eisenhower

sputnik

first artificial earth satellite

missile gap

fear that the u.s. was behind soviets nuclear missiles

national defense and education act

u.s. law that gave money to schools to improve science and math education

south east Asia treaty organization

alliance to stop communism in southeast asia

hungarian revolt

1956 uprising in Hungary against soviet control

suez crisis

conflict in Egypt over control of the Suez canal

eisenhower doctrine

u.s. promise to help middle east countries fight communism

landrum griffin act

law to reduce corruption in labor unions

massive retaliation

u.s. policy respond to attacks from Soviet union with large nuclear force

military industrial complex

the close relationship between the military and defense businesses

brown v. board

supreme court case that ended school segregation

geneva conference

meeting that temporarily split Vietnam into North and south

fidel castro

communist leader of cuba

JFK

u.s. president during the early 1960s

gamal abdel nasser

leader of Egypt during the Suez crisis

nikita khrushchez

soviet leader during the cold war

earl warren

chief justice who supported civil rights decisions

Ho Chi Minh

communist leader of north vietnam

Rosa Parks

civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat

Ngo Dinh Diem

leader of south vietnam supported by the u.s.

1960 presidential election

election where Kennedy beat nixon

new frontier

jfks programs for reform and progress

peace corps

program sending Americans to help other countries

european economic country

group of european countries working together economically

flexible response

jfks policy to respond to threats in different ways

six day war

1967 where Israel defeated neighboring Arab countries

bay of pigs

failed u.s. backed invasion of cuba

cuban missile crisis

1962 standoff over Soviet missiles in cuba

freedom riders

activist who challenged segregation on buses

march on washington

civil rights protest in 1963

MLK Jr.

leader of civil rights movement, I had a dream

malcolm x

civil rights leader who supported black empowerment

eugene mccarthy

politician who opposed the Vietnam war

james meredith

first black student to attend ole miss

robert mcnamara

u.s. secretary of defense during Vietnam war

kennedy assassinations

jfk was killed by Oswald, ruby killed by oswald

civil rights act of 1964

law ending segregation in public places

affirmative action

policies to increase opportunities for minorities

great society

LBJ’s programs to fight poverty and improve society

freedom summer

1964 effort to register black voters in the south

voting rights of 1965

law protection the right to vote

black panther party

group promoting black power and self defense

black power

movement focusing on black pride and independence

1968 presidential election

nixon, Humphrey, wallace

students for democratic soviety

student group protesting war and inequality