Chapter 28: Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam Flashcards
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| 9752088615 | John F. Kennedy | 35th president of the U.S. cold warrior who projected youthful dynamism. | 0 | |
| 9752094859 | March on Washington | Was proposed by A. Philip Randolf in 1941 to protest discrimination against blacks in the defense mobilization. | 1 | |
| 9752109433 | Viet Cong | A member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces. | 2 | |
| 9752117524 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Thirty-sixth president of the United States; champion of civil rights legislation and the war on poverty. | 3 | |
| 9752126007 | War on Poverty | Centerpiece of LBJ's Great Society. | 4 | |
| 9752131245 | Great Society | LBJ's program of reforms, intended to expand equality and opportunity for all. | 5 | |
| 9752135581 | Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Law that allowed the federal government to protect the rights of blacks to vote; transformed southern politics. | 6 | |
| 9752139477 | Black Power | Militant movement for black autonomy and self-respect; rejected the goal of intergration. | 7 | |
| 9752145713 | Malcom X | He converted to the Nation of Islam, or black Muslim faith. He urged African-Americans to separate themselves from the "white devil." | 8 | |
| 9752251074 | National Organization of Women | Was formed in 1966. It lobbied for equal opportunity, filed lawsuits against generation gender discrimination, and mobilized public opinion against sexism. | 9 | |
| 9752268140 | Free Love | The idea or practice of having sexual relations according to choice, without being restricted by marriage or other long term relationships. | 10 | |
| 9752281925 | Hippies | Term for youth who eschewed middle-class conventions for appearance and behavior. | 11 | |
| 9752289093 | William Westmoreland | A United States commanded U.S. forces during the Vietnam War from 1964-1968. | 12 | |
| 9752301090 | Robert Kennedy | Brother of JFK; Kennedy and former attorney general sought the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1968. | 13 | |
| 9752307823 | Bays of Pigs | A general uprising to overthrow Fidel Castro. | 14 | |
| 9752314431 | Lee Harvey Oswald | Was the assassin who murdered JFK. | 15 | |
| 9752319691 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 | The most significant civil rights law in History that banned racial discrimination and segregation in public accommodations. | 16 | |
| 9752338079 | Medicaid | Government health insurance for the indigent. | 17 | |
| 9752339014 | Medicare | Government health insurance for the elderly. | 18 | |
| 9752341222 | Black Muslims | They insisted that blacks practice self-discipline and self-discipline and self-respect, and they rejected integration. | 19 | |
| 9752349881 | Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique | Which credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States. | 20 | |
| 9752363761 | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) | Called for the revitalization of democracy by restoring "power to the people." They pledge to work for the creation of a "new left." | 21 | |
| 9752371191 | Woodstock | Outdoor concert in upstate New York that attracted | 22 | |
| 9752502081 | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Was a joint resolution that the United States congress passed on August 7,1964. | 23 | |
| 9752505752 | TET | The Vietnamese New Year America's hopes for victory in Vietnam sank, and with LBJ's political fortunes. | 24 | |
| 9752618538 | Thurgood Marshall | An American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. | 25 | |
| 9752623593 | Boycott | Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country organization, or person) as a punishment or protest. | 26 |