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Nation Of Islam
Large, influential group who believed in Black power. Displayed messages of black nationalism, self-discipline, and self-reliance. -
CORE
Founded by James Farmer. Sent out Freedom Riders, founded Voter Education Project. -
Domino Theory
Eisenhower believed in this theory. He believed that communism would spread to neighboring countries if Vietnam fell to communism. -
Earl Warren
He was an American jurist and politician who was later the 14th Chief Justice of the United States. He helped to end school segregation and was known for the famous case of "Brown vs. Board of Education". -
Thurgood Marshall
An associate justice in the United States Surpreme Court. Known for the victory of the Brown v. Board of Education case. First African-American justice. -
Ngo Dinh Diem
President of South Vietnam. Corrupt, brutal and unpopular government. Favored Catholics and the wealthy. Cancelled 1956 election that would unify Vietnam. -
Dien Bien Phu
The climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. It was, from the French view before the event, a set piece battle to draw out the Vietnamese and destroy them with superior firepower. -
Ralph Albernathy
Leader of African American Civil Rights movement, minister, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest friend. He helped create the Montgomery Movement which lead to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Southern Manifesto
It was the Declaration of Constitutional Principles. The document was written to oppose racial intergration in public places. -
Orval Faubus
36th governor of Arkansas. Best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of Little Rock High School. He wanted to stop African Americans from entering. -
Peace Corps
A volunteer program run by the U.S. It provides technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries. -
Alliance for progress
Offered billions of dollars in aid in Latin America to build schools, hospitals, roads, ect. Intended to counter communisms influence. -
James Merideth
American Civil Rights Movement figure. He was the first African Amereican student admitted to the segregated University of Mississippi. -
Engel v. Vitale
The case was brought by a group of families of public school students in New Hyde Park, New York, who complained that the voluntary prayer written by the state board of regents to "Almighty God" contradicted their religious beliefs. It ruled as unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools. -
24th Amendment
Banned states from taxing citizens to vote (poll taxes). -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. -
Medgar Evers
He was a black civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation. He was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith on June 12th, 1963. -
Gideon v. Wainwright
A case in United States Supreme Court history. In it, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states are required under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide counsel in criminal cases to represent defendants who are unable to afford to pay their own attorneys. The case extended the identical requirement that had been imposed on the federal government under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. -
War on Poverty
Introduced by President Johnson. Part of Great Society as a way of ending poverty. -
Malcolm X
African Muslim Minister who preached about the rights of African Americans. Became apart of the Nation of Islam. -
Ross Barnett
Governor of Mississippi. Supported segregation 'cause he's a meanie. -
Ross Barnett
Governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was a prominent member of the Dixiecrats, Southern Democrats who supported racial segregation. -
General Westmoreland
General Westmoreland was in command of all US military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968, including during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Westmoreland adopted a strategy of attrition against the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1968 to 1972. -
Golf of Tonkin Resolution
Johnson announced that two days earlier, U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin had been attacked by the North Vietnamese. Johnson dispatched U.S. planes against the attackers and asked congress to pass a resolution to support his actions. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
Most intense air/ground battle in Cold War period. -
Hubert Humphrey
38th vice president of the United States under President Johnson. -
Quagmire Theory
Theory suggests American leaders had unintentionally and mistakenly led the country into the Vietnam War. -
Voting Rights Act
Signed into law by President Johnson. Aimed to overcome legal barriors that prevented African Americans the right to vote under the 15th amendment. -
Ho Chi Minh
He was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was a prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. He wanted a communist rule in Vietnam. -
Black Panthers
Called for a violent revolution as a means of African American liberation. Memebers carried guns and monitored African American neighborhoods to guard against police brutality. -
Miranda v. Arizona
In a 5–4 majority, the Court held that both inculpatory and exculpatory statements made in response to interrogation by a defendant in police custody will be admissible at trial only if the prosecution can show that the defendant was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning and of the right against self-incrimination before police questioning, and that the defendant not only understood these rights, but voluntarily waived them. -
Tet Offensive
Largest military campaigns of Vietnam War. Communists launched a wave of attacks. -
Robert McNamara
An American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, during which time he played a large role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.[5] Following that, he served as President of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. -
Sirhan Sirhan
He assassinated Robert F. Kennedy. -
Henry Kissinger
Nixon's national security advisor and secretary of state. Believed in realpolitik. -
Cesar Chavez
An American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later the United Farm Workers union, UFW). -
Watergate
A major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17th, 1972 break-in at the DNC at the Watergate office. NIxon attempted to cover up his involvement but failed and later resigned. -
Love Canal
Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. 22,000 tons of toxic waste were burried underneith. -
Fidel Castro
Cuban politician and revolutionary who served as Prime Ministe of the Republic of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and then President from 1976 to 2008. Under his administration Cuba became a one-party socialist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. -
Camp David Accords
They were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. It was witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. -
Boris Yeltsin
He was elected the chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet. He vowed to transform Russia's socialist economy into a capitalist market economy and implemented economic shock therapy, price liveralization and nation-wide privatization. -
Persian Gulf War
Operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm. The war was waged by coalition forces from the 34 nations led by the U.S. against Iraq. -
Bay of Pigs
Failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by a CIA group. Intended to overthrow the communist government of Fidel Castro. -
Stagflation
In economics, stagflation, a portmanteau of stagnation and inflation, is a situation where the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high. -
Deficit Spending
Deficit spending is the amount by which spending exceeds revenue over a particular period of time, also called simply deficit, or budget deficit; the opposite of budget surplus. The term may be applied to the budget of a government, private company, or individual.
