60's-70s Flashcards
What was JFKs quote for his campaign?
Ask not what your country can do for you but can do for your country
What is LBJS political party ?
The great society
What is the peace corps and who created it?
To help developing countries (teach,build,&invest) so communism won’t take hold.
Jfk
Who are green berets?
Special forces sent to other countries military to fight commie rebels
Name the movement that ended segregation in the south?(civil rights)
SNCC
What does JFK do to taxes and mini wage?
Cut taxes & raises mini wage
When does Apollo 11 land in the moon?
July 20th,1969
Where&when was JFK assassinated & by who?
Nov 22 in Dallas Texas
By Harvey Oswald
What was the civil rights bill of 1964
Ends segregation everywhere
Who signed the civil rights bill of 1964?
LBJ
Who creates the (EEOC) equal employment opportunity commission ?
LBJ
What is JFKs political plan?
New frontier
What was the Korean War?
A war between the north & south
What is the voting rights act of 1965?
guaranteed the right to vote to all Americans, and allowed the federal government to intervene in order to ensure that minorities could vote
What was the bay of pigs?
, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.
What was the first battle of the Vietnamese war? Of
La drang valley
What was war powers resolution ?
Requires the president to obtain congressional approval for any troop commitment lasting longer than 60 days
Who negotiated a peace treaty with North Vietnamese?
Henry Kissinger
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ?
Allowed the president to take any measures he deemed necessary to protect American interest in the region
Why was the Berlin war built ?
To prevent East Germans from leaving the country
What was equal pay act in 1963?
Required that men and women receive equal pay for equal work
Who lead the southern Christian leadership (SCLC)?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who organized the freedom riders ?
CORE: congress of racial equality
What was the TET offensive?
Convince the U.S. public the war could not be won
Who were the black panthers created by and where?
By Huey Newton & bobby seale
In Oakland
What is job corps?
Trained the unskilled so they could get better jobs
Who founded the development of housing and urban development(HUD)?
Johnson
Who killed Martin Luther King Jr?and where?
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Who leads the Nation of Islam?
Malcolm & Elijah Muhammad
What does the EPA do?
Protects the environment
What’s the OSHA?
safety standards in work
