Vocabulary
Physical divide separating democracy and communism in Germany.
Rosa Parks
What was the "Flexible Response" policy?
A strategy to use a range of options (military and non-military) to fight communism.
This powerhouse concert took place in 1969 and definded an era of cultural changes
What is Woodstock
This was the failed operation by the CIA in Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs
This was the movement to leave or fight against the current national culture
What is Counterculture
This was the most impactful speech for Civil Rights delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial
What is the I Have a Dream Speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
Event that escalated troop levels in Vietnam.
This is a common item that was becoming more and more accepted and used by the majority of Counterculture members.
What is Drug use
What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Soviets pulled their missiles out of Cuba, and the US promised to remove their missiles from Turkey
This is a form of protesting where you break the law in a peaceful form of political protes
What is Civil Disobedience.
This Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was LBJ's biggest contribution to the domestic life of Americans
What is the Great Society
Muslim athlete that refused to accept his draft notice.
Muhammed Ali
Who is credited with assassinating JFK
Lee Harvey Oswalt
Group that helped get Richard Nixon elected in 1968.
Silent Majority
The Civil Rights Movement encouraged the desegregation of buseses and bus stops that rode through the South.
The Freedom Ride
The Warren Commission was established to investigate:
The assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Name given to those who avoided the draft by moving to Canada.
Draft Dodger
LBJ's plan to end poverty in the United States
The Great Society
This was the court case that desegregated the schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Militiant black nationalist group headed by the great Elijah Mohhamed and Malcolm X.
Nation of Islam
Who won the 1960 televised presidential debate and why?
Kennedy’s appearance and confidence on camera helped him win over TV viewers.
Creedance Clearwater Revivial sings which famous anti-war song.
Unfortunate Son
This is the Court battle that established that women had a right to abortion
What is Roe vs Wade