1960s Review

the purpose of the Selma March was a campaign for

leader in the effort to improve the lives of Mexican American farm workers

who appeared to be on his way to winning the Democratic Nomination until he was assassinated in San Francisco?

which of the following was a major Great Society program

the 1960 Presidential race was the first time candidates made use of

young men and women who rejected the mainstream system and middle class values

which amendment to the Constitution gave all citizens age 18 or over the right to vote

the man accused of killing Kennedy appeared to be a confused and embittered Marxist named ...

temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel

in 1967 Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta merged their organizations that fought for the rights of farmworkers to form the

the purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to

included the gradual withdrawal of American Troops from Vietnam

soldier whose fate is undetermined

although about 47% of American women were in the workforce in the 60's, they were forced out of

Televised news coverage of the Vietnam War each night

long after troops were home, the war lingered on for hundreds of Amerian Families whose relatives were MIA or

the violence and chaos associated with the Democratic Convention benefited 1968 Republican Candidate ....

suprise attack launched by the Vietcong during the Vietnamese New Year

the segregated sections of many southwest cities in which Mexican Americans lived were called

Dr Martin Luther King Jr believed the only moral way to end segregation and racism was through

after the US ended its direct involvement in Vietnam, the North Vietnamese captured Saigon and united Vietnam under

President Johnson did not order a full scale invasion of north vietnam for the fear that it might

those who wanted the United States to withdraw from Vietnam

declared war on poverty

group urged African Americans to arm themselves & confront white society in order to force whites to grant them rights

prohibited federal funded schools from discriminating against women in admissions to athletics

what country did American Troops invade in an effort to destroy Vietcong military bases there?

reestablished some limits on executive power

Youth that rejected the domination of American Culture

American officials did not think France should control Vietnam but they did not want Vietnam to be

which of the following was true about the Great Society

Which of the following is true about John F Kennedy's administration

The Republican nominee for president in the 1960 election was

what confirmed the government had not been honest with Americans about Vietnam

the brutal attack by law enforcement officers against peaceful demonstrations in Selma became known as

civil rights activists tried to integrate restaurants by using

On Oct 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced that spy planes had taken aerial photos showing Soviet missiles in

nationalist leader in the South after the Geneva Accords

freedom riders intended to draw attention to

President Kennedy's goal in the space race with the USSR was for the US to be first in

what was Pres Johnson's vision for the more perfect and equitable society by the US called

which group offered work-study programs to help underprivileged youth earn high school diploma or college degrees

put young people with community minded ideals to work with the poor

masacre of south vietnamese civilians by US Troops

financed healthcare for welfare recipients

fear that communist Vietnam would lead to other Southeast Asian communist governments

an African American neighborhood in Los Angeles were a race riot broke out

special fortified villages in South Vietnam were known as

Republicans as well as southern democrats viewed the New Frontier as

Operation Rolling Thunder was

qualifies certain categories of Americans to benefits

Harvard Professor who used diplomacy to end the Vietnam War

Kennedy's legislative agenda was called the

forces made up of North and south Vietnamese but supplied by North Vietnam

established the peace corps

appointed by Johnson to study the causes of urban riots

jellied gasoline that explodes on contact

Those who insisted the United States stay and fight in Vietnam

North Vietnam received military weapons and other support from the Soviet Union and ___

programs directed at disadvantaged preschool children

in South Vietnam, a monk set himself on fire to protest

group living arrangements in which members shared everything and worked together

in Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by

chemical that strips trees and leaves

renamed Ho Chi Mihn City after reunification

Militant African American group