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Ch. 24-27
JFK, LBJ, Vietnam & Civil Rights
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| JFK vs. Nixion | Closest election in History |
| Bay of Pigs | Castro overthrew the Cuban dictator that Kennedy authorized |
| Great Society | Goals of this was to eliminate poverty and racial injustice |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | A court hearing that fought for equality within the schools. |
| Martin Luther King | Civil Rights activist. Spoke the "I have a dream" speech. He was assassinated |
| Malcolm X | Human rights activist. He often used violent acts. He was assassinated. |
| "Black Power" | political slogan for the Black Americans |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | A protest sparked by Rosa Parks to allow anyone to ride a bus and sit wherever they want.ma |
| Little Rock 9 | An Africian American that was trying to go to school and was escorted by National Guard |
| March on D.C. | MLK famous speech |
| Selma | Blood Sunday |
| Civil Rights Act of '64 | Segregation was made illegal that was based on race, color, religion or sex |
| Voting Rights of '65 | Johnson Prohibits racial discrimination in voting |
| Watts Riots | Los Angeles, AA motorist arrested for drunk driving |
| SCLC | It was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that was put on by MLK |
| SNCC | Student Non-Violent Coordinating Communication they organized |
| JFK vs. Nixion | Closest election in History |
| Bay of Pigs | Castro overthrew the Cuban dictator that Kennedy authorized |
| Great Society | Goals of this was to eliminate poverty and racial injustice |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | A court hearing that fought for equality within the schools. |
| Martin Luther King | Civil Rights activist. Spoke the "I have a dream" speech. He was assassinated |
| Malcolm X | Human rights activist. He often used violent acts. He was assassinated. |
| "Black Power" | political slogan for the Black Americans |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | A protest sparked by Rosa Parks to allow anyone to ride a bus and sit wherever they want.ma |
| Little Rock 9 | An Africian American that was trying to go to school and was escorted by National Guard |
| March on D.C. | MLK famous speech |
| Selma | Blood Sunday |
| Civil Rights Act of '64 | Segregation was made illegal that was based on race, color, religion or sex |
| Voting Rights of '65 | Johnson Prohibits racial discrimination in voting |
| Watts Riots | Los Angeles, AA motorist arrested for drunk driving |
| SCLC | It was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that was put on by MLK |
| SNCC | Student Non-Violent Coordinating Communication they organized student sit-ins |
| Sit-Ins | Non Violent protest and refusal to leave until a point was proven |
| Domino Theory | "One Falls and they All fall" |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | North Veitnam torpedo a US ship and starts the war |
| Strategies of Vietcong & U.S. | an ambush with the agent Orange Napalm on the Ho Chi Ming Trail using Guerilla Tactics |
| Tet Offensive | South Vietnam won the battle but lost support for the effort. It was a surprise attack |
| Anti-War movement | Hippies and Counter Culture |
| Kent State | 4 college students killed while protesting Cambodia |
| Ho Chi Minh | Leader of Vietnam |
| Ceaser Chavez | Labor leader that founded the National Farm workers Association |
| Thurgood Marshall | 1st African American Supreme court justice |
| James Farmer | CRM Served along side MLK head of CORE and pushed for Racial equality |
| Gerorge Wallace | He was a governor of Alabama and wanted segregation |
| Betty Friedan | Feminine Mystique author during the Woman's Movement |
| Roe vs. Wade | abortion rights |
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