Unit 5: 1/1964-12/1969

Lyndon B. Johnson

democratic president from November 1963-january 1969

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

gave the president wide-ranging war powers without having to consult Congress

FSM (Free Speech Movement)

college student organization formed to speak out against the government’s vietnam war policies

Leonid Brezhnev

soviet communist party secretary from 1964-1982

24th Amendment

banned the charging of a tax on the right to vote

Freedom Summer

civil rights movement’s effort to register black votes during the summer of 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964

prohibited racial discrimination in public places, among other things

Great Society

Johnson’s domestic platform that had tried to help blacks and the poor among others

Job Corps

federal agency that helps high school dropouts find employment

VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)

federal agency that assigns young Americans tow work in poor neighborhoods to help those residents

Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965

gave federal aid to poor school districts

Medicare and Medicaid

federal health care extensions of social security

HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development)

federal agency that helps the poor with housing needs

Immigration Act of 1965

abolished national origin quotas and established hemisphere quotas regarding this subject

25th Amendment

provided for presidential disability and vice presidential succession in such cases

Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali

flamboyant heavyweight boxing champion of the 1960s and 1970s

The Beatles

extremely popular British rock music group of the 1960s

Malcolm X

militant black civil rights leader that urged black racial unity

NOI (Nation of Islam)

radical, yet religious, civil rights organization. its members were called black muslims

Bloody Sunday

on this violent day in 1965, a civil rights march was brutally stopped by a lawmen

Voting Rights Act of 1965

banned all discriminatory qualifying tests for voting registration

Watts Riot

huge 1965, race riots in a district of la

SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)

college student organization formed to organize demonstrations against the government’s vietnam war policies

Black Panthers

most radical and militant black group of the 1960s. most of its members were eventually jailed

Search-and-Destroy

us fighting method in vietnam that relied on superior numbers and firepower

Guerrilla Warfare

communist fighting method in vietnam that used sniper attacks and booby traps

Six-Days War

third arab-israeli war. it resulted in israel taking more arab land. the US supported israel

Counterculture

social movement consisting of young americans that explored alternative lifestyles and rebelled against mainstream society

Establishment

social group consisting of older americans which supposedly tried to force younger americans to go along with traditional norms

hippies

non-comformists that explored alternative lifestyles. they embraced peace, love, and group harmony

summer of love

summer of 1967 that was a time of great social and cultural experimentation for young american non-comformists

Monterey Pop Festival

first big rock festival as the performers played for free and profits went to charity. it was a 3-day weekend concert in california

Tet Offensive

massive and extensive communist attack on over 100 south vietnamese towns. it failed but it did totally turn americans against the war

Robert F. Kennedy

new york senator that campaigned for democratic presidential nomination but was assassinated

My Lai Massacre

us soldiers killed hundreds of innocent civilians suspected of being communists in this small south vietnamese village

James Earl Ray

assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Poor People’s Campaign

civil rights discrimination in Washington DC that was a dismal failure

Fair Housing Act of 1968

made the denying of housing based on race or religion illegal

Sirhan Sirhan

assassin of Robert F Kennedy

Richard M. Nixon

republican president from january 1969-august 1974

1968 Chicago Democratic Natinoal Nominating Convention

protesters outside and inside the convention hall badly disrupted the proceedings, severely hurting the party’s credibility and chances for election success

Yippies

young and radical political and social protesters

Warren Burger

chief justice of the supreme court form 1969-1986

Woodstock

massive rock festival that was the pinnacle of the 1960s non-conformist social movement. it was a 3-day weekend concert in new york

Hell’s Angels

violent motorcycle gang that worked as brutal security attendants for many 1960s concerts

Charles Manson

cult leader whose followers committed several murders

AIM (American Indian Movement)

militant organization that protested government policies regarding this ethnic group

Fragging

killing of military officers by their fellow soldiers in the ultimate act of rebellion

Apollo 11

first us space mission to have man land and walk on the moon

Neil Armstrong

first astronaut to walk on the moon