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The Civil Rights Movement Segregation still practiced in the south by law Segregation still practiced in the north despite no law enforcing it Discontent over treatment and oppression lead to the Civil Rights Movement ID: 776243

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EOC Test Preparation:Transformational Years

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The Civil Rights Movement

Segregation still practiced in the south by lawSegregation still practiced in the north despite no law enforcing itDiscontent over treatment and oppression lead to the Civil Rights MovementFighting for constitutional rights

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The Civil Rights Movement

Brown v. Board of Ed (1954)1950s NAACP sued board of ed. In Topeka, Kansas because Linda Brown was not allowed to attend the all-white schoolSupreme Court reversed Plessy v. Ferguson (“separate but equal”); meant segregation in schools was unconstitutionalChief Justice Earl Warren

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The Civil Rights Movement

Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)Supreme Court continued dealing with segregationCourt ruled that Congress could regulate interstate commerce to outlaw segregation in privately owned businesses

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White Resistance to CRM

Southern political leaders maintained segregation despite Court rulingsArkansas and the Little Rock NineGovernor wouldn’t allow segregation in the high schoolNational Guard called to prevent students from enteringEisenhower had to send in 101st Airborne to enforce Court’s ruling

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White Resistance to CRM

University of Mississippi and James MeredithGovernor tried to prevent him from being admittedJFK sent federal authorities to handle the situationAL Governor George WallacePrevent integration at Univ. of AlabamaFederal authorities sent to intervene

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolence

Montgomery Bus BoycottRosa Parks, Dec. 1, 1955NAACP and Dr. MLK Jr. lead a boycott of city busesCity lost lots of $$$Made MLK Jr. a national figure

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolence

MLK-Leader of the CRMCivil disobedience- non-violent refusal to obey unjust lawsGandhi

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolence

Sit-insFeb. 1, 1960 Greensboro NCNonviolent, remain seated until served or arrestedStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolence

Freedom RidesBlacks and whites took buses from the north to south to test court’s decision on interstate travelCORE: Congress of Racial Equality

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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolence

CR protests continued in the South 1962-63August 28, 1963: March on WashingtonMeant to put pressure on JFK to pass CRs legislation200,000 people showed up in support

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Malcolm X and Black Militant Movement

Malcolm XGain rights by “any means necessary” Started as a more militant individual, through Islam he became less militantViewed by some as a traitorKilled in Feb. 1965 at a rally

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Malcolm X and Black Militant Movement

Black Power-pride in African heritage, separate black economic and political institutions, self-defense against white violence, potentially violent revolutionBlack Panthers-1966 Positive and negative impactPushed to rebuild ghettos in big cities

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Legal Changes

Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass CRs laws that JFK had proposed prior to his assassination

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Prohibited segregation in public places

Prohibited discrimination in education and employment

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th

Amendment-1964, protected blacks’ voting rights by making the poll tax illegal

Voting Rights Act-1965

Suspended literacy tests for voter registration

Led to huge amounts of African Americans to register to vote and running for political office

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Civil Rights and the Cold War

Both the US and USSR sought countries all over the world to form alliances with

The fact that the US was slow to enforce equality among all people didn’t help the cause

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Civil Rights and the Media

Power of the mediaMany people in the US owned TVs and were able to watch what was happening in the CRMIdeas spread quickly

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Johnson, Nixon, Vietnam

Lyndon B. Johnson,“Great Society”-CRs, social programs (“War on Poverty”)Was able to get Congress to pass a lot of legislation that helped the poor and urban areasMedicare/caidHead Start (education for low-income families)Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentLoosened immigration laws

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Johnson, Nixon, Vietnam

Vietnam was a colony of France, but following WWII they began fighting for independence

Nationalists had ties to communism

Geneva Accords-conference in Switzerland, 1954, called for Vietnam to be divided into 2 nations

North=communist under Ho Chi Minh

South= democratic under Ngo

Kinh

Diem

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US Involvement in Vietnam

Eisenhower and Kennedy (and the US) feared the spread of Communism

Viet Cong-Communist rebels in South Vietnam

US sent military to help South Vietnam fight communist North and VC

Diem’s

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. was corrupt in the South

Kennedy assassinated (Lee Harvey Oswald), Johnson now in office, will not lose Vietnam to Communism

