| A | B |
|---|
| Peace Corps | Promote peace by aiding 3rd world countries |
| Space Race | Race between the US and USSR to outdo each other with scientific research |
| New Frontier | JFK's legislative agenda to increase aid to education and end poverty |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | Assassinated JFK |
| Medicare Act | Act to aid the elderly in need of healthcare |
| Higher Education Act | Funded scholarships and low interest loans for college students |
| Department of Transportation | Formed to deal with national air, rail, and highway issues |
| Miranda v Arizona | protects the rights of those accused of a crime by having their rights read to them |
| Democratic Convention | Meeting in Chicago where war protestors began riots outside |
| Feminism | The movement for women's equality |
| Sexism | Oppression of women in workplace and at home |
| Roe v Wade | Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion |
| Hippies | Younger generation in the 60's that shunned convention |
| Betty Friedan | Author of the Feminine Mystique |
| Three Mile Island | Nuclear power plant in PA that partially melted down and convinced Americans that power plants posed a risk to the environment |
| Watergate | Political scandal involving Nixon |
