Am Hist Ch24-25 Unit Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
was organized in response to arrest of Rosa Parks.	bus boycott
MLK derived much of his philosophy from____.	Mohandas Ghandi
CORE successfully used____to integrate restaurants.	sit-ins
X in Malcolm X's name stood for___.	the family name of his African ancestors who had been enslaved.
T/F President Eisenhower was not for a rapid roll back of segregation laws; he believed racism should end gradually.	True
T/F JFK promised in his campaign to actively support civil rights.	True
MLK believed in_____to end segregation.	nonviolence
Freedom riders were organized to draw attention to the South's refusal to_____.	integrate bus terminals
Until 1965, the civil rights movement focused on_____rather than economic and social issues.	segregation and voting rights
encouraged whites Southerners to defy court rulings.	Southern Manifesto
was formed by student activists.	SNCC
was given by MLK at the March on Washington.	"I Have a Dream" speech
T/F JFK was not the first President since Reconstruction to send Federal troops into the South to protect the rights of African Americans.	True
protest because African Americans were the majority, but only a fraction of them was registered to vote.	Selma AL march
a militant black group who believed violence and revolution were necessary.	Black Panthers
segregation by custom and tradition rather than by law.	Defacto segregation
segregation laws in the South.	"Jim Crow" laws
1896, created the separate-but-equal doctrine.	Plessy v. Ferguson
segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.	Brown v. Board of Education
exclusion of African Americans from juries violated their rights to equal protection under the law.	Norris v. Alabama
segregation on interstate buses was unconstitutional.	Morgan v. Virginia
state law schools had to admit qualified African American applicants even if parallel black law schools existed.	Sweatt v. Painter
2 events that convinced Truman to help France in Vietnam:	1. Fall of China to Communism 2. Outbreak of Korean War
President Johnson made the Vietnam War very hard to win by_____.	placing limits on the war.
T/F College students were put at risks because the need for soldiers in vietnam.	True
Congress gave its war powers to the President with the____.	Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
T/F As a whole Americans were ungrateful to soldiers returning from Vietnam.	True
destroy landscape where Vietcong could not hide in the jungles.	Goal of agent orange
communist rebels supported by the North Vietnamese government.	Vietcong
revealed that the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam.	Pentagon Papers
Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War helped create a_____.	credibility gap
Main reason for President Johnson not ordering a full-scale invasion of North Vietnam_____.	was fear that it would bring China into the war
Kennedy felt he needed to stand up to Communism in Vietnam because many Republicans blamed_____.	the Truman administration for losing China to Communism
was a major turning point in Vietnam War because Communist forces scored a major political victory.	Tet Offensive
massacre of South Vietnamese civilians by American troops.	My Lai
chemical that strips leaves from trees and shrubs.	Agent Orange
strategy the led troops to count bodies after battles.	War of Attrition
improving relations with the Soviet Union and China to persuade them to cut back their aid to North Vietnam.	Linkage
temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th Parallel.	Geneva Accords
soldier whose fate was undetermined.	MIA
jellied gasoline that explodes on contact	Napalm
named Ho Chi Minh City after reunification.	Saigon
forces made up of North and South Vietnamese, but supplied by North Vietnam.	Vietcong
fear that a Communist Vietnam would lead to other Southeast Asian Communist governments.	Domino Theory
2 divisions of people in nation during Vietnam:	"doves" were those who wanted to withdraw from the war and "hawks" were those who wanted to stay and fight.
From late 1800's to____were collectively known as French Indochina.	WWII, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
guerilla army organized by Ho Chi Minh to reunify Vietnam.	Vietcong
network of jungle paths used by North Vietnam to send arms and supplies.	Ho Chi Minh Trail

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