Chapter 29 test Flashcards
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John F. Kennedy focused on
Government solutions and was known as the new frontier
Kennedy stimulated the economy by
Increasing defense spending
Equal Pay Act
Established that women and men holding the same job must receive the same pay
Bay of Pigs
Location of failed invasion by anti-Castro Cuban refugees
Berlin Wall
Built to halt the flow of East Germans into West Berlin
The three following things resulted from the Cuban Missile Crisis
- A limited nuclear test ban treaty
- Removal of Soviet missile from Cuba
- A “hot line” between the United States and the Soviet Union
In 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated
John F. Kennedy
Warren commission
Concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President Kennedy
Medicare
National health insurance program for people aged 65 and over
The decision of the Warren Court focused on
Strengthening individual rights
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference focused on
Ending racial discrimination
March on Washington
Led the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Examples of nonviolent resistance include
- Sit-ins
- Freedom Rides
- The Albany movement
Freedom Summer
Campaign to expand African American voter registration
Occupation of Alcatraz
Protest designed to draw attention to injustices done to Native Americans
Hippies
Rebelled against society by creating an alternative life-style
The counterculture movement led to all of the following
- A generation gap
- Experimentation with drugs
- Permissive sexual behavior
The revival of the women’s movement grew out of
Women’s participation in the civil rights movement
The British Invasion referred to
The influence of English band such as the Beatles
Woodstock
Marked the high point of the counterculture movement
