| Term | Definition |
|---|
| V.P. Richard Nixon | election of 1960: rep. nominate __________ |
| John Kennedy (D) mass. a.youthful b. Anti-catholic bias | election of 1960 dem. nominate __________ |
| "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" | what was the inaugural address? |
| 1961 | when was the bay of pigs invasion? |
| oct. 1962 . | when was the Cuban missile crisis? |
| camelot | coming of "________" |
| jan. 20 1961 | when was inaugural address? |
| 2 year stint overseas for no pay in developing countries | what did the peace corps establish? |
| u.s. trains fighters in guetamala to invade and overthrow castro | where were the bay of pigs invaders trained? |
| troops land at "bay of pigs" no u.s. support | where do guetamala trained invadors land? |
| invaders are killed, captured later exchanges for money and medical supplies. | what happened when castro won? |
| adlai stevenson- our u.n. ammbassador has to eplain our actions. | adlai stevenson? |
| nuclear missiles | what did soviets attempt to bring into cuba? |
| spot installation, we demand removal. | what does U-2 overflight? |
| bringing missiles across atlantic, are confronted by u.s. | what were soviets ships spotted doing? |
| war is imminent | what does kennedy declare on t.v. ? |
| soviets "back down" | what deal is made? |
| remove missiles from cuba | what was the soviets side of this deal? |
| dont try to overthrow castro | what was our side of the deal? |
| "fence-mending" | what kind of trip does kennedy go on to texas? |
| motorcade through dallas | how does kennedy die? |
| lee harvey oswald | who was the accused assasin? |
| jack ruby | who killed oswald? |
| on live t.v. at dallas jail | where did oswald die? |
| pres. johnson | who was named chief justice? |
| Warren | who was in charge of the investigation? |
| "warren commision" | what was the name of this investigation? |
| oswald acted alone. "magic bullet" theory jumped on | what was decided from this investigation? |
| zapruderfilm a. mafia b. castro c. C.I.A. | what conspiracy theories were around? |
| older and poor | what was medicaid and medicare for? |
| vol. in service to america | what is V.I.S.T.A. |
| aug. 1963 | when was M.L.K.'s "i have a dream speech"? |
| 1964 | when was the civil rights act created? |
| banned segregation in public places | what was the civil rights act? |
| 1965 | when was the voting rights act passed? |
| "civil disobedience" | what did M.L.K. practice? |
| "nation of islam" | what did malcolm x convert to? |
| militant "any means neccessary" | what kind of approach did malcolm x have on civil rights? |
| mecca | malcolm x softened views after trip to ______ |
| 1965 | when was malcolm x assasinated? |
| audubon ballroom - N.Y.C. | where was malcolm x assasinated? |
| eldredge cleaver | who wrote the book soul on ice? |
| april 1968 | when was M.L.K. assasinated? |
| memphis tn. | where was M.L.K. assasinated? |
| james earl ray | who assasinated M.L.K.? |
| guilty | what does ray plead? |
| girl in blue dress | (in) famous campaign commercial |
| goldwater will take us to nuclear war | what does girl in blue dress campaign commercial imply? |
| migrant worker union organizer | who was cesar chavez |
| the feminine mystique | who was betty friedman? |
| A.I.M. | who was russel means? |
| "french indochina" 1860s | france owned colonies of ___________ |
| religion, language | what did french indochina introduce? |
| raw materials - rubber | what did french indochina want? |
| revolutionary leader | who was ho chi minh? |
| overthrow govt in s viet | what was the viet cong formed for? |
| stop communism | what did the viet cong do? |
| if one country falls to the communists, all around will start falling | what was the domino theory? |
| aug 7 1964 | when was the gulf of tankin resolution? |
| pres johnson gives blank check to support s viet | what was the gulf of tankin resolution? |
| try to destroy ho chi minh trail | why do we bomb n viet? |
| n viet army and viet cong attack every major city in s viet | what was tet offensive? |
| he will not run | what does pres johnson announce in election of 1968? |
| anti-war candidate | who was eugene mcarthy? |
| L.A. after winning cali primary | where was R.F.K. assasinated? |
| demonstrations and protests outside center | what happened at the convention in chicago? |
| mayor daley | who turns police on protestors in "police riot"? |
| turn the fighting over to s viet and withdrawl u.s. troops | what was "vietnamization"? |
| national security advisor | who was henry kissinger? |
| may 1970 - national guard kills 4 protestors | protests at kenstate in ohio? |
| dem candidate of 1972 | who is geo mcgovern? |
| 1973 - govt sign aggreement - n viet will return all P.O.W.s | paris peace talks? |
| who are weathermen? | became leading radical protest group |
| andy warhol quote? | "everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" |
| timothy leary? | "tune in, turn on, and drop out" - lsd |
| nickname for the beatles | "the fab four" |
| bob dylan | rob zimmerman - most famous of all |
| "hitsville, usa" | temptatios, stevie wonder |
| when was was woodstock? | aug 1969 |
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