “Peace with Honor” in Vietnam:

Despite setbacks in Vietnam, Lyndon B. Johnson ran for a second term in 1968. T or F?

What European power occupied and controlled Vietnam before American involvement?

JFK’s goal and vision was shown through his program the…

Thanks to JFK’s boost in NASA spending the world on July 20, 1969 would see…

Gov. of Alabama who stood to block African American Vivian Malone from attending the U of A:

Incident turned resolution to step up American involvement in Vietnam:

About how many American lives were lost in the Vietnam War?

Famous Supreme Court Chief Justice from CA who helped fight for Civil Rights:

Leader of Communist North Vietnam:

The Brown v. Board decision effectively reversed Plessy v. Ferguson. True or False?

Soon after JFK was pronounced dead, his VP assumed office. Who was that?

Spring of 1961 protest of segregated Interstate bus stops & dining facilities:

In 1963 a hot line was established between the White House and the Soviet ________.

Which weapon was NOT used by American forces in Vietnam?

When winning election himself in 1964, LBJ launched a war on…

What openly Communist island in the Caribbean challenged the JFK administration?

Despite ushering in good reforms, LBJ never passed anything to help the environment. T or F?

MLK was arrested here and wrote from the city jail. Most segregated big city in the South:

To integrate lunch counters in the South, people conducted…

Failed invasion of Cuba by American-sponsored Cuban exiles:

LBJ beat Republican and warmonger Barry Goldwater by a landslide in 1964. T or F?

In the 1950s about what fraction of America’s African-American population lived in the South?

In the Vietnam War, America was fighting the ___ and the _________.

Major attack against multiple targets in South Vietnam, 1968 by the Vietcong:

KKK-involved riots unfolded when James Meredith began attending…

In 1964 President _____________ signed the Civil Right and Voting Acts of 1964.

America dropped more bombs on Vietnam than in both WWII and the Korean War combined. T or F?

A result of the Vietnam war, the passing of the 26^th Amend. brought the voting age from 21 to…

August of 1963 MLK and about 2.5 million people listened to his “I have a dream speech" in...

Who was America’s lead general in the Vietnam War?

American massacre of 200-500 unarmed Vietnamese villagers:

Like JFK, LBJ had his own social program he wanted to initiate called the…

Organization of Southern ministers that helped orchestrate the Civil Rights movement:

President Eisenhower used the army to integrate 9 African Americans into a High School in…

JFK decreased military spending. True or False?

Violence unfolded when African American voters began to march from _____ to Montgomery in 1965.