Flashcard: 1960s Civil Rights and Cold War — 20 carte

Late 1960s America — key features?

Peak civil rights, radical shifts, MLK assassination.

Civil Rights Movement origins — era?

Post-Civil War Reconstruction period.

Jim Crow laws — purpose?

Enforced racial segregation and discrimination.

Brown v Topeka — ruling?

Segregation in schools declared unconstitutional.

NAACP — founding year?

1909.

Segregated schools — legal basis?

‘Separate but equal’ doctrine.

MLK assassination — date?

April 4, 1968.

Gulf of Tonkin incident — year?

1964.

Operation Rolling Thunder — start?

February 1965.

Tet Offensive — date?

January 31, 1968.

Vietnamization — Nixon’s policy?

Train South Vietnamese, reduce U.S. troops.

Détente — meaning?

Relaxation of Cold War tensions.

Outer Space Treaty — year?

1967.

Apollo 11 — landing date?

July 20, 1969.

Moon landing broadcast — viewers?

Approximately 530 million.

Civil Rights Act 1964 — bans?

Workplace discrimination, segregation in public spaces.

Voting Rights Act — target?

Discrimination preventing Black voting.

Fair Housing Act — year?

1968.

Little Rock — event?

Nine Black students integrated Central High, 1957.

Black Power Movement — goal?

Racial pride and economic independence.