History 1302 notes
• Before he was killed, Martin Luther King was seeking to aid striking sanitation workers
in Memphis, Tennessee.
• Of the following, Ronald Reagan was NOT a candidate for president in the 1968 general
election.
• The Youth International Party, or the "Yippies" were among the main groups protesting
the Vietnam War and other government policies at the 1968 Democratic Party
Convention which devolved into a scene of violence.
• Eddie Adams was a prize-winning photographer during the Vietnam War.
• In the 1968 presidential election to succeed Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon won by a
comfortable margin in the Electoral College
• In strictly military terms, the Tet Offensive was a victory for U.S. and South Vietnamese
forces because of the heavy losses they were ultimately able to inflict on Viet Cong
forces.
• Martin Luther King was killed by an escaped inmate with racist views seeking to
possibly gain bounty money for the act.
• Richard Nixon eventually outlasted Nelson Rockefeller to secure the Republican Party's
presidential nomination in 1968.
• Chicago Mayor Richard Daley gave the order to local police to crackdown on protestors
at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention.
• The "Wise Old Men" advised Lyndon Johnson to begin to gradually disengage from
Vietnam
• Bobby Kennedy was killed by a Middle Eastern national opposed to the senator support
for Israel
• George Wallace gained surprising support in the North during his third party presidential
bid in 1968.
• James Earl Ray was the assassin of Martin Luther King.
• After the My Lai Massacre, many U.S. soldiers claimed that they were just following
orders
• Of the following, Ralph Abernathy served as a major aide for Martin Luther King during
the Civil Rights Movement.
• Vice President Hubert Humphrey secured the 1968 Democratic Party presidential
nomination after the death of Bobby Kennedy.
• Bobby Kennedy was killed a month after the assassination of Martin Luther King
• Of the following, Adlai Stevenson did NOT seek the Democratic Party nomination for
president in 1968 after President Lyndon Johnson dropped out of the race
• After the Tet Offensive in early 1968, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite announced his
belief that the situation in Vietnam was one of an unwinnable stalemate
, • During the 1960s, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover used his agency to actively discredit
Martin Luther King and his movement
• Sirhan Sirhan was the assassin of Robert Kennedy.
• Which of the following is true about the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War
o it was a political disaster for President Johnson and contributed to his decision
not to run for another term as president
• A major occupation of the library at Columbia University culminated a series of protests
against the university's ties to several war-oriented corporations.
• William Calley was the Lieutenant in charge of U.S. troops on the ground who ordered
the massacre of over 400 civilians during an attack on My Lai in early 1968.
• The "Wise Old Men" were an informal group of friends and confidantes for LBJ
• During the 1960 presidential campaign, John Kennedy helped his standing with African
American voters by contacting officials and arranging the release of Martin Luther King
from a Georgia prison after King and other protesters were arrested for refusing to leave
segregated tables at an Atlanta restaurant.
• As a result of the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona case, an arrested citizen must be apprised of
his or her constitutional rights for legal counsel and against self-incrimination
• Who wrote the famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
o Martin Luther King, Jr.
• The famous 1963 March on Washington took place to: pressure Congress to pass the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
• The Cuban Missile Crisis ended with the Russians agreeing to end construction of missile
silos in Cuba in exchange for some concessions by the Kennedy administration
• James Meredith became the first African American to attend the University of
Mississippi
• Which of the following is true about the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
o it outlawed segregation in public facilities immediately across the U.S.
• As a result of the bombing at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,
Alabama, four little girls died and many other parishioners were wounded in the attack
• During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy ordered a blockade/quarantine of the
Cuban coast
• Not long after Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama and the murder of 3 civil rights
activists in Mississippi, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act
• Where did the 1965 Watts Riot take place?
o Los Angeles
• The Cuban Missile Crisis came about due to the secret construction of Russian missile
silos on Cuban soil
• George Wallace was a strongly pro-segregation governor of Alabama.
