Chapter 29 Flashcards
- John F. Kennedy
president from 1961-1963 was assassinated in Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
- New Frontier
John F. Kennedy’s social reform plan that he used in his acceptance speech
- Lyndon Johnson
vice president from 1961-1963 and president from 1963-1968 took over after JFK
- Great Society
Lyndon B. Johnson’s social reform program that was suspended due to LBJ trying to win favor with americans
- Medicare and Medicaid
government assisting programs that provide health insurance for the poor and the elderly
- Community Action Program
A plan by LBJ to help empower low income people by allowing them to have a say in the programs assisting them
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
federal executive branch responsible for home finance and promoting Civil Rights in housing
- Immigration Act of 1965
abolished an earlier ranking system based on nation origin established new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
a group of students using sit down strikes to show their disagreement for unequal rights
- Congress of Racial Equality
nonviolent Nonviolent civil rights organization founded in 1942 and committed to victory over fascism abroad and racism at home
- Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Activists who tried to defy Jim Crow Laws and called for change
- March on Washington 1963
thousands of people marched to Washington D.C. to show their support for equal rights and to hear MLK jr I have a dream speech
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
1964, as an alternative to the dominantly white democratic party of Mississippi
- Civil Rights Act 1964
A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.
- Voting Rights Act 1965
prohibited prerequisites for people to vote
- Watts Riot
group of violent disturbances in Watts, a largely black section of Los Angeles, in 1965. Over thirty people died in the Watts riots
- Black Power Movement
grew out of Civil Rights Movement, marked a turning point of black white relations
- Nation of Islam
a religious movement started in Detroit that followed Islam and had a great number of Black people
- Malcolm X
Minister of the Nation of Islam, urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary
- Alliance for Progress
1961 John F. Kennedy aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.
- Peace Corps
U.S. government agency that sends volunteers to help improve living standards in developing countries
- Bay of Pigs
an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government.
- Berlin Wall
In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany.
- Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S.S.R. placing missiles in Cuba after the United States had placed and pointed missiles in Turkey
