US History Chapter 28 ++

Nikita Khrushchev

communist leader of the Soviet Union in the 1960s after Stalin; dictator

Lee Harvey Oswald

communist man that was accused of assassinating President Kennedy

Neil Armstrong

July 1969; 1st man on the moon; from Wapakoneta, OH; Apollo 11

Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)

Vice President for JFK in 1960; President after Kennedy is assassinated

Fidel Castro

communist dictator of Cuba 1959 to 2008

JFK

US President from January 1961 until assassination November 1963, Democrat

Quarantine

to blockade or close off an army from enemy; not an act of war

Desegregation

bringing blacks and whites into the same school or other public places

Cold War

tensions between US and USSR (democracy v communism) without fighting; involves spying on enemies and the arms race

Containment

American foreign policy of not letting communism spread

Domestic

within your own country; at home

1960 Presidential Election: Who? Issues, Results

Democrat John F Kennedy v Republican Richard M Nixon; issues= Religion: Kennedy was Catholic, the Cold War: communism was still a problem, Age: Kennedy was very young, civil rights: Black and white people together; results of the election: John F Kennedy won the 1960 election

Peace Corps

Send volunteers abroad to developing nations around the world; wanted to help raise their standard of living

Cuban Missile Crisis

the Soviets were putting missiles in Cuba; Result: they removed the missiles from Cuba

Johnson’s Great Society

reform program during his presidency; a tax cut, health care laws= Medicare & Medicaid, aid to Education= Elementary & Secondary Education Act, Immigration Act of 1965

The “Rust Belt”

the Midwest and Northeast USA; today contains many declining factory towns; was once considered the center of the American car industry; has seen a population decrease since the 1950s

Appalachia

poor, mountainous area in the US stretching from West Virginia south through Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama

John F Kennedy

married to Jackie, Harvard graduate, former Senator, elected President by a very narrow margin, Camelot: nickname for Washington DC, New Frontier: JFK’s domestic programs, supported a tax cut, President when Castro was the leader of Cuba, a Democrat

Lyndon B Johnson

married to Lady Bird, from Texas, former Senator, served as Vice President, elected President in a landslide, Great Society: LBJ’s domestic programs, supported a tax cut, President when Castro was the leader of Cuba, a Democrat