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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| strategies for non-violent protests | sit-ins, marches, boycotts |
| civil disobedience | non violent and public refusal to obey specific laws, often for a cause or to show how something is unfair |
| Plessy v. Ferguson; constitutional issue, decision and impact on America | Plessy argued that it violated the 14th amendment because everyone deserves equal protection, the decision was that Plessy was guilty, and it made "Seperate is equal" |
| Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas; background, constitutional issue, decision, and impact on America | the Topeka Public School district wouldn't allow Linda Brown to attend a white school near her house, and she was forced to attend a black school farther away, the constitutional issue was 14th ammend, desegregated public schools |
| purpose of the Montgomery Bus Boycott | they were trying to get the busses in Montgomery, Alabama to be unsegregated and for black people to be able to sit anywhere on the bus |
| Little Rock Nine (where, when, significance on Civil Rights) | Little Rock Central High School, September 1957, direct action against segregation, and caught the attention of the public, inspired more people to take action against Jim Crow and segregation |
| purpose and origination of sit-ins | purpose was to get Jim Crow and Segregation outlawed, and they originated in 1960 in Greensboro, NC |
| purpose and reaction to the freedom riders | desegregate the bus system in the deep south, the south didn't like them, but people from the north supported them, and they helped bring it to the public attention |
| impact of violence in Birmingham, Al | the children participated in the protests, and when the public saw the violence against them, it caused outrage |
| Dr, King's I Have a Dream Speech (general idea and impact) | he dreamed about the day where there would be equality, had an overall hopeful but urgent tone, said that the declaration of independence and the constitution gave black people a bad check and that they needed their rights NOW, helped pass CivilRightsACT |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, and it outlawed segregation and inequality/discrimination of any kind |
| purpose of the Selma March | to secure voting rights for blacks in the south |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | dismiss voting discrimination or legislation designed to prevent certain groups of people from voting |
| black power | a movement and ideology in the late 1960's-1970's, emphasized racial pride and black independence |
| philosophy of the Black Panther Party | black independence/self determination, marxist/socialist ideas, community defense and survival programs, anti-imperialsm |
| Malcom X; background, involvement in the Nation of Islam, impact on Civil Rights Movement | his father was lynched by a white supremist organization, was part of the nation of Islam, he was a part of the Black Panthers and the violent side of the movement, but was a completely changed person after embracing Sunni beliefs from his Mecca trip |
| assassination of MLK; when, where, impact on Civil Rights Movement | April 4th, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee, this fueled the Black Power movement, caused outrage in the country and encouraged the continuation of equality and fight against discrimination, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act a week after MLK's death |
| credibility gap | the optimistic reports from the US government vs the tragic reality of the Vietnam war |
| purpose of teach-in's | it was a lot of nonviolent protests and educated the public on what was actually happening in Vietnam/ the government in general |
| reasons for opposition of the Vietnam War | pacifism, beleif that it would do more harm than good, the unfairness in black people on the front lines, the reason why we got involved in it in the first place |
| draft deferments, racial disparity in drafting | they would put black and non-white people on the front lines a lot more often, and also people who were in college could dodge the draft |
| how many draft dodgers existed and how many were prosecuted | 500,000 and only 3,000 were prosecuted |
| 26th ammendment | voting age is 18 instead of 21 |
| what man did MLK mention in I Have A Dream | Abraham Lincoln |
| what does the check in I Have a Dream Speech represent | the check is the constitution and MLK is asking that it apply to all citizens and not just white people |
| what was the main concern of the New Left? | they were afraid that big-box coorperations would start to control society, and they wanted more socialism and freedom |
| Hippie lifestyle and beleifs | believed in peace and love, naturalists, lived minimalistically, went against the social norms, used drugs like LSD and pot, were very liberal |
| feminism | both men and women are equal |
| The Feminine Mystique; what was it, ideas contained within it, who created it, impact on America | a book about the Feminine role in society, said that women were only seen as mothers and housemaids, Betty Friedan created it, and it showed America the injustices against women |
