Ch.14 1960s Key Terms and People

Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years

Helped Cesar Chavez form the United Farm Workers Association

1973 Supreme Court held that women had the right to privacy and the right to end her pregnancy. Overturned in 2022.

African American activists who claimed the right to carry weapons to protect black neighborhoods from the police

His assassination by a white supremecist in TN led to anger and race riots across the nation that cost dozens of lives

Leader of the UFW from 1963-1970 who organized and unionized laborers in CA and Southwest

Supreme Court ruled that suspension for wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War violated freedom of speech

Televised hearing where the public was convinced that the US government was lying about Vietnam

Johnson's agenda for Congress in January 1965: aid to cities,Civil Rights, Medicare, and a "war on poverty"

Documents showing America’s growing military involvement in Vietnam and showed that several Pres. before Nixon had lied

Label for Americans who supported Nixon, obeyed the laws, and wanted "peace with honor"

Televised loss of South Vietnam's Army after US troops had withdrawn from Vietnam

Writers of the 1950s who rebelled against conformity and materialism

Theory that if one country fell to Communism more countries in South East Asia would fall

In 1962, became the first American to orbit the Earth

War were North Vietnam was supported by China and South Vietnam was supported by the USA

President after JFK, singed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and promoted a "War on Poverty"

To counter the Soviets, JFK announced the U.S. would place a man on the moon

1950s, A. American gospel, jazz, blues, and country music was combined by artists like Chuck Berry,Little Richard,Elvis

13 day standoff between the U.S. and USSR over missile silos in Cuba

African American should use their votes to win concessions from government and control their own communities/ business

Court that ended exclusion of Mexican Americans from juries in Texas

Texas soldier who rescued 8 men in 1968, received Medal of Honor 13 years later

Health insurance program for the U.S. residents over the age of 65

20th century struggle for the equality of women in society and the same rights as men

Set limits on Presidential power in a conflict wihtout a formal declartion of war by Congress

(R) Elected 1968, anti-Communist, promised "peace with honor" in Vietnam, resinged in 1974 before being impeached

Overthrew General Batista in 1959 and established a Marxist Socialist government in Cuba

Congressional resolution that authorized Pres. Johnson to fight an "undeclared" war

Feminist activist and writer of "The Feminine Mystique"

Massive surprise attack by North Vietnamese forces that took place on the Vietnamese New Year

CIA plot where exiles landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Castro

Law that banned gender discrimination in public education institutions

Policy which reduced US troops in Vietnam an increased use of South Vietnamese troops

A barrier built in Germany's capital city, built in 1961 by the USSR to divide the city

President during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Wall 1961

Movement to protest government policies and injustices suffered by American Indian

United States became the first country to land two men, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the surface of the moon

Movement against discrimination of Hispanics in education, employment, and the legal system

Young people burned their draft cards, marched on the Pentagon,held rallies and staged demonstrations to protest Vietnam