PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Peace Corps
American Volunteer program created by JFK to provide aid to third world countries
Job Corps
A program seeking to teach young Americans the necessitates to sustain a job
Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest the USSR and US have ever come to nuclear war
Berlin Wall
A physical barrier dividing West and East Berlin becoming a symbol of the Cold War
Great Society
A series of legislative initiatives that addressed issues such as civil rights, education, and poverty
Medicare
This provided hospital insurance and low cost medical care to the elderly and benefits for the poor
NASA
US Space Organization that sent the first man to the moon in the 1969
Immigration Act 1965
This act would end quotas on immigration that had been in place since the 20s leading to an increase of ethnic diversity in America
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
Boycotts led on the transportation sparked by Rosa Park's arrest led by MLK Jr
Brown v Board of Education
When the Supreme Court ruled segregated schooling illegal violating the amendments
24th Amendment
Would eradicate poll taxes that African Americans would be forced to pay to vote
Civil Rights Act 1964
Addressed major issues in the 60s such as civil rights of African Americans
Voting Rights Act 1965
Act which would increase voting opportunities for African Americans
UC vs Bakke
Court Case that reviewed thepolicy of affirmative action
Feminine Mystique
A book written by Betty Friedan which would spark the Women's Liberation Movement
United Farm Workers
Organization that fought for higher wages and better conditions Hispanic migrant workers
American Indian Movement
Native American movement where they protested for more tribal rights
Warren Court
Court ran by a judge who would fight for African American rights
Plessy v Ferguson
Court case that legalized segregation and Jim Crow laws in the south claiming "separate but equal"
NAACP
Much of the Civil Rights Movement was organized through this organization
Sit-ins
Non-violent tactic used by college students to attempt to desegregate restaurants
Churches
Churches supported the Civil Rights movement especially African American ones
Television
This would be essential in the Civil Rights movement in spreading the horrors and pain brought upon non-violent protesters
