The Age of Civil Rights

1945 World War II ends 1947 Cold War Begins 1961 Entrance to East Berlin is closed ~ Berlin Wall is built 1959 Khrushchev helps Castro set up communist gov’t in Cuba 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1965 U.S. begins sending soldiers to Vietnam to fight Korean War 1973 Cease fire on the Vietnam war

EQ: What was the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam? The Cuban Missile Crisis In 1962, the U.S. discovered that the Soviets were secretly putting powerful missiles in Cuba These missiles could reach the U.S. and they were big enough to carry a nuclear bomb Khrushchev helped Castro set up communist gov’t in Cuba President Kennedy feared a surprise attack and ordered a blockade American warships surrounded Cuba Finally, Khrushchev agreed to remove missiles – Kennedy agreed not to attack Cuba

The Vietnam War North Vietnam - communist South Vietnam – non- communist In the 1960s, a communist group in South Vietnam began trying to overthrow the non- communist gov’t The communist fighters were called the Vietcong In 1965, U.S. sent soldiers to help fight Anti-war movement strong in the U.S. (hippies ) Some believed the U.S. should not interfere

The Age of Civil Right Vocabulary civil rights desegregation nonviolent protest

The Age of Civil Rights Trading Card Project Brown vs. Board of Education Montgomery Bus Boycott March on Washington Civil Rights Act Voting Rights Act Rosa Parks Thurgood Marshall Martin Luther King, Jr.

Montgomery, AL Montgomery, AL is famous for the Bus Boycott. This is where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on bus – which led to African Americans boycotting the bus system

Montgomery, AL Pearl Harbor, HI Kitty Hawk, NC Chisholm Trail Great Western Cattle Trail Pittsburgh, PA Gettysburg, PA Man Made Places Map

Gettysburg, PA: Battle of Gettysburg was known as the “turning point” of the Civil War. President Lincoln also gave a famous speech, The Gettysburg Address here. Great Western Cattle Trail & Chisholm Trail: Cattle trails used in the late 1800s to get cattle to railheads so they could be sold in the East Pittsburgh, PA: STEEL CITY – Andrew Carnegie Kitty Hawk, NC: Place where the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane Pearl Harbor, HI: Naval base in Hawaii – attacked by the Japanese causing the United States to enter WWII Montgomery, AL: Place where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus causing the Montgomery Bus Boycott