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34 Cards in this Set
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John Kennedy
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Was a young President. He was a catholic, very well known in the political world, and not very experinced.
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Lyndon Johnson
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Was the President after JFK was shot. He wanted to keep JFK's ideas on the great society.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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He was a southern minister. He lead the boycott with the buses in the south, and lead with peaceful protests in the civil rights movement.
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Robert Kennedy
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He was the brother of JFK. He was also his campaign manager. JFK appointed him to be attorney general.
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Fidel Castro
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The leader of Cuba, which won the bay of pigs invasion
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Nikita Khrushchev
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He backed down to JFK, and he was in charge of the missles being sent into Cuba.
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Neil Armstrong
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The First man to walk on the moon.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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He killed JFK in dallas.
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Barry Goldwater
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He ran for Prsident against Johnson but lost the Presidency.
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Earl Warren
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He lead the investigation of the killing of JFK.
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Rosa Parks
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She refused to move out of a seat on a bus for a white person. Which lead to the bus boycotts in the South.
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Rosa Parks
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She refused to move out of a seat on a bus for a white person. Which lead to the bus boycotts in the South.
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Mohamet Gandhi
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Stood up for what he believed in, in a peaceful manner. JFK looked to him as a model.
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Malcolm X
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He believed in Isalm, went for jail, after getting out of jail he traveled to mecca. He was killed later in life.
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James Earl Ray
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He killed Martin Luther King
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Jack Ruby
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He killed Lee Harvey Oswald, which murdered JFK
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Bay of Pigs
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The invasion of Cuba, where the CIA tried to overthrow the cuba government
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Why did JFK get elected?
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He was young and looked good during the debates. He was a good speaker. As well as he recieved teh black votes.
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The Berlin Wall
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Was a wall in the city of Berlin that kept the city seperated, not allowing people to flew the coutnry.
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Peace Corps
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People that volunteered there time to go to less forutite countries and helped them.
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The Warren Commission
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Studied the murder of JFk, which found that only one man was involved in killing him.
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Jim Crow Laws
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Helped segrate the blacks against the whites in the south.
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NAACP
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Was a group that wanted blacks to be equal to the whites. They wanted the jim crow laws not to be allowed.
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Freedom Riders
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Were people who traveled around the south on buses deamnding cicil rights of blacks.
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Black Panthers
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Were a group of blacks that wanted to fight police brutality in the ghetto's. they wanted a change.
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Affirmative Action
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This still is around today. Which allows minorities special treatment when it comes to getting into a school, or a job etc.
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Civil Rights Act 1968
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This act banned discrimination to races in such areas of daily lives, like buying a home.
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Medicare
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Was made up from Congress for citizens over the age of 65, to allow them to get help with health care needs such as health insurance.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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this act banned reading tests (literacy) to be made before a person could vote.
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Hard to break segeration
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JFk had to send help to the Alabama Universties to help black student to be able to attend classes.
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Sit In's
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Sit-Ins were done by mostly college age students trying to bring a point to the knowledge of the community. They would sit in a place for a long perios of time.
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Natural Gaurd Sent in to help....
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In Little Rock Arkansas, to allow black student to atten public schools.
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STUDY: Cuban Missile Crisis In your book!!!!
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Chapter 20 or 21
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Study: Brown vs Board of Education
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Chapte 21
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