8th Grade ch. 26

Kennedy program: sent billions to Latin America to ease poverty & stop the spread of Communism

Civil rights activist: Montgomery Bus Boycott, jailed and later organized March on Washington

U.S. citizens who wanted the U.S. to pull completely out of Vietnam

Volunteer program under JFK; sent professionals to impoverished nations to help for 2 years

Nixon's VP had to resign in 1973; facing charges of accepting bribes and income tax evasion.

Agreement between the U.S. and Russia to limit types & number of nuclear warheads and missiles.

Group of oil producing countries; restricted US access to oil; punishment for supporting Israel

Republican candidate in the 1960 election

U.S. citizens who wanted increased presence in Vietnam

Russia's response to many East Germans escaping to West Berlin

Law that forbade racial segregation and discrimination in schools and public places

College where four anti-war protesters were killed by the National Guard

Russia's attempt to supply Castro with nuclear missiles; Kennedy response was to surround Cuba

Nixon's presidential advisor and Secretary of Sate; shuttle diplomacy

First rocket to be successfully launched into space; Russian

Communists guerrilla fighters who lived in South Vietnam

Who won the election of 1972?

Shot JFK

Republican candidate in 1968 election

Generation of young people, turned from their parent's values to doing whatever made them happy

Route the Communists forces moved military men, supplies, and equipment from N. Vietnam to S.

Congressional approval for LBJ to use military force in Vietnam; responded to attack on US navy

Greater openness and relaxation of tensions between the Free World and Communists

Man who won the 1960 Presidential election

Democrat candidate in the 1968 presidential election

Organized by King; purpose to rally support for proposed civil rights laws; 250,000 showed

Leading Democrat presidential candidate in 1968 until he was assassinated in CA

Which amendment gave D.C. the right to vote in national elections?

First televised debates

Established under Dwight D. Eisenhower, it was the U.S. space program

Letter that justified King's acts of civil disobedience to local clergymen

Surprise military attack during Chinese New Year; changed Americans viewpoint on the war

Kissinger traveling back and forth from Egypt to Syria to Israel trying to promote peace

Biggest single issue during LBJ's presidency

A downturn in the economy that is considered less severe than a depression

Congressional law; limited power of president to wage war w/out close supervision of Congress

Democrat candidate 1960 election

Scandal; break-in at DNC headquarters; Nixon tried to cover it up, faced impeachment, resigned

Arizona senator whom was defeated by LBJ in 1964

Law that ended literacy tests for elections

Became President after JFK was assasinated

Which amendment outlawed the poll tax?

LBJ wanted to help America bring "an end to poverty and racial injustice...in our time"

Which enemy of the U.S. did Kennedy have a direct line to?

Civil rights activist who converted to the Muslim faith; initially believed in "black racism"

Vietnamization

U.S.'s failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro

Political activists, often Communists sympathizers, who strongly opposed the war in Vietnam

New Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; nominated by Nixon, disappointment to conservatives

Proposed amendment, not passed: equal rights..shall not be denied/abridged...on account of sex.

Election where Johnson scared voters: said if Goldwater got elected there would be nuclear war

Presidential succession amendment; helped when Nixon's VP had to resign

Johnson's vast array of social programs that he wanted to implement in the U.S.

Preacher, peaceful civil rights activist; started Southern Christian Leadership Conference

What did OPEC's ban on sending oil to America resulted in?

Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion

Kennedy: Economic aid-poor, medical insurance-elderly. financial aid-student, space program

Winner of the 1968 election

JFK's legislative agenda; what he wanted to accomplish during his presidency