Vietnam War
awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1981 for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War.
Roy Benavidez
This President was assassinated in Dallas in the Sixties
JFK
elected President in 1976, struggled with economic problems and hostage crisis in Iran
Jimmy Carter
elected President in 1980, beginning a resurgence of conservatism
Ronald Reagan
organized and fought for migrant farm workers’ rights, many of whom were Mexican-American
Cesar Chavez
lowered to voting age in all states to 18 yrs
26th Amendment
President Kennedy’s Vice President, will become President after President Kennedy is assassinated in Nov. 1963
Lyndon B Johnson
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, designed to control the flow, production and distribution of oil throughout the world
OPEC
first women appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1981
Sandra Day O'Conner
broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
Vietcong launch a massive attach on South Vietnamese cities on the Chinese New Year
TET Offensive
the American public began to debt and dispute the facts being revealed by government officials about the war in Vietnam
Credibility Gap
Cater negotiated peace between historic middle eastern enemies, Egypt and Israel
Camp David Accords
Strategic Defense Initiative, using lasers to shoot down missiles in order to prevent a nuclear attack
Star Wars
landmark court case ruled that segregated schools were ”inherently unequal” ordered their integration “with all deliberate speed”.
Brown v. Board of Education
Saigon was overtaken by communists North Vietnamese in April 1975 after the US had withdrawn it’s soldiers
Fall of Saigon
first American astronaut to orbit the earth in 1962
John Glenn
appointed Vice President by Nixon and assumes Presidency after Nixon resigns from office
Gerald Ford
economic policy of increasing supply and dropping prices which leads to consumer demand and increase employment
Reganomics
southern laws that prevented blacks from sharing public facilities including theaters, beaches, restaurants, water fountains or buses with whites
Jim Crow Laws
fear that if one Southeast Asian country were to fall to communism many others would follow
Domino Theory
President Kennedy discovered that Soviet-made missiles were being placed in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
economic problem caused by inflation and stagnate economic growth (Inflation with high unemployment)
Stagflation
Ronald Reagan’s Vice President, was elected President in 1988
George H.W. Bush
name given to the nine black students that attempted to enroll in “all white” Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine