Studied by 2 peopleDr. King led a march that started in Selma and ended where?
Montgomery, Alabama
Which political offices did LBJ hold before becoming President in 1963?
Senator, Vice-President, Representative
What was the purpose of the Summer Freedom Project?
Whites and blacks from North went to the South to register blacks to vote
How long did southern Senators filibuster the vote one the Civil Rights Bill in 1964?
83 days
What did the Tonkin Gulf Resolution allow the Presidential election?
Send American troops to Vietnam
What was the capital of North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the war?
North - Hanoi
South - Saigon
What was the outcome of the 1964 Presidential election?
Johnson beat Goldwater by a landslide
LBJ's war on poverty was designed to aide/help what/whom?
Poor, aged, black
Why was LBJ able to push through so many laws/reforms as President?
Controlled Presidency and Congress, experience, and the treatment
What was the reason the US intervened in the Dominican Republic in 1965?
Communists tried to take over -- stop communism from spreading
LBJ was a former high school teacher, superb "horse trader" and a former Senator… True or False?
True
What was the outcome of the Tet Offensive?
US won the battle, but realized we couldn't win the war
In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. receive the Noble Peace Prize?
1964
Legally, what effect did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have?
Makes it a federal crime when violating someone's civil rights
What group became known for their long hair and strange clothing?
Hippies
Why did President Johnson not run for re-election in 1968?
Vietnam war, didn't do well in primaries
What changes occurred in black voter registration one year after the passage of the Voting Rights Act?
50% increase in blacks registered to vote
LBJ's policies were quite different from Kennedy's… True or False?
False
What policies did Senator Barry Goldwater support in the election of 1064?
Wanted to give all Nato countries in Europe Nuclear weapons
The following took place during LBJ's Presidency, abolished the immigration quota system, increased federal aid to education, and increased involvement in Vietnam… True or False?
True
The "Doves" believed we should continue fighting in Vietnam whatever the cost… True or False?
False
What was the name of the generation born after WWII that was the first to grow up under the threat of nuclear war?
Baby boomers
Vietnam was a declared war… True or False?
False
Which political party had dominated the South since the end of the Civil War?
Democrats, 1964
What was the primary concern of the "Great Society" programs?
To make America great by having a war on poverty
During the 1960's, some members of the New Left advocated using violence to gain attention to their cause… True or False?
True
Since 1954, North and South Vietnam was divided at the 15th parallel… True or False?
False - 17th Parallel
Cloture
A procedure for ending a filibuster in a legislature so the question at issue could be brought to vote.
Filibuster
Endless talking to get a bill timed out
Great Society
Designed to make America great by a war on poverty
Medicare
Helps people over 65 pay hospital bills
Ecology
The relations of organisms to one another and their physical surroundings
Stokely Carmichael
Preached Black Power
Domino Theory
If one country falls to communism, the surrounding countries will too
Hawks
People who pushed harder to fight and win in Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Secretary of state for Johnson
Medicare
age 65 and older
Rachel Carson
Wrote "Silent Spring" in 1962
Barry Goldwater
Ran against Johnson in 1964, Republican fro Arizona
Malcolm X
Advocate for the rights of African Americans; wanted to protest with violence
Thurgood Marshall
First black to serve on the Justice Supreme court, lawyer, brown v. board
Eugene McCarthy
Was the first candidate to challenge LBJ for the Democratic nomination
Medicaid
Helps "needy" people under 65 pay hospital bills
Ralph Nader
Wrote "Unsafe at Any Speed"
Pentagon Papers
Report of American involvement in Vietnam
Tet Offensive
Huge series of attacks by North Vietnam throughout South Vietnam at the same time.
Viet Cong
Vietnamese Communist, main adversary in the war
VISTA
Domestic Peace Core
Robert Weaver
First director of HUD
William Westmoreland
American Commander in charge of American forces in Vietnam
Robert McNamara
Secretary of Defense for Johnson
what does SDS stand for?
Students for a more democratic society
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