Science and Technology
Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for
polio
Israel won/lost the Six-Day War in 1967 against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria
won
President Johnson called his social welfare program the
Great Society
negotiated the surrender of the Panama Canal Zone to the military dictator of Panama
President Carter
the first black major-league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
year the United States put a man on the moon
1969
won the Yom Kippur War in 1973
Israel
introduced mass-production of low-cost housing in the 1940s
Levitt and Sons
Communists took over all of South Vietnam in what year
1975
Marian Anderson was a great black American ___ who used her talent and influence to peacefully bring about change.
opera singer
The United States attempted to decrease dependence on imported oil through this pipeline
Trans-Alaska Pipeline
the United States fought the Vietnam War between
1965 and 1973
amendment that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
26th
country that signed the SALT I treaty with the United States
Soviet Union
the Communist leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
How did political environmentalists affect America?
laws were passed that hurt private property owners and hindered the advancement of technology
amendment that did away with poll taxes
24th
U.S. President who was the first to resign from office
Nixon
act that prohibited racial discrimination in all public places
Civil Rights Act of 1964
the President who was the first man from the Deep South to win the Presidency since Zachary Taylor in 1848
Carter