APUSH Ch. 25-26

Military Industrial Complex

Large military corporations producing weapons for the U.S.

1960 Election

First to feature televised debates, JFK won, represented youth compared to Eisenhower

Yuri Gagarin

First man in space, Russian cosmonaut

Civil Rights Act (1964)

Prohibited discrimination in public facilities and employment

Voting Rights Act (1965)

Outlawed discriminatory voting practices

Bay of Pigs Invasion

CIA plan to overthrow Castro, led to Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba, tense confrontation

New Deal and Great Society Similarities

Government programs for employment, arts, housing, and elderly support

New Deal and Great Society Differences

Great Society included preschool education and civil rights legislation

Black Panthers

Urban revolutionaries targeted by FBI, led by Newton, Seale, Cleaver

Tet Offensive (1968)

Viet Cong attacks on South Vietnamese cities, undermined LBJ's credibility

Betty Friedan

Author of "The Feminine Mystique," first president of NOW

Detente

Relaxation of tensions between U.S. and communist world

Warren Court

Addressed sexual freedom, criminal rights, religion, civil rights

Energy Crisis of 1974

Arab nations' embargo against the U.S. after aiding Israel

Title IX

Passed in 1972, prohibits sex discrimination in education

Carter's Foreign Policy

Iran Hostage Crisis, SALT II talks, Carter Doctrine

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

Organized civil rights protests

Freedom Rides

Bus journeys challenging racial segregation in the South

Great Society

LBJ's legislative proposal addressing voting rights, poverty, and more