U.S.. History Ch. 20 & 21
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- John Kennedy
- Was a young President. He was a catholic, very well known in the political world, and not very experinced.
- Lyndon Johnson
- Was the President after JFK was shot. He wanted to keep JFK's ideas on the great society.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- He was a southern minister. He lead the boycott with the buses in the south, and lead with peaceful protests in the civil rights movement.
- Robert Kennedy
- He was the brother of JFK. He was also his campaign manager. JFK appointed him to be attorney general.
- Fidel Castro
- The leader of Cuba, which won the bay of pigs invasion
- Nikita Khrushchev
- He backed down to JFK, and he was in charge of the missles being sent into Cuba.
- Neil Armstrong
- The First man to walk on the moon.
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- He killed JFK in dallas.
- Barry Goldwater
- He ran for Prsident against Johnson but lost the Presidency.
- Earl Warren
- He lead the investigation of the killing of JFK.
- Rosa Parks
- She refused to move out of a seat on a bus for a white person. Which lead to the bus boycotts in the South.
- Mohamet Gandhi
- Stood up for what he believed in, in a peaceful manner. JFK looked to him as a model.
- Malcolm X
- He believed in Isalm, went for jail, after getting out of jail he traveled to mecca. He was killed later in life.
- James Earl Ray
- He killed Martin Luther King
- Jack Ruby
- He killed Lee Harvey Oswald, which murdered JFK
- Bay of Pigs
- The invasion of Cuba, where the CIA tried to overthrow the cuba government
- Why did JFK get elected?
- He was young and looked good during the debates. He was a good speaker. As well as he recieved teh black votes.
- The Berlin Wall
- Was a wall in the city of Berlin that kept the city seperated, not allowing people to flew the coutnry.
- Peace Corps
- People that volunteered there time to go to less forutite countries and helped them.
- The Warren Commission
- Studied the murder of JFk, which found that only one man was involved in killing him.
- Jim Crow Laws
- Helped segrate the blacks against the whites in the south.
- NAACP
- Was a group that wanted blacks to be equal to the whites. They wanted the jim crow laws not to be allowed.
- Freedom Riders
- Were people who traveled around the south on buses deamnding cicil rights of blacks.
- Black Panthers
- Were a group of blacks that wanted to fight police brutality in the ghetto's. they wanted a change.
- Affirmative Action
- This still is around today. Which allows minorities special treatment when it comes to getting into a school, or a job etc.
- Civil Rights Act 1968
- This act banned discrimination to races in such areas of daily lives, like buying a home.
- Medicare
- Was made up from Congress for citizens over the age of 65, to allow them to get help with health care needs such as health insurance.
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- this act banned reading tests (literacy) to be made before a person could vote.
- Hard to break segeration
- JFk had to send help to the Alabama Universties to help black student to be able to attend classes.
- Sit In's
- Sit-Ins were done by mostly college age students trying to bring a point to the knowledge of the community. They would sit in a place for a long perios of time.
- Natural Gaurd Sent in to help....
- In Little Rock Arkansas, to allow black student to atten public schools.
- STUDY: Cuban Missile Crisis In your book!!!!
- Chapter 20 or 21
- Study: Brown vs Board of Education
- Chapte 21