JFK Cold War
This communist country is only 90 miles away from the United States
Cuba. #2
This was the voting age prior to the 26th Amendment
21
#8
Lowered the voting age to 18 so that draftees could vote.
This type of law was challenged during the Civil Rights Movement
Unjust Laws
#16
This civil rights leader did not believe in nonviolence and later inspired the Black Panthers
Malcolm X
#21
This women was against the ERA and the Women's Liberation Movement
Phyllis Schlafly
#30
Believed that it was bad for women.
This was created to prevent East Germans from getting to West Berlin.
The Berlin Wall
#6
4 Students were killed by the national guard at which university.
Kent State University
#13 4 students were killed by the national guard during a protest.
This is the main goal of the Civil Rights Movement
To end segregation. `
#19
Who achieved better working conditions for migrant farm workers.
Cesar Chavez
#32 Both used nonviolence to achieve change.
These TWO things provided healthcare to the elderly and poor.
Medicare and Medicaid
#27
Provided health insurance for the poor and elderly.
Castro, Kennedy, and Khrushchev were all involved in this event.
Cuban Missile Crisis.
#5
Cuba-Castro, USA-Kennedy, & Russia- Khrushchev
These were released by the NY Times and the Washington Post during the Vietnam War.
The Pentagon Papers
#15
Documents that proved that the government had been lying about the war.
These 3 things were used to keep Blacks from voting but still allow all Whites to vote.
Literacy Test, Poll Tax, Grandfather Clause
#23
This law guaranteed gender equality in sports
Title IX
#31 Created gender equality in sports
Johnson created this set of laws to eliminate poverty and injustice.
The Great Society
#26
This action taken by the USSR in 1957 led to the US creating NASA.
The launching of Sputnik.
#7
This was when the Vietcong and the N. Vietnamese Army took over 100 cities in the south.
#9 The Tet Offensive
These protests led to the integration of all interstate bus stations.
Freedom Rides
#20
This man was the leader of the Black Panthers
Huey Newton
#28
Black Panthers, Huey Newton
This event led to the creation of the Voting Rights Act 1965.
The Selma March
#25 They were beaten by the state police. (Bloody Sunday)
This embarrassing event took place soon after Kennedy became the president.
Bay of Pigs invasion
#3
This was Nixon's plan to end the war.
Vietnamization
#14 Let S. Vietnam take over the fighting and send US troops home.
This amendment gave men of all color the right to vote but was then violated by southern states' voting laws.
15th Amendment
#18
This book began the Women's Liberation Movement. Provide book AND author!
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan #29
The American people began to mistrust the govt during the Vietnam War. The government was not telling the truth. They had a ______ ___
Credibility Gap
#10 The people began to mistrust the government.