• Before he was killed, Martin Luther King was seeking to aid striking sanitation workers
in Memphis, Tennessee.
• Of the following, Ronald Reagan was NOT a candidate for president in the 1968 general
election.
• The Youth International Party, or the "Yippies" were among the main groups protesting
the Vietnam War and other government policies at the 1968 Democratic Party
Convention which devolved into a scene of violence.
• Eddie Adams was a prize-winning photographer during the Vietnam War.
• In the 1968 presidential election to succeed Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon won by a
comfortable margin in the Electoral College
• In strictly military terms, the Tet Offensive was a victory for U.S. and South Vietnamese
forces because of the heavy losses they were ultimately able to inflict on Viet Cong
forces.
• Martin Luther King was killed by an escaped inmate with racist views seeking to
possibly gain bounty money for the act.
• Richard Nixon eventually outlasted Nelson Rockefeller to secure the Republican Party's
presidential nomination in 1968.
• Chicago Mayor Richard Daley gave the order to local police to crackdown on protestors
at the 1968 Democratic Party Convention.
• The "Wise Old Men" advised Lyndon Johnson to begin to gradually disengage from
Vietnam
• Bobby Kennedy was killed by a Middle Eastern national opposed to the senator support
for Israel
• George Wallace gained surprising support in the North during his third party presidential
bid in 1968.
• James Earl Ray was the assassin of Martin Luther King.
• After the My Lai Massacre, many U.S. soldiers claimed that they were just following
orders
• Of the following, Ralph Abernathy served as a major aide for Martin Luther King during
the Civil Rights Movement.
• Vice President Hubert Humphrey secured the 1968 Democratic Party presidential
nomination after the death of Bobby Kennedy.
• Bobby Kennedy was killed a month after the assassination of Martin Luther King
• Of the following, Adlai Stevenson did NOT seek the Democratic Party nomination for
president in 1968 after President Lyndon Johnson dropped out of the race
• After the Tet Offensive in early 1968, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite announced his
belief that the situation in Vietnam was one of an unwinnable stalemate
, • During the 1960s, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover used his agency to actively discredit
Martin Luther King and his movement
• Sirhan Sirhan was the assassin of Robert Kennedy.
• Which of the following is true about the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War
o it was a political disaster for President Johnson and contributed to his decision
not to run for another term as president
• A major occupation of the library at Columbia University culminated a series of protests
against the university's ties to several war-oriented corporations.
• William Calley was the Lieutenant in charge of U.S. troops on the ground who ordered
the massacre of over 400 civilians during an attack on My Lai in early 1968.
• The "Wise Old Men" were an informal group of friends and confidantes for LBJ
• During the 1960 presidential campaign, John Kennedy helped his standing with African
American voters by contacting officials and arranging the release of Martin Luther King
from a Georgia prison after King and other protesters were arrested for refusing to leave
segregated tables at an Atlanta restaurant.
• As a result of the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona case, an arrested citizen must be apprised of
his or her constitutional rights for legal counsel and against self-incrimination
• Who wrote the famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
o Martin Luther King, Jr.
• The famous 1963 March on Washington took place to: pressure Congress to pass the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
• The Cuban Missile Crisis ended with the Russians agreeing to end construction of missile
silos in Cuba in exchange for some concessions by the Kennedy administration
• James Meredith became the first African American to attend the University of
Mississippi
• Which of the following is true about the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
o it outlawed segregation in public facilities immediately across the U.S.
• As a result of the bombing at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham,
Alabama, four little girls died and many other parishioners were wounded in the attack
• During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy ordered a blockade/quarantine of the
Cuban coast
• Not long after Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama and the murder of 3 civil rights
activists in Mississippi, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act
• Where did the 1965 Watts Riot take place?
o Los Angeles
• The Cuban Missile Crisis came about due to the secret construction of Russian missile
silos on Cuban soil
• George Wallace was a strongly pro-segregation governor of Alabama.
