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| John F. Kennedy | 35th President of the U.S. Assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald. President during the Bay of Pigs invasion & Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 36th U.S. President. Began serving after JFK's assassination. Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Voting Rights Act of 1965; and intensified involvement in the Vietnam War. |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. |
| Fidel Castro | Communist dictator of Cuba who came into power in 1959. |
| Vietnam War | A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States. |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | 1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | This act made racial; religious; and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce all laws governing civil rights; including desegregation of schools and public places. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage |
| Great Society | 1964 LBJ policies of fighting poverty and racial injustice including the War On Poverty; Medicare; Medicaid; Head Star |
| Kennedy-Nixon Debates | first televised debate; poll results from this debate illustrated the visual power of television in American politics....people listening to the radio gave edge to Nixon and people watching television thought Kennedy won |
| Apollo 11 | 1969; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became first people to walk on the moon |
| Southern Christian Leadership Conference | An organization founded by MLK Jr.; to direct the crusade against segregation. Its weapon was passive resistance that stressed nonviolence and love; and its tactic direct; though peaceful; confrontation. |
| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee | Involved in the American Civil Rights Movement formed by students whose purpose was coordinate a nonviolent attack on segregation and other forms of racism. |
| Martin Luther King; Jr. | U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator; he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis; Tennessee in 1968. |
| Robert F. Kennedy | Former Attorney General; and democratic candidate for President until he was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968. |
| Letter from Birmingham Jail | A letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. after he had been arrested when he took part in a nonviolent march against segregation. He was disappointed more Christians didn't speak out against racism. |
| I Have a Dream Speech | Martin Luther King Jr's speech given at the 1963 March on Washington. Leads to increased public support for the Civil Rights Act. |
| Tet Offensive | A massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968. |
| March on Washington | 1963 demonstration in which more than 200;000 people rallied for economic equality and civil rights. |
| Cesar Chavez | 1927-1993. Farm worker; labor leader; and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association; later the United Farm Workers. |
| United Farm Workers | Organization of migrant workers formed to win better wages and working conditions led by Cesar Chavez |
| Domino Theory | A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control; then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control. |
| Richard Nixon | The 37th President of the United States; Won the election of 1968 (lost in 1960). The only president to resign from office. |
