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1960s TT32
Trainor- AP United States History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| U-2 Incident 1960 | u-2 spy plane was shot down over russia. this incident was revealed to the world before a summit conference in paris began. pres eisenhower took the step of assuming responsibility but refused to apologize for spying on the soviet union |
| John F. Kennedy | pres from 1961-63.initiated program called new frontier which centered on a new philosophy for a new era. called for medical care for seniors, more educational apport, tax reduction, creation of peace corps, and integration. harvard.youngest pres.catholic |
| Berlin Wall 1961 | built by communists to stop the flow of refugees seeking gain political asylum in west berlin from east berlin. became the symbol of division between east and west |
| Peace Corps 1961 | successful program initiated as part of kennedy's new frontier. americans went to underdeveloped countries to teach their expertise to the people. with this knowledge, they were able tor aise standard ofliving within their country |
| Bay of Pigs 1961 | futile attempt to overthrow fidel castro. organized by CIA |
| Fidel Castro | began a government overthrow in 1959 and took over cuba. communist dictator. denounced americans as imperialists and began to expropriate valuable u.s. properties. made his leftwing dictatorship an economic and military satellite of russia |
| Alliance for Progress 1961 | kennedy extended the good neighbor policy through this alliance. hailed as a marshall plan for latin american countries b/c it put $20 billion into latin america to stimulate economic and socia lreforms |
| Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 | soviets were secretely installing ABMs in cuba to shield castro from u.s. attacks. kennedy ordered a naval "quarantine" oc cuba anddemanded the immediate removal of these missiles. |
| Flexible (Appropriate) Response | foreign policy johnson and kennedy used when dealing with communism. whatever the communists orsoviets did, the u.s. would respond appropriately |
| Trade Expansion Act 1962 | authorized cuts of up to 50% on tariffs. the reason for this was to promote trade with the common market |
| Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 1963 | an agreement between the u.s.s.r. and the u.s. to ban all above-ground nuclear testing and to limit nuclear testing to underground facilities |
| Earl Warren | chief justice of the supreme court from 1953-69. he led the court in a series of decisions that helped the civil rights movement |
| Warren Commission 1963 | investigated the assassination of pres kennedy. headed by chief justice earl warren and ddetermined that lee h. oswald acted alone when he kileed kennedy |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | vp wo became pres when kennedy was assassinated his presidential program was called the great society, which dclare a war onpvoerty. johnson also committed american troops in vietnam through the tonkin gulf resolution |
| War on Poverty | program to help the needy/poor.johnson supported and signedlegislation establishing OEO, job corps, medicare and food stamps to lighten the burden on the lower classes and elderly |
| Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) 1964 | domestic peace corps of young volunteers who worked to help the poverty stricken in america |
| Office for Economic Opportunity (OEO) 1964 | created to fund and coordinate a jobcorps that would give youung people a competitive edge in the job market |
| Medicare 1965 | pres johnson's program of medical care for senior citizens. alleviated payments not ocvered by social security benefits. still exists today |
| Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965 | provided $1.3 billion for the primary and secondary schools in areas where at least 3 % of the children were needy |
| Dominican Republic Intervention 1965 | this intervention was caused by rumors of a communist revolution in the dominican republic. the u.s. marines discovered no evidence of communism |
| Higher Education Act 1965 | created a program of federally-financed scholarships for college undergraduates |
| Salvador Allende | president of chile who was assassinated by a leftist in the chilean military in 1973. nixon secretly funneled $10 million through the CIA to overthrow allende because of his anti-american policy |
| Six-Day War 1967 | the israeli army captured the gaza strip and sinai peninsula. they overran an arab army of 100,000 in six days. this war ended when both sides accepted a UN cease fire |
| John Birch Society | a right-wing, super patriot, republican reactionary group. they would ruin people by tagging them as communists. they wanted the u.s. out of the u.n. |
| Barry Goldwater | conservative republican presidential candidate from AZ. lost in a landslide victory to president johnson in 1964 because of his perceived ultraconservative leanings |
| New Left | group of affluent, liberal-minded college students in the late 60s and early 70s who were part of the new leftist, marxist resurgence |
| Neil Armstrong | he and edwin "buzz" aldrin were the first to make a successful lunar landing. the space race between the u.s.s.r. and u.s. was won by the u.s. and ended in a dramatic climax when armstron said 'this is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" |
| Sunbelt | referred to a group of the states in the southwest that were gaining population at a spectacular rate |
| Rustbelt | referred to a group of midwestern states that were losing population because of their floundering economy caused by stiff competition from foreign imports |
| Robert F. Kennedy | jfk's younger brother who was appointed as his attorney general. "bobby" campaigned for the democratic nomination in 1968 and was assassinated the night he won the CA primary by an arabnational who vehemently disagreed with kennedy's pro-israeli stand |
| Richard Nixon | ran aainst democratic hubert humphrey in the election of 1968. nixon won the election because of his "secret solution" to the vietnam quagmire |
| George Wallace | anti-black, pro-segregationalist governor of alabama who ran for pres in election of 1968. thought that the u.s. could purge society through violence and more guns. ran as candidate of the american independence party, a third party during the election |
| Senator George McGovern | liberal democrat from s. dakota. primary p residential candidate in 1968, and democratic presidential candidate in 72. against the vietnam war so he campaigned as a peace candidate |
| Democratic Party Convention Riots 1968 | in chicago there were gigantic demonstrations because the democrats did not nominate a "peace" candidate. thecity was an armed bastion as police clubbed protesters |
| Rachel Carson | author of the silent spring, an acute criticism of pesticides and their toll on the environment. focused mainly on ddt and its effects |
| Ralph Nader | consumer advocate. wrote unsafe at any speed attacking general motors because of the unsafe automobiles they were producing |
| Betty Friedan | wrote the feminine mystique in 1963, a book that criticizes the male-oriented society that subjugates women to menial roles such as housewifery. urged women to launch a modern women's movement and to reject traditional roles |
| NOW (National Organization of Women) | result of feminist movement |
| ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) | NOW pushed this; it would allow equal economic opportunity for men and women |
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