1960s & 1970s Review Game Essential Question: What were the major domestic & foreign themes in U.S. history from 1960-1974? Cuban Missile Death Match!

Unit 13 Review Game In groups of three, respond to each prompt presented: For each series of prompts, students will earn points per correct answer For each incorrect answer, groups will earn 0 points

Name 1 way each helped Civil Rights from 1948-1965: Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon Johnson Supreme Court CORE SNCC

Truman: Desegregated military in 1948 Ike: Enforced school integration at Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957 LBJ: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, 24th Amendment Supreme Court: Brown v. BOE in 1954 overturned Plessy CORE: Freedom Rides in 1961 SNCC: College students inspired by MLK began the sit-in; later became militant under Stokely Carmichael Truman: Executive Order 9981 24th Amendment: No conditions for voting

Identify Each: Dixiecrat Black Power Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act Thurgood Marshall Nation of Islam (Black Muslims)

Civil Rights Act: ended segregation laws Dixiecrat: Southern Democrats who splintered from the party in opposition to civil rights position of JFK & LBJ Black Power: led by SNCC & Stokely Carmichael, advocated economic equality with whites; often militant Civil Rights Act: ended segregation laws Voting Rights: ended literacy tests & allowed for federal voting registrars Marshall: Lead NAACP attorney in the Brown case; 1st black Sup.Court justice Nation of Islam: Led by Malcolm X, advocated a militant, pro-Africa position Dixiecrat Black Power Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act Thurgood Marshall Nation of Islam (Black Muslims)

What Event Caused Each? The beginning of the civil rights movement in 1954 The emergence of Martin Luther King as a national civil rights leader in 1955 March on Washington in 1963 by CORE, SCLC, SNCC, NAACP Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965

Brown v BOE → Civil Rights Movement Success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott → MLK as leader (& SCLC) National attention generated by Birmingham March → March on D.C. Birmingham violence on TV and/or March on D.C. → Civil Rights Act Violence at Selma March → Voting Rights Act The beginning of the civil rights movement in 1954 The emergence of Martin Luther King as a national civil rights leader in 1955 March on Washington in 1963 by CORE, SCLC, SNCC, NAACP Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965

Identify Each JFK Concept: “Best & the Brightest” “New Frontier” “Flexible Response” Bay of Pigs Warren Commission

Bay of Pigs: Failed invasion of Cuba 1961 “Best & Brightest”: Term for JFK’s White House staff; He increased power of prez by using his staff more than the Cabinet “New Frontier”: JFK’s domestic policy, called for liberal reform in education, poverty, & strong stand against USSR “Flexible Response”: JFK’s foreign policy of using a variety of tactics, increased nuclear missiles, CIA, Green Berets Bay of Pigs: Failed invasion of Cuba 1961 Warren Commission: Gov’t investigation of JFK’s assassination (“Oswald did it“) “Best & the Brightest” “New Frontier” “Flexible Response” as opposed to MAD- the threat of nuclear weapons would prevent adversary from acting Bay of Pigs Warren Commission

Name 6 components of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society”

Identify Each Vietnam Concept: Ho Chi Minh Ngo Dinh Diem Vietcong Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964 Tet Offensive, 1968 Pentagon Papers Vietnamization

Ho Chi Minh: Communist leader in North Diem: Democratic leader in South; JFK gave OK for his assassination in 1963 Vietcong: Communists in the South Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: Congress gave LBJ all necessary steps to win Vietnam; led to full deployment of U.S. troops Tet Offensive: Communist invasion into South; showed that USA wasn’t winning Pentagon Papers: Military docs showed U.S. gov’t was distorting truth about war Vietnamization: Nixon’s gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops; Let Vietnamese fight Ho Chi Minh Ngo Dinh Diem Vietcong Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964 Tet Offensive, 1968 Pentagon Papers Vietnamization

Name 5 ideas, events, or people associated with “counter-culture” or the “youth movement” of the 1960s & 1970s

Timothy Leary “tune in, turn on, drop out” Woodstock concert, 1969 Mario Savio, “Free Speech” movement, Students for a Democ Society (SDS) “Sex, drugs, rock n roll” Protest of the Vietnam War; Kent State & Jackson State violence in 1970 Timothy Leary “tune in, turn on, drop out” Woodstock concert, 1969 “Hippies” & alternative communities Any of the “power movements” Political activism; Dem Convention 1968 Name 5 ideas, events, or people associated with “counter-culture” or the “youth movement” of the 1960s & 1970s

Name 3 reasons 1968 was one of the most tumultuous years in American history

Assassination of MLK Assassination of Robert Kennedy Student protests in Chicago during Democratic National Convention (Humphrey vs. McCarthy) Height of the Vietnam War with 500,000 U.S. soldiers deployed North Vietnam’s Tet Offensive “Black Power” silent protest at Mexico City Olympics

Identify Each Civil Rights Concept from 1965-1974: Stonewall Riot ERA Roe v. Wade La Raza Cesar Chavez Alcatraz Island, 1969

Stonewall Riot: Arrests in NY began the gay liberation movement (GLF) Equal Rights Amnd: failed amendment to end sexual discrimination; Supported by Freidan & Steinem; Opposed by Schlafly Roe v Wade: Supreme Court upheld abortion rights as a matter of privacy La Raza: Mexican-American movement dedicated to awareness Cesar Chavez: Mexican-Am leader of United Farm Workers of America Alcatraz: Indians of All Tribes seized the prison to bring awareness to Indian rights Stonewall Riot ERA Roe v. Wade La Raza Cesar Chavez Alcatraz Island, 1969

Name the 3 components of Nixon’s détente foreign policy

Détente: Nixon’s Cold War foreign policy involved: Easing tensions with USSR Better relations with China A gradual withdrawal from Vietnam (Vietnamization)

Identify Each Nixon Concept: “The Great Nixon Turn-Around” “Silent Majority” Ping-Pong Diplomacy SALT War Powers Act (1973) Watergate

SALT: nuclear arms limitation with USSR Nixon Turn-Around: 90-day freeze on wages helped end a recession in 1971 Silent Majority: Conservative minded Americans fed up with liberal reform, Cold War foreign policy, & student protests Ping-Pong Diplomacy: beginning of Nixon’s official recognition of China SALT: nuclear arms limitation with USSR War Powers Act: Restricted military power of president; Congressional approval to send troops for more than 90 days Watergate: biggest prez scandal ever requiring Congress’ approval to send U.S. forces into combat for more than 90 days & must inform Congress within 48 hours as to the reasons for military intervention