L b Johnson
When john f Kennedy died, he became president
Determined to keep south Vietnam from becoming communist
Napalm
Jellied gasoline
Plessy vs Ferguson
1896
Landmark supreme court case
Separate but equal
Agent orange
The chemical that strips leaves from trees
Nixon
Republican candidate
1968
Sirhan
Arab nationalist that assassinated bobby kennedy
Ray
Assassinated martin Luther king
Kissinger
Who Nixon appointed as special assistant for national security
Kent State
Set off many protest
Most famous protest was here
Ford
Asked for funds to aid the south but congress refused
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Authorized president to take all necessary measure to repeal any
armed attacks
Vietcong
Army created by HO CHI MINH
Hamer
Former sharecropper from MS
She was evicted from her farm after registering to vote
EEOC
Equal employment opportunity commission
Banned job discrimination based in race, religion, gender, or nationality
Barnett
Thus governor blocked James meredith's Enrollment into Ole Miss
Central High
Sept of 1956, nine black students were admitted to this school
Philidephia
1964
Three SNCC members were kidnapped, tortured, and killed here
Westmoreland
The commander of Us forces in south vietnam
Parks
She challenged segregation on public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama
Jim crow
These are segregation laws that applied to buses, trains, schools,
restaurants, and other public facilities
Meredith
In September 1962, he tried to register at ole miss
Kennedy
Elected in 1960
Saigon
April 30, 1975
North Vietnamese forces captured the South Vietnamese capital called
NGO dinh diem
The south Vietnamese leader he was an anti communist Catholic
Dien bien phu
1954
French were occupying this town
A huge Vietminh force surrounded the town and begin bombing the french
HO CHI MINH TRAIL
Arms and supplies were transported south on the network of jungle paths
The trail went through Cambodia and loas
Wallace
The third party candidate
Marshall
The legal counsel for the NAACP
Focused on ending segregation in schools
My lai massacre
November 1969
Lt. Calley killed over 200 unarmed civilians
Hue
The bloodiest battle took place here
Vietnam's third largest city
Tet offensive
Vietcong and north vietnamese launched a surprise attack on