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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was a VIetnamese communist and revolutionary leader who sought to free his nation from colonial influence. He was mainly agianst japenese, french, and american forces. -
Vietcong Tunnels
These tunnels served as hiding places during combat and also served as living quarters, places to store food and weapons, and locations to tend wounded soldiers. -
Civil Rights Before 1954
In the late 1800's and early 1900s, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois joined the fight for rights of African Americans everywhere. The NAACP brought end to racial violence and to gain rights of African Americans. -
The Geneva Conference
Took place in Geneva, Switzerland in order to attempt to find a way to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace to indoneasia. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Linda Brown, lived just blocks away from the nearest elementary school,but she was not allowed to go to that school because it was an only whites school. Cheif Justice Earl Warren said that schools segregated by race were unconstitutional. -
Montogomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was arrested because she did not move out of the front of the bus when the blacks were sopose to sit in the back. After that, alot of blacks boycotted Mongomerys bus system and walked everywhere to show their angry towards being segregated. -
Kennedy and Congress
Kennedy asked congress to pass multiple acts to help the people of america finacially, but they refused. -
Ho Chi Minh Trail
The trail was a network of paths that began in North Vietnam, and went through Laos and Cambodia, then finally ended in South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese used this trail to send weapons, soliders, food, and other supplies to the Vietcong and NVA forces in South Vietnam. -
Kennedy Elected
Kennedy had a victory of 303-219 in the electoral college. He became the youngest president and the first Catholic president. -
Berlin Crisis
A wall was put up to stop the spread of comunism and from people leaving east Berlin to west Berlin. Lyndon B. johnson went to west Berlin to assure America would not abandon them. -
The Space Race
Asturnat John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. Later in 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
This amendment banned states from taxing citizens to vote. Some southeren states required poll taxes as a way to keep african americans form voting. -
James Meredith
James attempted to enroll in the University of Mississippi. He was rejected soley because of his race. A federal court ordered him to be admitted. He was guarded by federal marshals but a riot started and Kennedy ordered troops to stop it, and they did. -
Cuban Missle Crisis
The Soviet Union had nuclear missles from Cuba. So they made a deal that the Soviet Union and America could not invade Cuba without direct provocation. -
Andrew Young
As a close advisor of King and a member of the SCLC, Andrew played a key role in the 1963 Birmingham campaign and in hte Selma march. In 1972 he was Georgias first African American member of Congress since Reconstruciton. -
The March on Washington
This march was held for a protest demanding for jobs and freedom. More than 200,000 races covered the National Mall. Martin Luther King Jr. also delievered his last speech. -
Freedom Summer
Hundreds of volunteers gathered at an Ohio college to train for the Freedom Summer. Volunteers were trained to register voters or to teach at a summer school. -
Johnsons ideas
Johnson pushed for the passing of Kennedy's tax-cut bill and civil rights legislation which were being stalled after the presidents sudden death. Congress passed the Tax Reduction Act. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Johnson signed the civil rights bill. Although some southerners in Congress hated it, he saw the killiings and wanted to end it. -
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
This resolution enabled the president to "take all nessasary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the united states." -
The Kennedy Assasination
President Kennedy rode in an open car threw Dallas. Shots from Lee Harvy Oswald across the street killed the president. -
Johnson becomes Presdient
Although Johnson was president right after Kennedys assaination, his began his real first term in 1965. He used the saying, "We have to stay in the path Kennedy wanted to take us." to win over America and become President. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a bombing campaign over North Vietnam. This was the first major direct U.S. military activity in VIetnam that took place in the air. -
Building a Great Society
Congress authorized funds for states to set up medicaid and medicare. Johnson traveled to Missouri to sign the bill into law infront of Harry Truman, former president that first proposed the idea. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This law proved to be one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation ever passed. It gave the federal government power to stop the band of African Americans voting. -
Black Power
Carmichael, leader of SNCC, described it as, African Americans' dependence on themselves to solve problems. Later on, CORE and SNCC endorsed Black Power in 1966. -
National Organization for Women
This women's rights organization fought gender discrimination in the workplace, schools, and justice system. It also worked to end violence agianst women and to achieve abortion rights. -
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created this and rejected non-violene and called for violent revolution as a means of African American liberation.The Panthers carried guns and monitored blacks neighborhoods to guard agianst police brutality. -
Brown Berets
Founded by the working class Chicano students in Los Angeles, they protested agianst police brutality in East Los Angeles. Soon, they began fighting for bilingual education, better school conditions, Chicano studies, and more Chicano teachers. -
Hippie Culture
Hippies sought new experiences through buddism, astrology, or the occult. Many experimented with illegal drugs. Drugs such as Acid and Marijuana were commonly used. -
Summer of Love
In San Francisco, this was very commonly known. This blissful lifestyle led to drug addicts and deaths from overdoses. -
The Assassination of King
King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was shot. The bullet went into his right cheek, to the neck, and finally ending at the shoulder blade. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This law banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. President Johnson signed this just a week after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. -
Poor People's Campaign
Ralph Abernathy, head of the SCLC, gathered thousands of protesters in the nations capitol to protest. It was a disaster, about 200 protesters turned out to be memebers of inner-city gangs and the SCLC experianced terrible media relations. -
American Indian Movement
This group origanially focused on urban Native Americans. They wanted renewal of traditional cultures, economic independence, and better education for Indian children. -
George Wallace
Govener of Alabama, opposed the civil rights movement and school desegregation. His strongest supporters were democrats who opposed liberal policies. -
The Democratic Convention
The Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago. The remaining canidates fought for the nomination at the Convention. The Delegates debated between McCarthy and Humphrey. Roits and protesters gathered in masses outside of the convention shouting, "Peace now." -
Election Results
The Republican nominee, former Vice-President Nixon, won the election over the Democratic nominee, Vice-President Humphrey. Nixon ran a campaign that promised to restore law and order to the nation's cities, torn by riots and crime. -
Gonzoales and the Crusade for Justice
Gonzales and the Crusade for Justice sponsored the National Chicano Liberation Youht Conference. They wanted the Chicanos to reclaim the lands of the southwest. -
La Raza Unida Party
Formed by Gutierrez, this party campaigned for bilingual education, improved public services, education for children of migrant workers, and an end to job elected to offices in Texas cities. -
Troops to Cambodia
President Richard Nixon announced that he had ordered U.S. troops into Cambodia. Anti-war protesters went wild causeing campus violence and radical protests. -
Twenty- Sixth Amendment
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Mainly because he wanted to give the men fighting for this country that were under 21, to get a chance to vote for the president they are fighting for. -
Equal Rights Amendment
This proposed amendment to the Constitiution promised equal treatment to men and women in all spheres, not just employment. -
War Powers Act
This law reaffirms Congress's constitutional right to declare war. It sets a 60-day limit on the presidential commitment of U.S. troops to foreign conflicts without a specific authorization by Congress or a declaration of war. -
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