JFK
This refers to the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles on multiple sites in Cuba close enough to strike the U.S
What is the Cuba Missile Crisis?
This American was arrested for refusing to give up their seat to a white man
Who is Rosa Parks?
Using peaceful tactics like product boycotts and fasts, he helped farm workers win more rights, higher wages, and other benefits.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This law helped the War on Poverty
What was the Economic Opportunity Act?
Between 1967 and 1973, the United States faced high inflation and high unemployment
What was Stagflation?
During Kennedy's Presidency the Soviet Union constructed this to stop their people from escaping to West Berlin.
What is The Berlin Wall
This event was held to convince Congress to pass President Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill.
What was the March on Washington?
This was the name of the labor union that helped protect our farm workers
What was the UFWOC?
This law protected all Americans' right to vote
Voting Rights Act of 1965
In 1973 the OPEC nations cut America off from this
What was Oil?
This program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was proposed by President Kennedy and succeeded
What is the Peace Corps
This Civil Rights leader called for armed defense of African Americans.
Who is Malcolm X?
This Declaration from Native Americans showed they wanted Self-Determination in America
What was the Declaration of Indian Purpose?
This extended health insurance to people on welfare
What is Medicaid?
Nixon's visit to this country in 1972 to begin normalizing relations was a reversal of previous American policy established in 1949.
What is China?
This is the name of the phone in the White House that can directly call the leader of Russia when problems escalate between our nations
What is the hot line?
These Americans challenged the South when they would not abide by the Supreme Court Decision to make interstate travel integrated
Who were the Freedom Riders?
This book by Betty Friedan showed the country that women were not getting a fair deal in the US
What was The Feminine Mystique?
This law prohibits discrimination in housing
The Civil Rights Act of 1968
This treaty helped promote peace with the Soviet Union by limiting the production of nuclear weapons
What was SALT I?
This is the name of the body appointed to do the official investigation into the Kennedy Assassination.
What is the Warren Commission?
The Kerner Commission gave this reason as the cause for most of the problems in the USA during the 1960s
What is white racism
This organization was developed to make sure the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was protecting women
What was NOW?
Civil Rights leaders criticized the fact that much of the money for President Johnson’s War on Poverty had been redirected to help fund this
What was the Vietnam War?
The result of this scandal has been a growing cynicism in government
What was Watergate?