Unit Four Flashcards
Civil Rights Act
This act made racial, religious, and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights, including desegregation of schools and public places.
Great Society
A set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States on the initiative of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched during this period. The Great Society in scope and sweep resembled the New Deal domestic agenda of Franklin D. Roosevelt, but differed sharply in types of programs enacted.
Miranda vs Arizona
Miranda Rights - The accused must be notified of their rights before being questioned by the police - you have the right to remain silent…etc
Containment
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
New Deal vs Great Society
he New Deal by Roosevelt and the Great Society by Johnson were very similar in the fact that they both requested much more government control in the economy.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Brink-of-war confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Soviet Union’s placement of nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba., …, an international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the Soviet leader Khrushchev acceded to the U.S. demands a week later.
Bay of Pigs
In April 1961, 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.