| purpose of NOW | advocated for equal pay, end sex-segregated job ads, equal rights ammendment, education and childcare |
| Equal Rights Ammendment- language of Ammendment, reason for failure | Equality of rights under law shall not be denied or abridged by the US or any state on account of sex, failed because there was a quick turn around date for 38 states to ratify it |
| terrorism | unlawful use of violence against civillians in pursuit of political, religious, or ideological aims |
| purpose of terrorism | to provoke and intimidate people, cause damage and take over places |
| Weather Underground bombings | leftist domestic terrorist group that wanted to turn the country to communism, and they bombed over 25 places |
| Oklahoma City Bombing | Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb at the Alfred P. Murrak Federal Building |
| Beirut Barracks Bombing | a suicide truck bomb struck a building housing U.S. Marines in Lebanon |
| 1998 Embassy Bombings | Al-Qaeda coordinated similtaneous truck bombings at US embassies in Narobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| # of people killed in 9/11 | 2,977 |
| mastermind of the 9/11 attacks | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed |
| leader of Al-Qaeda | Osama bin Laden |
| location of Bin Laden's birth | Saudi Arabia |
| events that radicalized Bin Laden | Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, then they also received financial support from the Taliban and took inspiration from the terrorist organization in Lebanon called Hezbollah |
| terrorist attacks Bin Laden oversaw pre-9/11 | Beirut Barracks, Blackhawk Down, U.S Embassies, U.S.S. Cole bombing |
| what did Bin Laden not anticipate after the 9/11 attacks | didn't anticipate for us to come and attack them |
| who helps lead us to Bin Laden's location | his sister gave us DNA samples, imprisoned terrorists at Guatanamo bay, Hassan Guhl, and Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti |
| three options Obama was presented with to take out Bin Laden | precision airstrike, surgical drone strike, or special operations raid with Navy SEALS, and we decided to do the special operations raid to find him and kill him |
| how did Bin Laden help us in the future fight against Al Qaeda | when we killed him, we got access to valuable information and the plots that they had against the US |
| who did the US kill on July 31st, 2022 and why is this significant | Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda, and this greatly degraded al-Qaeda |
| start and end date of Afghanistan war | October 7th, 2001-August 30th, 2021 |
| US operations in the Afghan war (five of them) | Tora Bora, Anaconda, Moshtarak, Neptune Spear, and Freedom's Sentinel |
| Operation Tora Bora | early attempt to capture or kill Osama bin Laden |
| Operation Anaconda | first large-scale conventional battle against al-Qaeda and the Taliban |
| Operation Moshtarak | a massive joint offensive after removing the Taliban from Helmond |
| Operation Neptune Spear; what was it, who participated, where was it, major outcome | operation to kill Osama bin Laden, Navy SEALS, Abbottabad Pakistan, and we were able to somewhat dismantle al-Qaeda and kill bin Laden |
| Operation Freedom's Sentinel | we trained Afghan forces to fight al-Qaeda and ISIS |
| four main goals of the Afghan war | dismantle al-Qaeda remove the Taliban Prevent future terrorist attacks establish a democratic government in Afghanistan |
| what does al-Qaeda mean | The Base |
| what does the Taliban mean and who are they | the student, and they are a Pakistani terrorist organization |
| locations of major combat operations for US military personnel | Helmand, Kunar, Kabul, Kandahar |
| total deaths and wounded from Operation Enduring Freedom | 2,350 20,149 |
| total deaths and wounded from Operation Freedom's Sentinel | 109 620 |
| total deaths and wounded from Operation Iraqi Freedom | 4419 31,993 |
| how are post-9/11 veterans different from those previous | they are more severely disabled because not as many people died because of better medical care, and they were also asked to do way more than a lot of the previous soldiers were asked to do |
| how do suicide rates in this veteran population compare to their KIA rates | suicide rate is 4 times higher than KIA |
| Roe v. Wade | established the constitutional right to abortion, Roe was the pregnant lady |
| No More Miss America | it discussed the sexism and objectification in the Miss America Pagent |
| Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail | he was talking to the white priests on how they needed to act now on Civil rights and not keep waiting, and showed his support for breaking the law in nonviolent protests |
| Malcom X's message to the Grassroots | he talked about unifying black America against the white people and having their self-determination |
| Black Revolution vs. Negro Revolution | black Revolution was to seperate from the government and develop their independence as a black nation, and the negro revolution was the nonviolent side, and he said that those people just wanted to be slaves again |
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