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US Involvement in Vietnam

Johnson won the presidency in 1964 by making his opponent seem (literally) on the warpath against VietnamHowever, Johnson was completely supportive of military involvementGulf of Tonkin-North Vietnamese had attacked US shipsHad they really???Johnson used the event to pass the Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionGave him the power to take military actions against Vietnam w/o Congressional approval

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US Involvement in Vietnam

VC power continuing to spread as poor Southern Vietnamese supported the causeOperation Rolling ThunderUS wanted to cut off North Vietnam’s support of VC (through supplies)Johnson ordered intense bombing campaignBridges, supply lines, villagesCareful not to bomb areas that might incur wrath of USSR and China

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Viet Cong and Guerilla Warfare

Not the traditional style of warfareStrategies involving surprise attacks and then fleeingTet OffensiveJan. 30, 1968Heavy fightingProved that the Communists could launch a serious military attack on US forcesUS citizens begin to question the war

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Attitudes in the US

Divided attitudesUS as the criminal?Anti-war movementMostly on college campusesSome peaceful, some violentJohnson looks bad, does not run for re-election

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Nixon and Vietnam

Jan. 1969, vowed to get US out of VietnamVietnamization: South Vietnamese soldiers to take the place of the US soldiers in VietnamStill nervous about Communism…began bombing raids against NV, Cambodia, LaosInvaded Cambodia and destroy Communist training camps

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End of US Involvement

Paris Peace AccordsWithdrawal of US troops within 60 daysRelease of POWsAll parties involved would end military activities in Laos and Cambodia17th parallel would still divide N and S Vietnam

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End of US Involvement

Fall of SaigonAfter US left Vietnam, fighting resumedNorth Vietnamese surrounded South Vietnamese at SaigonUS tried a last evacuation mission on April 29thApril 30th Saigon fell and Vietnam became a Communist country

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War Protests

Kent State UniversityAnti-war protest turned violentStudents attacked businesses and burned army ROTC building on campusGovernor of OH sent in troopsOpened fire when students began throwing rocks/objects4 dead, 9 injured

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War Protests

Pentagon Papers1971NY Times published a gov. study on US involvementExecutive branch (president) had lied to CongressSecret decisionsUnapproved military actions

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War Protests

Media and VietnamNightly news showed horrors of war and even listed the death tolls each nightHuge negative impact on citizens’ views of the war

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Social Revolution

“Baby Boomers” were now in college and challenging the ideals of societyWoodstock1969Peace, music, drugs, “immoral” behaviorcountercultureStudents for a Democratic Society (SDS)“New Left”Rejected traditional views concerning social issuesRadical change

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Social Revolution

Migrant WorkersUnited Farm Workers1962Cesar ChavezSupported rights of migrant farm workersNon-violent protests, hunger strikes

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Social Revolution

Women’s Movement“women’s lib”; equality between sexesBetty Friedan, The Feminine MystiquePhyllis SchlaflyAgainst Equal Rights AmendmentWomen should stay home and take care of family, pursue a career later

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Social Revolution

Women’s MovementEqual Rights Amendment-sexual discrimination illegal (1972)Was not ratifiedRoe v. Wade-1973, Supreme Court ruled state laws restricting a woman’s right to an abortion during first 3 months was unconstitutional

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Nixon Presidency

Détente

Nixon wanted to ease tensions between US and foreign nations through diplomacy

Domestic Policies/Issues

New Federalism: give power back to states, cut

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. support

Wanted a “middle road” when it came to CRs

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Nixon Presidency

Domestic Policies/IssuesSwann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed (1971)School busing and racial integration

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Nixon Presidency

Oil EmbargoFuel crisis, 1973OPEC placed an embargo (refused to sell) to US b/c of support for IsraelExposed us dependency on oil

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Nixon Presidency

Environmental ProtectionEnvironmental MovementResources were not limitlessConservationEPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

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Nixon Presidency

Watergate1972 presidential electionNixon was concerned he would lose Officials loyal to him wiretapped phones at DNC headquartersAttempt failed, police arrested 5 men involvedNixon didn’t know about the break-in, but he participated in cover-upSupreme Court ruled that he had to deliver the tapes, but 18. 5 minutes was suspiciously missingHe was the only president in history to resignWould’ve been impeached otherwise