Unit 3 Flashcards
Who won the the election of 1960 and who lost?
JFK wins the election against Nixon
Know things about Kennedy
He is the only Catholic president, a war veteran, and is known to be handsome
Who are the Green Berets?
Army men
What is the Peace Corps?
They send volunteers to Africa, Asia, and Latin America for economic aid
What is Alliance for Progress?
It encouraged democracy and capitalism in Latin America. It aimed to establish economic cooperation, but was a complete failure
What is the Bay of Pigs?
The event where U.S. trained anti-Castro Cuban refugees to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
How long did the Bay of Pigs last?
72 hours
What did the Bay of Pigs make America and JFK look like?
Incompetent
What is the Berlin Crisis?
Khruschev wants to intimidate JFK and demands NATO troops out of Western Berlin
Why does Khruschev want to build the Berlin Wall?
To keep all the doctors and important people from defecting to Western Berlin
What is the height of the Cold War?
Cuban Missile Crisis
Why does Cuba have nuclear weapons?
To prevent an invasion
What does the U.S. do when they find out Cuba has nuclear weapons?
They put a blockade around Cuba and they won’t let any weapons through
Who is sending nuclear weapons to Cuba?
Soviet Union
Where was JFK killed?
Dallas Texas
Why was JFK in Dallas?
He was campaigning
Who killed JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
How many bullets did it take it kill JFK?
3
Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
Jack Ruby
What is the Warren Commission?
They were the committee that investigated JFK’s assassination
What conclusion did the Warren Commission come up with?
Both Oswald and Ruby acted alone
Where was LBJ sworn in?
Air Force One
What three things does the OEO come up with to fight the war on poverty?
- Job Corps
- Head Start
- VISTA
What does Job Corps provide?
It provides training and job opportunities for unemployment
What is Head Start?
It is a preschool for underprivileged children
What is VISTA?
It’s like the peace core of the U.S
What was it called when LBJ wanted America to become a great community?
Great Society
What is Medicare?
Financial medical assistance for senior citizens
What is Medicaid?
Health coverage for underprivileged families
Why did LBJ start funding for education?
He wanted to aid poor neighborhoods, so he put finding into education
Where did we send 22,000 marines to put down rebellion?
Dominican Republic
How much more money did we spend on the Vietnam War over the War on Poverty?
18 times more
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
It is the court case that made blacks and whites separate, but equal
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The court case that made separate public schools for blacks and whites unconstitutional
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
They are a group of nine black students that were the first to go to a desegregated school in the south
What was the Little Rock Showdown?
It is when the national guard tried to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering the school, but LBJ sent in federal troops to stop the national guard.
Why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott start?
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white person
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
it is when 50,000 blacks in Montgomery boycotted for months. The boycott was a success.
What kind of protesting did MLK Jr. encourage?
Nonviolent protesting
Who are the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
They were a nonviolent resistance led by MLK Jr.
Sit-Ins
Where protesters would sit and refuse to move
What are Freedom Riders?
They are charter buses full of civil right activists that traveled through the south exposing violations of civil rights laws and decisions
What happened in Albany?
People were protesting and they peacefully arrested them to make less media buzz
What did protectors do differently at the protests in Birmingham?
They let young adults join the protest so they could get more attention if it got violent
March On Washington
MLK Jr speech, Lincoln Memorial
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
- Banned discrimination in employment
- Enforced school desegregation
- Equal voting
What did the 24th Amendment do?
Banned payment of polling taxes
At what place were people protesting and the protestors got trampled on?
Selma
What did the Voting Rights Act do?
It gave the feds the control of voting registration
How did schools try to integrate students?
Busing
Affirmative Action
It gives preference to ethnic minorities & women in hiring & admition
University of California v. Bakke (work in progress)
Reserved a fix number of openings for certain groups
