new frontier
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The main idea and appeal that John F. Kennedy used during his campaign and presidency.
peace corps
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An organization of American volunteers who brought skills to underdeveloped nations. This group was established by John F. Kennedy.
apollo
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The first successful mission that launched Americans to the moon during the Cold War.
berlin wall
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A wall that the Soviet Union constructed in August 1961 that separated West Berlin from East Berlin.
european economic community (EEC)
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A free trade area over the Atlantic Ocean encouraged by Kennedy that later turned into the European Union.
bay of pigs invasion
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An attack led by 1,200 Cuban exiles against Castro at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. This attack was supported by John F. Kennedy, who later accepted responsibility.
cuban missile crisis
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An event where the Soviet Union transported nuclear weapons to their Cuban allies and threatened to bomb America if Cuba was attacked.
freedom riders
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A group of African American sympathizers who participated in the Civil Rights movement by refusing to leave buses.
voter education project
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A project set up by the SNCC and other civil rights groups that aimed at registering the disfranchised blacks in the South.
march on washington
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A movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. where 200,000 civil rights activists went to the Lincoln Memorial to listen to a speech by him.
civil rights act of 1964
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An act passed by Congress that banned racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public.
affirmative action
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An ideology where racial discrimination among employers is banned if the minority is better qualified for the job.
great society
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A program developed by Lyndon B. Johnson that followed beliefs emphasized in FDR's New Deal plan.
freedom summer
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An event in 1964 where Americans attempted to make the voting booths more accessible to African Americans.
mississippi freedom democratic party
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A third-party delegation that was denied a seat at the national Democratic convention, thus taking it off of the ballot.
voting rights act of 1965
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An act devised by Lyndon B. Johnson that was signed on August 6 which outlawed literacy tests being required for Americans to vote.
black panther party
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A "party" of African Americans in California who used violence to achieve their goals during the Civil Rights movement.
black power
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A doctrine first proclaimed by the SNCC that stated that the Civil Rights activists would disregard or even destroy things that resemble Western culture.
six-day war
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A war that Israel fought against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria that happened in June 1967 and resulted in a victory for Israel.
stonewall rebellion
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An event where gays at the Stonewall Inn in New York were attacked and then retaliated.
students for a democratic society (SDS)
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An organization that supported antipoverty and antiwar campaigning and later spawned an underground terrorist group called the Weathermen.