Civil Rights
Iconic speech given by Martin Luther King at the March on Washington in 1963
"I have a Dream'
In 1963 the Soviet Union attempted to put nuclear missiles on this Caribbean island.
Cuba
During this incident, the USS Maddox was 'attacked' by North Vietnamese gunboats.
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
President associated with the Great Society
Lyndon B Johnson
Famous singer with hits like Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
She refused to give up her seat on the bus, in Montgomery, Alabama.
Rosa Parks
Winston Churchill stated that this was separating East and west Europe?
Iron Curtain
A surprise attack by the North Vietnamese Army on this religious holiday - left many Americans feeling like the war was not going well.
Tet {Offensive}
Funded a preschool program for young children in poverty
Project Head Start
Launched a crusade against communists but went to far in the end.
Joseph McCarthy
9 African American students enrolled at this school in Arkansas in 1957.
Little Rock Central High School
(I will accept Little Rock High School!)
President Nixon used this sport to help ease tensions between the United States and China
Ping Pong
US General in charge of military operations in Vietnam
William Westmorland
Provided health and medical assistance to low income families
Medicaid
Assassinated John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Rode the bus through the segregated south
Freedom Rides
A treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear missiles.
SALT
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Name given to the South Vietnamese soldiers fighting the Americans.
Vietcong
TV Station created by the Great Society
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service)
Wrote the book, 'Silent Spring'
Rachel Carson
His murder and funeral was one of the events that kicked of the Civil Rights movement
Emmitt Till
A plan to contain Communism - was first implemented in Turkey and Greece
Truman Doctrine
Famous American News Reader, who reported that the US was not close to winning.
Walter Cronkite
Republican candidate defeated by Johnson in 1964
Barry Goldwater
First used the term, 'Rock n Roll'
Alan Freed