American History II Unit 6 Study Guide

Name: _______________________

Civil Rights
1. What was the ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education case?

2. What event officially started the Civil Rights Movement?

3. What is civil disobedience? Give an example of civil disobedience being used

during the Civil Rights Movement.
Thurgood Marshall
argued the Brown case in
front of the Supreme 4. What tactics did Dr. Martin Luther King encourage people to use to fight for civil
Court. He later became rights?
the first African
American Supreme Court
Justice. 5. How did Malcolm Xs beliefs about ending discrimination differ from Dr. Kings?

6. Why did President Johnson send federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957?

7. After serving in a leadership position with SNCC, why did Stokely Carmichael join the
Black Panthers?

8. What event is considered to be the catalyst for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

9. What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

10. What was the outcome of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

11. Which President had the biggest impact on the passage of civil rights legislation?

12. Why is 1968 considered a turning point year in our nations history?

13. Why did Cesar Chavez organize a boycott of the grape industry?

14. In the 1960s and 1970s, what legislation was passed to promote the equality of women?
15. What was the Supreme Courts decision on the case of Roe v. Wade?

16. Why was the National Organization for Women (NOW) formed?

17. What other legislation was passed during this time period to end discrimination against
various groups of people?

Counterculture of the 1960s

18. What was the philosophy of hippies?

19. What was the purpose of the Students for a Democratic Society?

20. What happened to student protesters at Kent State in 1970?

Vietnam War

Concept/Person/Term What/Who is it? Impact on the War?

Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution

Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Vietminh

Vietcong

Tet Offensive
Agent Orange/Napalm

Pentagon Papers

My Lai Massacre

Vietnamization

War Powers Act of

1973

AIM
21. What were the 3 major events in this movement? What impact did they have?

22. What organizations came out of the Native American movement?

23. What piece of legislation was passed in 1975? What impact did it have?

Environmental Protection Movement

24. What were the pieces of legislation that Nixon passed? What did they focus on/change?

25. What were the 2 major setbacks during this time period?