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1960s
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy | Elected president in 1960; created the Peace Corps; proposed civil rights legislation; dealt with the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| John Glenn | First American to orbit the earth |
| Bay of Pigs | US supported Cuban exiles were defeated in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | Kennedy ordered a blockade around Cuba as Castro and the Soviet Union tried to install nuclear missiles on Cuba; the world was very close to nuclear war |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| Great Society | |
| Barry Goldwater | |
| Anti-war Movement | |
| Feminist Movement | |
| Betty Friedan | |
| Title IX | |
| Black power Movement | |
| Black Panthers | |
| Chicano Movement | |
| Hector Garcia | |
| Cesar Chavez | |
| Delores Hurerta | |
| Am. Indian Movement | |
| Mendez v. Westminister | |
| Hernandez v. Texas | |
| Delgado v. Bastrop | |
| Edgewood ISD v. Kirby | |
| White v. Regester | |
| Vietnam War | |
| Domino Theory | |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | |
| Vietnamization | |
| Roy Benavidez | |
| Tet Offensive | |
| Credibility Gap | |
| Silent Majority | |
| Fall of Saigon | |
| Beat Generation |