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Down: 1) The words 'under God' were added into the Pledge of Allegiance after the fear of this threat. The communists are actually spreading. 2) In wake of Violence, LBJ asks for expansive voting rights legislation. Aimed to ensure that all citizens had the right to vote. Authorized federal examiners to go out and register voters. Suspended things that kept voters from polls. HUGE SUCCESS4) Horrifying weapon that we used in WWII. The Soviets now have these weapons. People in the US did things like drills to help protect people incase of an emergency and a bomb being dropped on the US. 5) Idea behind this is a big influence on the media. They are going to get violent - in Montgomery Alabama, a group of whites set a bus of Freedom Riders on fire. These violences will be put on media & everyone wil begin to see the level of violence. 6) Problems in non-southern urban centers unable to be addressed through legislation. Malcom X was most effective voice in urban black. MLK is assassinated.7) commits us to escalation. gulf of tonkin incedent - 2 us have engaged in firefights with north vietnamese. LBJ says attacks are unprevoked. 9) Northern supporters in the South. 13) Post WWII the economy in the US is booming from high government spending to the GI Bill, which gives benefits to the Veterans. Public is very egar to buy things, we see consumer dollars going through the system. Home ownership skyrocketed. Citizens in the United States are seeking stability and seeking consistency. This is the time we get the "American Dream" - mother in house, father working, two kids & a white picket fence. 14) Kennedy's men were captured and he did not want to admit the US fault because it would be a huge problem. He had two options (1) Do nothing and fail (2)Own up to it and send US troops into Cuba & risk getting into fighting with USSR. Cuba invasion is Kennedy's biggest mistake in his presidency. Instead he decided to go with option 1 and do nothing. 16) Black Panthers - people come to rise to protect blacks. Helped AA want to take pride in their heritage. MLK death sparks many more riots. Across: 3) Very first federal civil rights passed since the Federal Reconstruction8) Kennedys dealings with the Cold War are really where he began to get things done. He pledged to be just as strong on the campaign trail. During the election he said he would take a bigger stance on things. He goes about doing things by seeking the support of developing nations by doing things called 'Nation Building'. Provided 25 billion dollars in aid to Latin American countries for aid. 10) Nixon vs. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. JFK - very young, son of wealthy boston family. WWII hero, charming, not tarnished by the McCarthy Witch Trials. Kennedy wins narrow victory over Kennedy. 11) First bombing of north vietnam. Created because vietcong started to attack US advisors and forces begin to increase. Goal: Stop flow of soldiers and supplies into the south. 12) USSR agrees to house a few Nuclear Bombs in Cuba. Kennedy decides to 'quarantine' Cuba and do a naval blockade of Cuba. Not allowing anything to get in or out. USSR says this violates the Freedom of the Seas. They create secret promises. 15) Diem is making every possible wrong move. loosing support of his own military. crack down on buddhism looses his support. 17) Women widely met the call to go to work & get a job outside the home. Took jobs at factories because many of the men had to leave & go fight the war. Men return from war & take jobs back & things go back to the way they were before. 18) Being branded a communist in this era will ruin the reputation and ruin career and ruin your life. This fear has Americans pointing fingers at each other like crazy. 19) Minorities participated in WWII as soldiers just as everyone else. The draft rate for these men was actually higher. One of the main things we are fighting against in WWII is racism abroad; meanwhile back in the US we are still just as racist as ever before. 20) Senator McCarthy claimed that he had a list of communists. He starts out small and then begins to accuse people of higher and higher power. The brand of being accused of communist brings about a lot of fear in everyday people. This fear makes Americans turn to being consistent brings about a lot of fear in everyday people. This fear makes Americans turn to being consistent and stability because if there is consistency there is less of a chance of being accused. McCarthy witch-hunts had been very controversial. 21) The situation that the US is in is changing towards the end of the war. Culture in the end of the US is also changing. Setting the stage for many things. Building the foundation for the civil rights movement, women's rights movement, rebellion of the 1960's22) Main goal is to stabilize south Vietnam. We have a presence in the form of these advisors. They are a support role, we are not there as a combat role. We are there to train the south vietnam police force and military and to guard facilities. Helps create strategic hamlets (fortified villages where southern vietnam people were relocated at night to prevent influence from people). 23) North - communist under Ho Chi Minh. South- Republican lead by Ngo Diem. Many people from vietnam have no money & are farmers. Diem is catholic where most of Vietnam is Buddhist. Diem does not allow the Geneva elections to happen because if they do that it is known that Ho Chi Minh would win. We begin to pour resources into South Vietnam.24) People pledged to fight Brown v. Board at any turn possible. Many things that are happening in the south are institutionalized. Just average people build it in the government it is not happening. By 1957 STILL not a single school has intergrated. 25) Rosa Parks - worked with civil rights groups. Refused to sit on back of bus, sat in front and in return was arrested. Blacks make up 60-70% of people who ride busses in Montgumery & during this boycott we see MLK come into action. 26) Outlaws segregation in public places & generally outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex etc. Allows attorney general to force schools to integrate via lawsuit. Creates equal employment opportuinity commission. Literary tests & other tests were still around.
 

 

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