Chapter 29 Flashcards
- John F. Kennedy
president from 1961-1963 was assassinated in Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
- New Frontier
John F. Kennedy’s social reform plan that he used in his acceptance speech
- Lyndon Johnson
vice president from 1961-1963 and president from 1963-1968 took over after JFK
- Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson’s social reform program that was suspended due to LBJ trying to win favor with americans
- Medicare and Medicaid
government assisting programs that provide health insurance for the poor and the elderly
- Community Action Program
A plan by LBJ to help empower low income people by allowing them to have a say in the programs assisting them
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
federal executive branch responsible for home finance and promoting Civil Rights in housing
- Immigration Act of 1965
abolished an earlier ranking system based on nation origin established new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
a group of students using sit down strikes to show their disagreement for unequal rights
- Congress of Racial Equality
nonviolent Nonviolent civil rights organization founded in 1942 and committed to victory over fascism abroad and racism at home
- Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Activists who tried to defy Jim Crow Laws and called for change
- March on Washington 1963
thousands of people marched to Washington D.C. to show their support for equal rights and to hear MLK jr I have a dream speech
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1964, as an alternative to the dominantly white democratic party of Mississippi
- Civil Rights Act 1964
A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.
- Voting Rights Act 1965
prohibited prerequisites for people to vote
- Watts Riot
group of violent disturbances in Watts, a largely black section of Los Angeles, in 1965. Over thirty people died in the Watts riots
- Black Power Movement
grew out of Civil Rights Movement, marked a turning point of black white relations
- Nation of Islam
a religious movement started in Detroit that followed Islam and had a great number of Black people
- Malcolm X
Minister of the Nation of Islam, urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary
- Alliance for Progress
1961 John F. Kennedy aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
- Peace Corps
U.S. government agency that sends volunteers to help improve living standards in developing countries
- Bay of Pigs
an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government.
- Berlin Wall
In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany.
- Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S.S.R. placing missiles in Cuba after the United States had placed and pointed missiles in Turkey
- Vietminh
Vietnamese resistance group against outside influence
- Ho Chi Minh
a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- Geneva Conference
purpose was to attempt to settle outstanding issues on the Korean Penninsula
- Nikita Khrushchev
First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin 1958 to 1964 responsible for the De-Stalinization of the USSR
- Ngo Dinh Diem
the first president of South Vietnam in the french retreat and wanted to create the republic of Vietnam
- National Liberation Front
a political organization formed by the Vietcong in South Vietnam in 1960 to carry out an insurgent policy
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
two separate confrontation involving Vietnam and the United States on the Gulf of Tonkin
- Ho Chi Minh Trail
logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia
- “Hearts and Minds”
a documentary about the Vietnam Conflict that was strongly impactful
- Robert Kennedy
politician from Massachusetts. served as Senator for New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968
- Tet Offensive
a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong on city squares and towns throughout South Vietnam
- Democratic National Convention of 1968
Purpose was to elect a suitable nominee to run as the in the 1968 election. Riots broke out from Anti-Vietnam war protestors during the time of the convention. These riots turned into bloody battles after the Chicago police tried to stop the protesters
- RFK and MLK assassinations
brother of JFK shot during the Campaign season for election shot after MLK was in Texas
- Hubert Humphrey
38 vice president of U.S. under LBJ ran for president in 1968
- George Wallace
pro-segregation governor of Alabama who ran for pres. in 1968 on American Independent Party ticket of segregation and law and order
- Election of 1968
election between Hubert Humphrey and Richard M. Nixon with Nixon winning
