Civil Rights, LBJ & Vietnam Review

Front

What Supreme Court case was overturned by Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, KS in 1954?

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Plessey v. Ferguson

Front

Which Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools unconstitutional?

Back

Brown v. Board of Education

Front

Forms of protests used by Southern Civil Rights advocates: bus boycotts, sit-ins, freedom rides, riots.

Back

riots

Front

Which legislative act was NOT intended to stop segregation and discrimination in the US?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Voting Rights Act of 1965
• Fair Housing Act of 1968
• Clean Air & Water Acts

Back

Clean Air & Water Acts

Front

Representatives of the Northern Civil Rights movement: Malcolm X, Black Panthers, 1968 Olympic track athletes, Martin Luther King Jr. (EXCEPT one)

Back

Martin Luther King Jr.

Front

Which US president is most associated with civil rights?

Back

Lyndon B. Johnson

Front

What do Johnson's Great Society & FDR's New Deal have in common?

Back

increased federal spending

Front

What gave the president unlimited war powers and escalated the Vietnam War? Options: the Tet Offensive, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the Commander in Chief Act, the Khe Sahn Offensive

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the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Front

Ways middle class and wealthy young men avoided going to Vietnam (list all except one):
- medical exemption
- college deferments
- enlisting in the US Coast Guard
- enlisting in the National Guard

Back

enlisting in the US Coast Guard

Front

TV coverage of this event turned public opinion against the war in Vietnam: Battle of Khe Sahn, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the Tet Offensive, Battle of Dien Bien Phu

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the Tet Offensive