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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal
government to oversee voter registration
Twenty-fourth Amendment (1964)
Outlawed poll taxes
Malcolm X
Black Muslim who argued for separation, not integration. He changed his views, but was assassinated in 1965.
Black Power Movement
African American movement that focused on gaining control of economic and political power to achieve equal rights by force in necessary.
Black Panthers/Black Power
Civil Rights organization which believed in more violent opposition to discrimination. Originally formed to fight police brutality in the ghetto and help create self-sufficiency for African American communities.
Affirmative Action
A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
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.
Thurgood Marshall
American civil rights lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall was a tireless advocate for the rights of minorities and the poor.
Space Race
A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
Election of 1960
Kennedy vs. Nixon, Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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, Nikita Khrushchev, agreed to the U.S. demands a week later in return for U.S. missiles being removed from Turkey and a promise not to invade Cuba.
Warren Commission
The U.S. commission in charge with investigating the assassination of JFK. It came to the conclusion that Oswald was alone in his actions and advised to reform presidential security measures.
The Great Society
President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program the Great Society. In 1965, Congress passed many Great Society measures, including Medicare, Medicaid, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Guaranteed a student’s right to protest (wearing armbands).
Medicare and Medicaid
Great Society programs to have the government provide medical aid to the elderly (Medicare) and the poor (Medicaid).
Warren Court (1953-1969)
The Supreme Court during the era in which Earl Warren served as the Chief Justice. It is best remembered for expanding the rights of minorities and the rights of the accused.
