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George Wallace
George Wallace, the 45th governer of Alabama, attempted runs for presidency 4 different times, 3 as a demorcat, and 1 as an independant. After having an attempt on his life in 1972, he was paralyzed and used a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He was very opposed to the civil rights movement and did everything in his power to stop it. -
Jimmy Carter Background
Jimmy Carter, before becoming the President, was a peanut farmer. He lived in Plains, Georgia until his family moved to an even smaller town, Archery, about 2 miles away. -
Robert Kennedy
The Brother of John F. Kennedy who ran for president in 1968 and had a chance at winning the presidency before being assassinated in 1968. -
Fidel Castro
Served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976. During his rule, cuba became a communist state. -
Cesar Chavez
A Latino Civil Rights activist who also pushed hard for the American Labor movement. Because of his work as an activist, farm worker's strugles becamse a cause with nationwide support. -
Ho Chi Minh
He was the chariman of the communist party in vietnam who was in office from 1951 to 1969. Under his rule, Vietnam defeated the French Union. -
Viet Cong
A political party in Vietnam. During the Vietnam war, they had both normal units, and guerrilla units. -
Casualties in Vietnam
There were 58,220 casualties in the Vietnam war which started in 1955 and ended in 1975. -
Montgomery Bus Boycot
This was a boycot on the use of all busses in many southern states in order to protest the treatment Rosa Parks suffered and the fact that African Americans had to move to the back of the bus whenever a white person got on the bus. This worked because the majority of the people that used the busses were African Americans and the companies were losing money. -
SNCC
The Student Non-violent Coodinating Comittee was an organization during the civil rights movement that had many supporters across the country. One major contribution was their organization of voter registration in the southern states. -
Counterculture
An anti-establishment mentality that spread across the nation in the 1960s and 1970s. The counterculture crashed because of the spread of STD's and mass drug use. -
Communes
Groups of people who followed the counterculture that lived together in shared houses/land. Mainly found in the 1960s -
Peace Corps
Their stated goal was to help people outside the US understand American Culture. It is generally related to economic and social development. -
Berlin Wall
Constructed by East Germany's government to cut off West Berlin from East Berlin. Wall was torn down a few years after Regan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech in West Berlin. -
Feminine Mystique
A book, written by Betty Friedan, that sparked the 2nd wave of the feminism movement. Friedan wrote it after conducting a survey of her fellow students -
Equal Pay Act
This act was aimed at abolishing the wage disparity between the genders. Was signed into law by JFK as part of his New Frontier programs. -
Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was a key figure in the NAACP who was murdered outside his house on June 12, 1963. -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was a leader in the civil rights movement. On August 28, 1863, his "I Have a Dream" speech moved millions of people across the country to follow his cause. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was a rally for the Civil Rights movement in Washington D.C. It was led by Martin Luther King Jr. who gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during this rally. -
Civil Rights Act
This act outlawed any discrimination based off of race or color of skin. -
Great Society
A set of programs designed by President Lyndon B. Johnson that were enacted in order to make life in the United States better. The main goal of the programs was to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm Little was a minister who, after being imprisoned, changed his whole outlook on the civil rights movement. He was murdered by 3 members of the Nation of Islam during a speech he was giving. -
Medicare
A National insurance program designed to help people over the age of 65 by providing them with health insurance services. -
Medicaid
A social health care program for families/individuals with low income and/or limited resources. -
Voting Rights Act
A piece of legislation that prohibited racial discrimination in voting. Was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson. -
Black Panthers
They were a black nationalist and socialist organization who, unlike Martin Luther King, did not believe in peaceful protest. Was founded in Otober of 1966 -
Tet Offensive
One of the largest campaigns of the Vietnam war by the Viet Cong. Although they had many more casualties -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in the Lorraine motel in Memphis TN. The person who assassinated him was James Earl Ray, who was sentenced to 99 years in prison. -
Hippies
A member of a subculture of the counterculture movement. A major part of the summer of love and the woodstock festival. -
SALT Treaties
The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks were a set of talks betweein the US and the Soviet Union. These talks were meant to decrease the number of intercontinental missiles of both parties. -
Watergate
Nearing the election for Nixon's 2nd term as President, he became very paranoid of everything and everyone around him. Because of this, he hired people, "The Plumbers", to infiltrate the Democratic National Comittee headquarters in the watergate complex. -
The Plumbers
The Plumbers are the group of people that Nixon hired to infiltrate the DNC which started the watergate scandal. The plumbers were paid off in increasing amounts to keep silent about the whole situation. -
Three Mile Island
Three Mile Island held a nuclear power plant on it that went through a meltdown putting over half of the plant into a non-usable state. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
A diplomatic issue between Iran and the United States led to 52 American diplomats and citizens held hostage for 444 days at the US embasy in Tehran. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
SDI was a proposed missile system that was intended to protect the united states from any foreign attacks. Although the technology did not exist at the time and would require years of research, other countries believed that it actually existed and were afraid of what it could do. -
Challenger Explosion
The Challenger was one of the first space shuttles designed by NASA. On this day, during its launch, the shuttle exploded and killed the 7 people on board. -
Reagan West Berlin Speech
President Reagan appeared in West Berlin in order to give a speech directed at the Soviet Union asking them to take down the Berlin Wall. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Last leader of the Soviet Union. Created Glasnost and Perestroika. -
NAFTA
The North American Free Trade Agreement allowed free trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico. -
Monica Lewinsky
A White House intern who fell in love with, and had an affair with, the president Bill Clinton (pictured). The scandal was discovered because Monica's supposed friend, Linda Tripp, leaked the information to her surperiors and the press.
