Chapter 16 and 17 After WWII a Time of Change

demands men and women be given the same access to participation in educational opportunities.

pres after FDR died authorized dropping atomic bombs on Japan during rising Cold War tensions

commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II becomes president

Soviets launched first human-made satellite to orbit Earth leading the US to begin Cold War

younger brother to JFK US senator strong supporter of civil rights assassinated in 1968

programs created in 1965 for older and lower-income Americans to buy private health insurance

erected across this city by Communist controlled East Germany in 1961 and dismantled in 1989.

between the US and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet missile sites in Cuba

was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon

organized boycotts and created the United Farm Workers, which won improved contracts in 1970

policy restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another hostile nation.

president in 1963 remembered for his social reform measures including War on Poverty.

U.S. economic recovery program to help European nations rebuild prevent the spread of communism

political and social movement believed in racial pride, equality for people of African descent

1954 was landmark UScase declared separate public schools for black and whites unconstitutional

OUTLAWS discrimination on race, religion, sex, nationality, and racial discrimination in voting

took office in 1963 and is remembered for his social reform measures including War on Poverty.

Longest controversial war United States fought from 1954 to 1975 supporting non communist side

conflict Jan.-Feb. 1991 between Iraq and United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait

37th president that resigned in disgrace following the Watergate scandal

state of political hostility between Soviet bloc countries and US-led Western from 1945 to 1990

”forgotten war" from 1950-1953 between the North aided by Communist China and South aided by US

Communist leader led group of nationalists fought against South Viet Army and U.S. Vietnam War.

four African American college students wanted to be served in an all-white restaurant

Soviet Union and communist bloc countries of Europe formed collective security organization

educational and professional opps through quota systems and busing to remedy discrimination

military alliance of European and North American democracies to strengthen international ties

racial, ethnic, other separation of groups societal differences but without legal enforcement

Cuban revolutionary political leader and president 1976-2008. Set up a communist regime in Cuba

Jews in Palestinian area to create own independent state. Arab nations refused the Jewish state

was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon on July 20, 1969.