Civil Rights and Vietnam Events from Ch. 25-26

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  • Dien Bien Phu

    The Vietminh defeated the French, forcing them to withdraw from Indochina.

  • Brown v. Board of education of Topeka, Kansas

    Supreme Court ruled unanimusly that segregation in public school was unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refused to give up a spot on the bus for whites; this surged the civil rights movement.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Aferican Americans refused to ride on busses until the supreme court declared segration on busses as unconstitutional.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine African American students integrated into a white school causing much unrest to the point of the National Guared coming in.

  • Greensboro sit-in

    Four Aferican American college students sat at in a segrated restaurant until they were served.

  • Governor Wallace's Ignorance

    Governor Wallace blocked two African Americans from integrating until federal marshals ordered him to move.

  • March on Washington

    More than 200,000 demonstrators met near the Lincoln Memorial for freesom and equality.

  • Diem's overthrow in Vietnam

    Diem was overthrown after several Vietnamese generals plotted the overthrow.

  • Viet Cong attack on Pleiku airbase

    Eight Americans were killed and President Johnson bombed North Vietnam 14 hours later.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Congress passed this law to help stop segregation and discrimination.

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Senate and House authorized the prsedint to go to war if necessary.

  • Operation Rolling Thunder

    President Johnson increased American involvement by conducted a sustained bombing campaign.

  • Selma March

    Dr. King and SCLC marched from Selma to Montgomery for equal rights.

  • Teach-ins

    Students and faculty members joined to discuss the war's issues and reaffirm their opposition.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This act helped Afrrican Americans to vote.

  • Tet Offensive

    Guerilla fighters attacked most American airbases in South Vietnam and most of the South's major cities.

  • Vietnamization

    Nixon announced the withdrawal of 25,000 soldiers, but still kept a stong Amerrican presence in Vietnam.

  • Vietnam and America signed an end of war agreement

    The United States promised to withdraw all troops and both sides exchanged prisoners of war.

  • South Vietnam Falls

    The North Vietnamese captured Saigon, South Vietnam's capital.