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| An American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. He was an icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family. |
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| As the first director of the FBI, he became a controversial figure because he exceeded the jurisdiction of the FBI in harassing political dissenters and spying on political leaders. |
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| An American volunteer program established in 1961 with three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries. |
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| A term used by JFK in his acceptance speech in order to inspire America with confidence that he could tackle issues of technology, poverty and war. |
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| A barrier constructed under Soviet hands which cut off West Berlin from the rest of East Germany. |
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| European Economic Community |
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| An international organization created with a view to bring about economic integration in Europe. |
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| A trade bloc composed of a free trade area and common economic policies. |
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| A defense strategy implemented by JFK in response to Eisenhower's massive retaliation; it called for the US to be able to respond to aggression across the spectrum of warfare. |
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| A Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. |
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| The Alliance for Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1961 aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and South America. |
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| An unsuccessful action by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba, with support and encouragement from the US government, in an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. |
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| A Cuban political leader and former communist revolutionary, he led the Cuban Revolution. |
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| A Cold War conflict in which the US quarantine of Cuba (thanks to its hoarding of Soviet missiles) was tested by Russian forces which were delivering missiles. The Russians backed down after a face-off. |
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| The head of the Communist party from 1953 to 1964, he de-Stalinized Russia and began the Russian space program. |
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| The easing of strained relations between the US and the USSR during the 1970's as an alternative to containment and rollback. |
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| An American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement who followed the non-violent protest techniques of Mahatma Gandhi. |
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| A large political rally led by Martin Luther King, Jr. in support of civil and economic rights for African Americans that took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. |
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| Civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated southern US to test the US Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia (of 1960). |
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