| A | B |
|---|
| GI Bill | granted veterans federal funds to attend college or recieve educational training |
| Rosa Parks | Her actions lead directly to the Montgomery Bus Boycotts |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | law passed by the Federal government to protect the voting rights of African Americans |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | advocated non-violent demonstrations to bring awareness to the Civil Rights Movment |
| Malcolm X | said African Americans should use any means necessary, including violence, to protect their rights |
| James Meredith | First Afircan American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi |
| McCarthyism | generated by significant fears that the American government had been infiltrated by communists |
| Sputnik | Sattalite launched into space by the Russians, it led to a space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. |
| Great Society | Lyndon B. Johnson's plan to end poverty in America |
| New Deal | Franklin Roosevelt's plan to put America back to work during the Great Depression |
| New Frontier | John F. Kennedy's plan that inspired Americans to reach new heights never before dreamed of |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | Dispute between the United States and Russia over Soviet missles placed in the Carribbean |
| Ho Chi Minh Trail | Used by the North Vietnamese to move supplies and troops into South Vietnam |
| Watergate | Scandal that lead to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. |
