US History II Chapter 28 Vocabulary
bay of pigs invasion
1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 conflict between the US and the SU resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba
Equal Pay Act
1963 law that required both men and women to receive equal pay for equal work
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1963 nuclear-weapons agreement which banned above ground nuclear tests
peace corps
American government organization that sends volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services in developing countries
Great Society
President Johnson's goals in the areas of health care, education, the environment, discrimination, and poverty
War on Poverty
President Johnson's programs aimed at aiding the country's poor through education, job training, proper health care, and nutrition
New Frontier
President Kennedy's plan aimed at improving the economy, fighting racial discrimination, and exploring space
Alliance for Progress
President Kennedy's program which gave economic aid to Latin America
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet premier that Kennedy blamed for causing a "reckless and provocative threat to world peace"
Warren Court
Supreme Court of the 1960s under Chief Justice Earl Warren whose decisions supported Civil Rights
Lyndon B. Johnson
born in Stonewall, Texas; 1st experience with segregation-seeing it in a Mexican-American school; signed the civil rights act of 1964 into law and the voting rights act of 1965. he had a war on poverty in his agenda. in an attempt to win, he set a few goals, including the great society, the economic opportunity act, and other programs that provided food stamps and welfare to needy famillies. he also created a department of housing and urban development. his most important legislation was probably medicare and medicaid
Warren Commission
committee that investigated the assassination of President Kennedy
flexible response
defense policy allowing for the appropriate action in any type of conflict
John F. Kennedy
democrat in the 1960 presidential election; served in navy during WWII; elected to Congress in 1946 and the senate in the 1950s
hotline
direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin Wall
dividing wall built by East Germany in 1961 to isolate West Berlin from communist-controlled East Berlin
medicare
federal program created in 1965 to provide basic hospital insurance to most Americans over the age of 65
medicaid
federal program created in 1965 to provide low-cost health insurance to poor Americans of any age
Economic Opportunity Act
law passed in 1964 creating anti-poverty programs
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
law that changed the national quota system to limits of 170,000 immigrants per year from the Eastern Hemisphere and 120,000 per year from the Western Hemisphere
Fidel Castro
leader of new communist regime in Cuba
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination in public places and employment based on race, religion, or natural origin
deficit spending
practice of a nation paying out more money than it is receiving in revenues
Richard M. Nixon
republican in the 1960 presidential election; served in navy during WWII; elected to Congress in 1946 and the senate in the 1950s
space race
the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop the technology to successfully land on the moon
