Politics
Became the First Lady at 31 years old, encouraged JFK to write Profiles in Courage
Jackie Kennedy
Refused to give up her seat on a bus, beginning of Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
Led the Civil Rights act, “I Have a Dream” Speech
Martin Luther King Jr.
Low cost health insurance program for Americans over 65
Medicare
Popular movement in the 60s that advocated nonviolence and peace, typically wore Tie-dye and ragged jeans.
Hippie Culture
35th President, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy
Beaten and thrown into river after allegedly whistling at desk clerk
Emmett Till
Spoke of “Ballots or Bullets” During civil rights movement
Malcom X
Health insurance program offered to Americans with limited income
Medicaid
For 381 days, African Americans refused to ride buses in Montgomery
Montgomery Bus Boycott
First President to win 60% of the popular vote
Lyndon B. Johnson
State and local laws that legalized segregation in the South
Jim Crow Laws
This is the separation of people by their race or ethnicity
Segregation
A set of domestic programs launched by LBJ to benefit a wide range of Americans.
Great Society
Nonviolent protest where demonstrators enter a public place or business and don’t leave until removed or demands are met
Sit-Ins
This was the commission put together by LBJ to investigate JFK’s murder
Warren Commission
Supreme Court unanimously ruled segregation in schools was unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
Group of activists who faced backlash riding a greyhound bus
Freedom Riders
This organization put more women in politics, education, employment and business opportunities
New Organization of Women (NOW)
Aug 15-18, 1969, “3 Days of Peace and Music” Free music festival in Bethel, NY
Woodstock Music Festival 1969
Sent American volunteers to help in developing nations, Tanzania and Ghana. By 1968, 35,000 volunteers and 60 countries.
Kennedy's Kid Corps
City in Alabama where MLK launches a 50 mile protest march from Selma to Montgomery to obtain voting rights
Selma March
Upheld segregation under “separate but equal” doctrine after rail incident
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This executive order desegregated the federal workforce
Executive order 2121
Executive order 3456
Executive order 5456
Executive order 9980
Which of the following artists was not a musician during the 1960s?
Fleetwood Mac
Bob Dylan
Elvis Presley
Jimi Hendrix