Civil rights- NIXON

Kennedy response to Vietnam

"It's their war"-- basically let go of the agenda

Pentagon Papers

A 7,000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War.

Cuban missile Crisis

A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba. Basically Kennedy set a blockade to force SU to make the first move, showed brinkmanship, created good diplomatic relations between Cuba and USA.

Tet offensive

A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War. Early in 1968, Vietnamese communist troops seized and briefly held some major cities at the time of the lunar new year, or Tet.

Berlin Wall

A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West

Watergate Scandal

An illegal break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in 1972 by members of President Nixon's reelection campaign staff. Nixon covered it up and before Congress could vote to impeach Nixon for his participation in covering up the break-in, Nixon resigned from the presidency.

Peace Corps

Kennedy admin: jobs for young people who help third world nations and prevent the spread of communism by getting rid of poverty, Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Bay of Pigs

Kennedy admin: really bad, basically an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was sponsored by the United States. Its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. It embarrassed USA and almost led to a catastrophic C. Missile Crisis

Great Society

President Johnson called his version of the Democratic reform program this. Involved measures such as Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.

SCLC

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

SNCC

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Search and destroy

US troop tactic used to seek out secret Viet Cong hiding places and destroy the villages that they stayed in. Resulted in high civilian casualties, invasion of Cambodia-- public outrage

Viet-congs

Vietnamese rebels who were for communism, basically north viernam

Space Program

a technological program intended to explore outer space: NASA

Ho chi ming trail

a trail from north vietnam through laos into south vietnam, basically N vietnam brought supplies to the viet cong to take over S vietnam

Nixon's foreign policies

basically he tried to reason with Soviets, create a more orderly competition between superpowers, also created resumption of trade with China and created the SALT to limit arms race

Feminism

birth control pill, N.O.W, college ed for women, sexual freedom

New left

create a truly democratic society, GO INDIVIDUALISM - students sit ins and demonstrations

counterculture

hippies, drug using, rejection of corporate culture, NOT successful- rape, STIs, LSD

Hispanic rights

more equality for Hispanics, raise wages

Testband Treaty

no testing nuclear bombs

Warren court

the chief justice that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in Brown v. Board of Education (1954); he was the first justice to help the civil rights movement, judicial activism

"black power"

use of violence to rights-- basically blacks are isolating themselves, taking matters into their own hands