Civil Rights
This was the site of the famous Rosa Parks incident, which led to a bus boycott that lasted for 13 months in 1955.
Montgomery, AL
This man gained control of Cuba, after his communist revolution, in 1959.
Fidel Castro
This was the theory that after one Asian nation fell to communism, the neighboring nation could as well.
Domino Theory
JFK participated in the nations first televised debate in 1960 against this man.
Richard Nixon
This was the term for LBJ's set of programs focused on Civil Rights, medical, environmental, and social programs.
The Great Society
This was known as "the most segregated city in America", and the national attention to violence received turned public opinion to a more pro Civil Rights stance
Birmingham, AL
This was the site (and name of) a failed invasion of Cuba by CIA trained Cuban exiles.
Bay of Pigs
This is the name given to South Vietnamese communists, whom American's spent the majority of time fighting.
Vietcong
JFK's vision of America, in which he surrounded himself with all of the nations best and brightest, regardless of race, class, gender, was called this.
New Frontier
These medical programs were designed to provide coverage for the nations 1. elderly and disabled, and 2. those below the poverty line
1. Medicare, 2. Medicaid
This group organized the Freedom Rides, and spent a lot of time in Mississippi registering Black voters during Freedom Summer
SNCC
In 1962, these were used to discover that Russian ICBM's has been imported to Cuba.
Spy planes
Contrary to official media reports, this offensive in 1968 showed the America was losing the war, and turned the tide of public opinion.
Tet Offensive
JFK wanted to wage this, which aimed to close the nations gap between the rich and the poor.
War on Poverty
This program, under LBJ, was designed to train young people with technological and social skills to be able to find work.
Job Corps
This man was the head of the United Farm Workers labor union, and worked to improve the lives of Chicanos.
Cesar Chavez
This former doctor, elevated to the #2 position in the Cuban revolutionary army, gained world attention with his firey speech at the United Nations.
Che Guevara
As American's grew tired of the Vietnam War, which had been happening under Democratic Leadership, this non-vocal majority of American's turned out to vote for Richard Nixon in the 1968 election.
The Silent Majority
This legislation, while technically signed by LBJ in 1964 after the assassination, was a cornerstone of JFK's legacy in advancing human rights.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This legislation was designed to protect voting rights for all Americans, and, amongst other things, eliminated literacy tests.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
AIM, the American Indian Movement, staged a protest at this site of an old Indian Wars massacre, that would also turn violent.
Wounded Knee
This man, the leader of the Soviet Union, vowed to protect Cuba from US aggression.
Nikita Khrushchev
This was the name of the resolution that Congress passed to give LBJ broad powers to "defend Vietnam at any cost"
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This man was responsible for the assassination of JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
When LBJ decided not to run for re-election in 1968, this man was seen as the "heir apparent" of the Democratic Party, until he, too, was assassinated.
Robert F Kennedy