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| 1426539513 | Greensboro "coffee party" | One of many "sit-ins" by African Americans to combat segregation. | 1 | |
| 1426539514 | Clean Air Act of 1963 | Regulated the emissions of automobiles and industrial complexes. | 2 | |
| 1426539515 | Peace-corps | Created in 1961, JFK's main intent with this organization was to advocate anti-communism in third world countries. | 3 | |
| 1426539516 | Bay of Pigs | A CIA plan, under JFK, to overthrow Fidel Castro of Cuba from power, which ended in complete inhalation of the anti-Castro exiles here. | 4 | |
| 1426539517 | Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) | Organized a "freedom ride" through the Deep South to reinforce the 1960 Supreme Court ruling that barred segregation of interstate transportation facilities. | 5 | |
| 1426539518 | Eugene "Bull" Connor | Police Commissioner of Birmingham Alabama who released violence upon the non-violent black demonstrators, ultimately pushing JFK to intervene in Southern desegregation efforts. | 6 | |
| 1426539519 | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom | Originally proposed by A. Phillip Randolph in 1941, this gathered a quarter million people (black and white) and was where MLK reassured the movement to racial equality and freedom for all people.("I have a Dream") | 7 | |
| 1426539520 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Created by LBJ to enforce the ban on job discrimination. | 8 | |
| 1426539521 | Malcolm X (Little) | A member of the Black Power movement who called for black Americans to do any means necessary for freedom and equality. | 9 | |
| 1426539522 | Black Panther Part for Self-Defense | Created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, this was a paramilitary group that encouraged its members to fight back with force. | 10 | |
| 1426539523 | Economic Opportunity Act of 1966 | LBJ's first step against poverty, this included a Job corps (market skill training), a domestic peace corps(VISTA), free compensatory education to disadvantaged families(Project Head Start), a Community Action Program(include poor in decisions that affect them), and public works and training programs. | 11 | |
| 1426539524 | Operation Rolling Thunder | Order by FDJ in 1965, this was the sustained bombing of North Vietnam. | 12 | |
| 1426539525 | John F. Kennedy | A liberal, Roman Catholic who was a popular president. He created the Peace Corps, was President when the Berlin Wall was erected, and handled the Cuban Missile Crisis with Khrushchev . | 13 | |
| 1426539526 | Cuban Missile Crisis | After the Bay of Pigs, Russia had planted nuclear warheads in Cuba and had almost went to war with the U.S. It ended with an agreement between Kennedy and Khrushchev removing nuclear weapons from Cuba and Turkey. | 14 | |
| 1426539527 | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) | Formed in 1960, this stressed non-violent civil disobedience strategies used by MLK; was formed by the Freedom Riders. | 15 | |
| 1426539528 | Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) | Leader of the black freedom movement, he started marches and other public displays to bring racial segregation to the nation's attention. | 16 | |
| 1426539529 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Regarded as the most important civil rights law in U.S. history, that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. | 17 | |
| 1426539530 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | This demanded that all black Americans have the ability to vote without discrimination. | 18 | |
| 1426539531 | Black Power | A militant black group that strove to win equality with force. | 19 | |
| 1426539532 | Lyndon B. Johnson | V.P. to JFK, he was Southern liberal who (as President), gave tax cuts, created the Civil Rights Act, created the Great Society, and declared war on poverty. | 20 | |
| 1426539533 | War on Poverty | This was made to provide greater opportunity for the poor; this created the Job Corps, Vista (domestic Peace Corps), Project Headstart... | 21 | |
| 1426539534 | Great Society | LBJ's vision for America being a place where all would be able to reach for goals. | 22 | |
| 1426539535 | Barry Goldwater | He was a conservative against all liberal laws, and lost the 1964 presidential election. | 23 | |
| 1426539536 | Medicare | Provides health insurance for aged and social security | 24 | |
| 1426539537 | Medicaid | Provided Health plans for the poor. | 25 | |
| 1426539538 | Immigration Act of 1965 | This ended the National Origins quotas and brought a increase in diversity. | 26 | |
| 1426539539 | Miranda v. Arizona 1966 | States that police must advise a suspect to remain silent and have a lawyer present when questioned. | 27 | |
| 1426539540 | American Indian Movement (AIM) | A group that was created to give Native Americans pride, the privilege of being a recognized race, and help from the federal government. | 28 | |
| 1426539541 | Cesar Chavez | He created the National Farm Workers Association and was a Latino civil rights activist. | 29 | |
| 1426539542 | Chicano | A derogatory termed coined to describe Mexican Americans, this was an extension from the Mexican civil rights movement. | 30 | |
| 1426539543 | Asian American Political Alliance | A group that fought for Asian American civil rights. | 31 | |
| 1426539544 | National Organization of Women (NOW) | Founded in 1966, this group wanted equal opportunities for women and no gender discrimination. | 32 | |
| 1426539545 | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | A solution made by Congress that gave LBJ the power to do anything that is necessary for South Vietnam. | 33 | |
| 1426539546 | Hawks and doves. | Polar groups that would emerge from the war in Vietnam, the first group wanting victory and the second wanting negotiation and peace. | 34 |
