JFK
Group that led the official investigation into the JFK assassination
Warren Commission
Name one civil rights law passed during LBJ’s time in office
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Supreme Court case that overturned school segregation
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Political group established in 1966 in Oakland, CA with the goals of protecting African American communities, assuming control of neighborhoods, and supported the use of weapons for self-defense and retaliation
Black Panther Party
1966 Supreme Court decision that stated that police officers must inform suspects of their rights at the time of the arrest
Miranda vs. Arizona
Failed mission, authorized by President Kennedy, to overthrow the communist regime in Cuba in 1961
Bay of Pigs invasion
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was passed to fight what LBJ called the war on _______
Poverty
The student movement of nonviolent resistance was organized with the creation of this group
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
First African American student to attend the University of Mississippi
James Meredith
1963 Supreme Court decision that stated that all people are entitled to a lawyer even if they can’t afford one
Gideon vs. Wainwright
How did President Kennedy respond to Soviet missiles being installed in Cuba?
Blockaded shipments to Cuba and called for the removal of the missiles
The name of LBJ’s domestic programs that focused on trying to end poverty and racial injustice
The Great Society
Group led by Martin Luther King, Jr. that held workshops on nonviolent resistance
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Elected chairman of the SNCC in 1966 and began to call for Black Power
Stokely Carmichael
1962 Supreme Court case that banned prayer in public schools
Engel vs. Vitale
Kennedy’s strategy of strengthening conventional American forces so the U.S. would have other options besides nuclear weapons
Flexible Response
Conservative Republican that suggested using nuclear weapons in Vietnam was defeated by Johnson in the 1964 presidential election
Barry Goldwater
Actions in this city led to public opinion swaying towards support for the civil rights protesters and led to President Kennedy asking for a civil rights bill
Birmingham, Alabama
The protest in Selma dealt with what issue
Voting Rights
1957 U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that evidence acquired through illegal search and seizure was not admissible evidence, and therefore officially applied the exclusionary rule to the states.
Mapp vs. Ohio
This stopped the flood of East Germans into West Berlin in 1961…JFK also called it a symbol for the failures of communism
Berlin Wall
What foreign affair took LBJ’s focus off of his Great Society efforts and led to its decline?
The Vietnam War
The 24th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution outlaws what?
poll taxes
This program gave preferential treatment to women and minorities in hiring and admissions decisions
Affirmative Action
1962 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that federal courts could hear cases alleging that a state's drawing of electoral boundaries
Baker vs. Carr
Westberry v. Sanders (1964),
and Reynolds v. Sims (1964)