Civil Rights
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Innovation that became more affordable that brought pictures and information to American households
television
Young president elected in 1960 who represented idealism and known as the New Frontier
John F. Kennedy
He led the Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro
NOW - the National Organization of Women
Her refusal to give up her seat led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
Levittown
Music festival in upstate New York in 1969, that reflected the counterculture movement
Woodstock
U.S. policy of containment to keep Communism from spreading
the Truman Doctrine
He fought for the rights of farmworkers
Cesar Chavez
Supreme Court decision that overtuned Plessy vs. Ferguson and made racial segregation illegal
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Music that became the symbol of rebellion in the 1950s
Rock and roll
President known for his War on Poverty and for signing major Civil Rights legislation
Lyndon B. Johnson
Failed attempt to overthrown Fidel Castro
the Bay of Pigs
Movement of Native American youth with demonstrations and fought against discrimination and poverty
AIM - American Indian Movement
Malcolm X
Form of housing discrimination by the HOLC that restricted loans and devalued areas where people of color lived
Redlining
the Second New Deal
NATO
Political party that fought for Mexican American civil rights
La Raza Unida
City where firehoses and dogs were used against peaceful civil rights marchers
Birmingham, Alabama
Space program started as a result of the Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite
NASA
Movement that focused on youth, against societal norms, experimentation with drugs and the study of non-Western religions
the counterculture movements
Incident that led to the escalation of the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
She wrote The Feminine Mystique that addressed the needs of women
Betty Friedan