Part One (10 points).
Read the textbook section, “III. The Civil Rights Movement Continues” located in the chapter,
The Sixties. Then, answer the following question:
• How did the African American civil rights movement evolve in the early 1960s? The civil
rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s disrupted the trend of public facilities in the South
being segregated by "race" and won the greatest significant advancement in equal-rights
legislation for African Americans since Reconstruction.
Part Two (10 points).
Summarize the textbook section, “V. The Origins of the Vietnam War” located in the chapter,
The Sixties.
Following the communist seizure of China in 1949, the United States aided the French military in
retaining control of its colonies in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The United States founded the
Republic of Vietnam, or South Vietnam, with Ngo Dinh Diem as Prime Minister, who was
backed by the US. However, Diem's administration and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
(ARVN) were unable to quell the communist insurgency demanding Vietnam's reunification.
Despite having an obvious numerical and technological superiority over rebel Vietcong (VC)
soldiers, the Americans provided weapons and support. General William Westmoreland's
American forces were responsible for protecting South Vietnam against the VC insurgents and
the regular North Vietnamese Army (NVA). Despite claims by American authorities such as
Westmoreland and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that a communist defeat was
imminent, by 1968, half a million American troops were stationed in Vietnam, almost 20,000 had
been killed, and the war was still far from over.
Part Three (10 points).
Choose one video to watch from the “YouTube Timeline” content folder located in The Sixties
module. After you watch the video, introduce the topic and discuss what the video said.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Freedom Riders: The Movement
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who took part in Freedom Rides, bus travels across the
American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. The Freedom Riders confronted the
most hazardous hurdle of all: violence and the prospect of violence. Even though they were
facing arrest, violence, and maybe death, the motorcyclists sang songs, held placards, and refused
Read the textbook section, “III. The Civil Rights Movement Continues” located in the chapter,
The Sixties. Then, answer the following question:
• How did the African American civil rights movement evolve in the early 1960s? The civil
rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s disrupted the trend of public facilities in the South
being segregated by "race" and won the greatest significant advancement in equal-rights
legislation for African Americans since Reconstruction.
Part Two (10 points).
Summarize the textbook section, “V. The Origins of the Vietnam War” located in the chapter,
The Sixties.
Following the communist seizure of China in 1949, the United States aided the French military in
retaining control of its colonies in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The United States founded the
Republic of Vietnam, or South Vietnam, with Ngo Dinh Diem as Prime Minister, who was
backed by the US. However, Diem's administration and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
(ARVN) were unable to quell the communist insurgency demanding Vietnam's reunification.
Despite having an obvious numerical and technological superiority over rebel Vietcong (VC)
soldiers, the Americans provided weapons and support. General William Westmoreland's
American forces were responsible for protecting South Vietnam against the VC insurgents and
the regular North Vietnamese Army (NVA). Despite claims by American authorities such as
Westmoreland and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara that a communist defeat was
imminent, by 1968, half a million American troops were stationed in Vietnam, almost 20,000 had
been killed, and the war was still far from over.
Part Three (10 points).
Choose one video to watch from the “YouTube Timeline” content folder located in The Sixties
module. After you watch the video, introduce the topic and discuss what the video said.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Freedom Riders: The Movement
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who took part in Freedom Rides, bus travels across the
American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. The Freedom Riders confronted the
most hazardous hurdle of all: violence and the prospect of violence. Even though they were
facing arrest, violence, and maybe death, the motorcyclists sang songs, held placards, and refused
