| A | B |
| Civil Rights Act | Protected "race, religion, color, national origen, and sex' under law |
| Bay of Pigs | Disasterous 1961 invasion of Cuba |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | Possible nuclear war with the Soviet Union was avoided |
| ExComm | JFK's adviso committee during the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| Black Panther Party | African-American organization that wanted to end police brutality |
| Apollo 11 | First successful Moon landing mission |
| Apollo 1 | Fire during the test run caused the deaths of three astronauts |
| USS Maddox | Attacked by North Vietman in the Gulf of Tonkin |
| Woodstock | Three day musical extravaganza |
| Riverview Amusement Park | African-Americans were not permitted to go here |
| Greensboro Four | NC A&T students demanded to be served at a whites-only diner |
| Detroit Riot | 1967, officals hesitant to act, 7321 arrested |
| Watts | Black ghetto in Los Angelas that was burned by rioters |
| "I Have A Dream" | Martin Luther King's speech |
| 1960 Presidential debate | One of the factors that lead to Kennedy's election |