Chapter 34: New Frontier-Politics and Social Change in the 1960s Flashcards

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Alliance for Progress

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President Kennedy’s program which provided economic assistance to Latin America

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Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

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South Vietnamese military

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Bay of Pigs

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1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles

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Berlin Wall

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Dividing wall built by East Germany in 1961 to isolate West Berlin from Communist controlled East Berlin

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Black Power

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Movement in the 1960s that urged African Americans to use their collective political and economic power to gain equality

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Outlaws discrimination in public places and employment based on race, religion, or national origin

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Congress of Racial Equality

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Founded in 1941 by an interracial group who pioneered the use of nonviolent direct action during the civil rights struggle

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Coup d’etat

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A sudden, violent, unlawful seizure of power from the government

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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1962 conflict between the U.S. and the USSR resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba

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Freedom Rides

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Protests by black and white activists who rode buses through southern states to test their compliance with the ban on segregation on interstate buses

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Great Society

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President Johnson’s goals for the U.S. in the areas of healthcare, education, the environment, discrimination, and poverty

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Head Start

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Federally funded program that provides education to children 3-5

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Hot Line

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Direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set up after the Cuban missile crisis

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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

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Law that changed the national quota system to limits of 170,000 immigrants per year from the Eastern Hemisphere and 120,000 per year from the Western Hemisphere

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March on Washington

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1963 demonstration in which more than 200,000 people rallied for economic equality and civil rights

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Medicaid

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Federal program created in 1965 to provide low-cost health insurance to poor Americans of any age

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Medicare

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Federal program created in 1965 to provide basic hospital insurance to most Americans age 65 and over

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New Frontier

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President Kennedy’s plan aimed at improving the economy, fighting racial discrimination, and exploring space

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Peace Corps

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American government organization that sends volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services in developing countries

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

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Grass-roots movements of young civil rights activists founded in 1960

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Tet Offensive

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Coordinated communist assault on a large number of South Vietnamese cities in early 1968

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Trade Expansion Act of 1962

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Gave the president a 5 year authority, beginning in 1961, to cut tariffs by 50%

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Volunteers in Service to America

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A national service program designed to address needs in education, poverty, reduction, publican health and disaster preparedness

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Voting Rights of 1965

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Law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration

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War on Poverty

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President Johnson’s programs aimed at aiding the country’s poor through education, job training, proper healthcare and nutrition, and overall community development