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The Tumultuous Sixties- Part 1

Terms in this set (19)

John F. Kennedy
America's first Roman Catholic president
Televised presidential debates
played a key role in convincing voters that JFK was ready to become president
Camelot
popular name given to Kennedy administration
Peace Corps
most popular New Frontier program
Bay of Pigs
intended to overthrow Castro; fiasco that damaged JFK's credibility
Cuban Missile Crisis
resolved when Khrushchev agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for an American pledge to not invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
Freedom Riders
white and black volunteers who tested Southern compliance with Court decisions ordering the desegregation of interstate buses and public facilities at bus terminals
"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Dr. King's defense of nonviolent civil disobedience to protest unjust segregation laws
March on Washington
marked the historic moment when the civil rights movement achieved its greatest unity
Civil Rights Act of 1964
barred discrimination in public facilities; outlawed discrimination in employment based upon race, creed, national origins, and sex; LBJ used the assassination of President Kennedy to mobilize support for the act
Mississippi Freedom Summer
campaign to register black voters in Mississippi
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed literacy tests and other tactics used to prevents blacks from voting
24th amendment
outlawed the poll tax
Great Society
name given to LBJ's legislative program; included Medicare and Medicaid, a War on Poverty, urban renewal, job training, and funds for education
NOT part of the Great Society
did NOT guarantee full employment, establish the Peace Corps, or create Social Securit
Immigration Act of 1865
ended the system of national origins quotas created during the 1920s; led to a significant increase in immigration from Latin America and Asia
The Great Society and The New Deal
both included programs to promote the arts, help the elderly, encourage housing construction, raise employment levels, and reduce poverty; the New Deal did NOT include programs specifically designed to protect the civil rights of African Americans
Miranda v. Arizona
police must inform arrested persons of their constitutional rights
Baker v. Carr
established principle of "one man, one vote"
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