Review: Lectures 27-28 Flashcards
VV Campaign
Propaganda campaign encouraging women to take industrial jobs during WWII.
Executive Order 9981
Truman’s order to desegregate US military, ending racial discrimination.
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - civil rights organization.
CORE
Congress of Racial Equality - civil rights organization founded in 1942.
SNCC
SNCC: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a civil rights organization.
Ella Baker
Civil rights activist who mentored MLK and founded SNCC.
Brown v Board of Education
US Supreme Court case that banned segregation in public schools.
Montgomery Bus Boycott (Rosa Parks)
African-American civil rights protest against segregated bus seating in Montgomery, Alabama.
Martin Luther King
Civil rights activist who advocated for racial equality and justice.
Greensboro Sit-In
1960 civil rights protest at Woolworth’s segregated lunch counter, Greensboro, NC.
Freedom Rides
Civil rights activists challenging segregation on interstate buses in 1961.
Battle for Birmingham
Civil rights campaign to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963.
Civil Rights of 1964
US law prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, origin.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting practices and procedures.
Black Panther Party
A Black political organization that advocated for self-defense and equality.
John F. Kennedy
35th US President, known for civil rights advocacy and assassination.
Camelot
The idealized time of the Kennedy presidency in the US by his wife.
Peace Corps
US government program sending volunteers abroad for international development and diplomacy.
War on Poverty
Government initiative to reduce poverty and increase opportunity in America.
Jobs Corp
US federal job training program for low-income youth and young adults.
VISTA
Volunteers in Service to America: A US federal service program.
William F. Buckley
Conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review magazine.
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater was a conservative US Senator and 1964 presidential candidate.
The Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic program aimed at reducing poverty and inequality.
Medicare
US federal health insurance program for people over 65 or disabled.
The Immigration Act of 1965
Law that abolished national origin quotas, allowing more diverse immigration.
Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States, serving from 1963-1969.
Bobby Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy: US Attorney General, Senator, and Presidential candidate, assassinated 1968.
Richard Nixon
37th US president, served from 1969 to 1974, resigned amid scandal.
Roe v Wade
1973 US Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
ERA
ERA stands for Equal Rights Amendment, seeking to guarantee gender equality.
Détente
ERA stands for Equal Rights Amendment, seeking to guarantee gender equality.
Henry Kissinger
Former US Secretary of State and influential political strategist/diplomat.
Watergate
Scandal involving Nixon’s administration’s attempted cover-up of a break-in.
Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique)
Betty Friedan authored “The Feminine Mystique,” a pivotal feminist book.
NOW
National Organization for Women - advocacy group for gender equality.
Title IX
US law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in education programs.
DEA
DEA is a US federal law enforcement agency combating drug trafficking.
