Terms
Term for those who felt we needed to help stop the spread of Communism
Hawks
Protested against the Vietnam war and got the voting age lowered to 18
Students for a Democratic Society
13 day stand-off between Kennedy and Khrushchev
Cuban Missile Crisis
Overruled the precedent of "separate but equal"
Brown v. Board of Education
100
Berlin Wall
People begin to trust the news and media more than the President
Credibility Gap
Organized a nation-wide grape boycott
Cesar Chavez
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Meant to provide basic coverage for those over 65
Medicare
200
Nixon Tapes "I am not a crook"
New Right
Considered to be the most progressive group to ever occupy this position
Began after "Silent Spring" swept the nation
Environmentalist Movement
Tinker v. Des Moines
300
Selma March
Passengers actively sitting wherever they want on the bus despite what the law required
Freedom Ride
Advocated for early involvement in Vietnam in order to prevent the Domino Theory from happening
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Five-week campaign of intense bombing in UN led military mission
Operation Desert Storm
Agreement made between Nixon and Brezhnev to reduce tensions
SALT I
400
When there is not enough revenue to offset the debt
Deficit spending
Created a physical version of the Iron Curtain when Kennedy would not surrender a U.S. occupied city
Student led campaign to help increase voter registration in the South
Freedom Summer
Meant to be a new defense system that would protect the nation from any type of nuclear attack
Strategic Defense Initiative
500