Untitled Flashcards Set

Flashcard #1
Term: Berlin Wall
Definition: Structure built in Germany in 1961 to prevent East Germans from leaving and fleeing to West Germany.

Flashcard #2
Term: Reason for the Berlin Wall
Definition: Created by the communists in East Germany to stop the embarrassing exodus of East Germans fleeing communism.

Flashcard #3
Term: Escalation of US involvement in Vietnam
Definition: Kennedy ordered the killing of Diem and sent more than 16,000 advisors to South Vietnam.

Flashcard #4
Term: Alliance for Progress
Definition: Kennedy's plan hailed as the Marshall Plan for Latin America.

Flashcard #5
Term: Bay of Pigs invasion
Definition: Failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 that set the Kennedy administration back.

Flashcard #6
Term: Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition: Event considered the pinnacle of the Cold War between the US and USSR in October of 1962.

Flashcard #7
Term: Détente
Definition: Kennedy's effort to establish peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Flashcard #8
Term: "I Have A Dream" speech
Definition: Landmark Civil Rights speech made by Dr. King in August 1963.

Flashcard #9
Term: Birmingham bombing
Definition: Event in September 1963 that killed four black girls at a Baptist Church.

Flashcard #10
Term: Kennedy's inaugural address
Definition: Summoned Americans to ask what they could do for their country.

Flashcard #11
Term: Peace Corps
Definition: Organization created by Kennedy to help bring American skills to underdeveloped countries.

Flashcard #12
Term: Freedom Rides
Definition: Rides during the 60s aimed at bringing integration to the South, many of which ended in violence.

Flashcard #13
Term: Kennedy's assassination
Definition: Took place on November 22, 1963.

Flashcard #14
Term: Lee Harvey Oswald
Definition: The assassin who killed Kennedy.

Flashcard #15
Term: Jack Ruby
Definition: The man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald.

Flashcard #16
Term: Civil Rights Act of 1964
Definition: Act signed by LBJ prohibiting discrimination based on race, creed, color, age, and gender.

Flashcard #17
Term: War on Poverty
Definition: LBJ declared war on poverty in 1964.

Flashcard #18
Term: Great Society
Definition: LBJ's economic program aimed at enhancing social welfare.

Flashcard #19
Term: Medicare and Medicaid
Definition: Programs created to pay for elderly and the poor's medication.

Flashcard #20
Term: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Definition: Resolution granting LBJ full powers for military action in Vietnam.

Flashcard #21
Term: Daisy commercial
Definition: Famous commercial used to help Johnson defeat Goldwater by portraying him as willing to use nuclear war.

Flashcard #22
Term: Department of Transportation
Definition: One of the two new cabinet positions created by Johnson's war on poverty.

Flashcard #23
Term: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Definition: One of the two new cabinet positions created by Johnson's war on poverty.

Flashcard #24
Term: Robert C. Weaver
Definition: First black cabinet secretary in US history, leading HUD.

Flashcard #25
Term: Head Start
Definition: Great Society program aimed at improving educational performance of underprivileged youth.

Flashcard #26
Term: Voting Rights Act of 1965
Definition: Outlawed literacy tests and monitored states with voting discrimination.

Flashcard #27
Term: 24th Amendment
Definition: Amendment that eliminated poll taxes for Black voters.

Flashcard #28
Term: Malcolm X
Definition: One of the most outspoken leaders of the Black Power movement.

Flashcard #29
Term: Muhammad Ali
Definition: Boxing champion who changed his name from Cassius Clay Jr.

Flashcard #30
Term: Black Panther Party
Definition: Group formed in Oakland, CA in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.

Flashcard #31
Term: Difference between Malcolm X and Dr. King
Definition: Malcolm X believed in violence, while Dr. King advocated non-violence.

Flashcard #32
Term: Watts Riot
Definition: Center of Black rioters in California in 1965.

Flashcard #33
Term: Dr. King's assassination
Definition: Took place on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray.

Flashcard #34
Term: Operation Rolling Thunder
Definition: First major bombing of Vietnam by the United States in March 1965.

Flashcard #35
Term: Height of US military presence in Vietnam
Definition: Reached in 1968 with 500,000 troops.

Flashcard #36
Term: Chants towards LBJ
Definition: Included "Hell no, we won't go" and "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?".

Flashcard #37
Term: Tet Offensive announcement
Definition: Walter Cronkite announced the US was losing the Vietnam War after the North Vietnamese offensive.

Flashcard #38
Term: George Wallace
Definition: Former governor of Alabama who ran as an American Independent in the 1968 Presidential election.

Flashcard #39
Term: Counterculture
Definition: Cultural movement created by many young people in the 1960s.

Flashcard #40
Term: 1960s upheavals
Definition: Attributed largely to the youthful population bulge, protests against racism and the Vietnam War, and prosperity.

Flashcard #41
Term: Weathermen
Definition: Underground terrorist group spawned by SDS that tried to end the Vietnam War through bombings.

Flashcard #42
Term: Chronological order of events
Definition: Bay of Pigs, Cuban missile crisis, I Have a Dream, 24th Amendment, Tonkin Gulf Resolution, Great Society legislation, Operation Rolling Thunder, Tet offensive, Astronauts landing on the moon.