bussing was a system of using coaches and buses to help black Americans attend integrated schools outside of their local area

How successful was the civil rights movement by 1975?

History

Segregation and discrimination in the USA

Civil rights organisations in the 20th century

Progress in education, 1954-60

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

Martin Luther King Jr and the early civil rights movement

Early opposition to the civil rights movement

The changing position of black Americans by 1960

Greensboro and the sit-in movement

Freedom rides: protests and progress for civil rights (1961)

The James Meredith case (1962)

The peace marches (1963) and Freedom Summer (1964)

The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)

Reasons why the civil rights movement was more successful from 1960 to 1965

The role of Malcolm X in the civil rights movement

The emergence of the Black Power movement

The Black Panther Party

The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report (1968)

King's campaign in the North

French Indochina

Containment and the Domino Theory

Vietcong resistance

Gulf of Tonkin incident

The Tet Offensive

US involvement in Vietnam

The effect of Vietnamisation on US policy in Vietnam

The expansion of the war into Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam, 1969-1972

Opposition to the Vietnam War in the US

Support for the Vietnam War in the US

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

North Vietnamese strengths in the Vietnam War

Impact of the Vietnam War

In this unit, pupils study a modern society and the issues that affected it in great depth over a shorter period. They learn about the key events, developments, people and stories that shaped this modern society over a period of around twenty to thirty years.

Modern depth studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

What keyword describes a system of using coaches and buses to help black Americans attend integrated schools outside of their local area?

Who was elected president of the United States in 1968?

Put the following presidents in order of how committed they were to the civil rights movement, starting with the most committed and ending with the least.

Which ruling marked the beginning of the civil rights movement?

supported the Supreme Court Swann v. Charlotte ruling

set up the Office of Minority Business Enterprise

gave courts greater power to enforce equality in employment

encouraged businesses to employ black American teenagers

How did Nixon show he was willing to offer practical support to the civil rights movement?

Unemployment was 15% for white teenagers but 50% for black teenagers in 1970.

Unemployment was 5% for white Americans and 8% for black Americans in 1970.

Poverty levels had fallen for black Americans from 50% in 1960 to 30% in 1974.

Which evidence shows that progress was being made for black Americans?

He was made leader of the Civil Rights Party.

What happened to Martin Luther King Jr in 1968?

What did Johnson pass honouring King’s final work?

What event took place on 10th July 1966 which involved 30 000 residents of Chicago marching to City Hall alongside King?

Where did King face more resistance during his campaign, the North or the South?

What happened to tensions between white and black Americans following King's death?

Who was held legally responsible for King's death?

Exit Quiz

What keyword describes a system of using coaches and buses to help black Americans attend integrated schools outside of their local area?