to desegregate is to stop people being separated or kept apart by force (segregation)

to sit somewhere and refuse to move as a form of protest

direct action is the use of demonstrations or protest to achieve a goal, rather than negotiation

voter registration is the act of signing up to be able to vote, which often involves meeting certain criteria

Greensboro and the sit-in movement

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

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

How successful was the civil rights movement by 1975?

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

to stop people being separated or kept apart by force

kill someone for an offence without trial, usually by an armed group

When different groups of people are forcefully kept separate or apart

Match the words with their definitions. Write the correct letter in each box

The Greensboro sit-in led to the formation of which organisation?

Which organisation gave the SNCC $800 to help set up an organisation that would continue to support the desegregation of dining facilities across the USA. 

Which organisation did Stokely Carmichael join in the late 1960s?

Who did Eisenhower send in to support the students at Little Rock High School?

When all of Little Rock's public high schools were closed for a year 

When students in Little Rock boycotted the schools in the area

When the staff of Little Rock's public high schools boycotted the schools

Which statement below best describes what was known as 'the lost year'?

Which of the following organisations was involved in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954?

The name for the campaign to secure a victory over the Axis powers and a victory over segregation in American is the {{ }}

In which year was the brutal murder of Emmett Till?

A {{ }} is when people decide not to buy things from, use the services of, or take part in activities with a certain company or country to show they don't agree with something it's doing. 

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