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| head of Defense Dept under JFK; "flexible response" in regards to foreign issues instead of "maximum retaliation" |
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| JFK's optimistic view of America being on the brink of something new and great; threatened by conservatives; noninflationary wage agreement settled |
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| (JFK) lowered tariffs up to 50% to help new Common Market in trade |
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| denied Britain to join common market; wanted no us involvement in Europe |
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| set up shaky peace negotiations in Laos after French step down and the country is left w/out govt. |
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| (JFK) "the Marshall Plan for Latin America" aimed at lesseing rich-poor gap; improved relations but minimal progress |
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| CIA secretly trained Cuban exiles with the goal of invading Cuba; attack was crushed |
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| USSR places 90 nukes in Cuba aimed at US; Robert Kennedy idea to put up Naval Blockade, Kruschev resists then backs down; US agrees to take down their missiles in Turkey; beginning of detente` |
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| aided by JFK; SNCC efforts to register black voters |
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| black student kept from enrolling into the University of Mississippi by white students; JFK sends troops to escort him to class |
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| black civil rights worker shot and killed |
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| banned discrimination in public facilities and fought to end segregation; set up the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to oversee fair hiring practices |
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Johnsons policy; extension of New Deal programs; launched a war on poverty which focused on job training when should have focused on economics; focused on 1) Education - Money was given to students and not schools to thus get around the separation of church and state issue. Project Head Start was preschool for kids who otherwise couldn't afford it. 2) Medical care - Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid for the poor were passed they'd become a major cause of national debt.
3) Immigration reform - The Immigration and Nationality Act got rid of the old quota system, doubled the number of immigrants allowed in, allowed family members in, and limited the number of Western Hemisphere immigrants. Immigration was changing from Europe to Latin American and Asia. 4)Voting rights - LBJ wanted to get more blacks voting |
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| wrote The Other America that said despite the prosperity, 20% of Americans lived in poverty |
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| Conservative Republican candidate in 1964 election runing against Johnson; |
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| 2 US warships attacked by North Koreans; resulting in Tonkin Gulf Resolution which gave president a blank check to respond with |
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| banned literacy tests and sent people to oversee that there was no discrimination in voting polls |
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| forbade poll fees; made it illegal to have to pay to vote |
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| black supremacist; inspired by black militants in Islam |
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| black panther ; used to lead SNCC |
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| Operation Rolling Thunder |
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| all-out bombing of North Vietnam |
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Israel shocked and beat U.S.S.R.-supported Egypt. Israel gained land in the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank of the Jordan River (including Jerusalem).
These lands brought 100,000 Palestinians under Israeli control. |
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| head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, held televised hearings where people spoke against the war. |
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| FBI investigated "dove" leaders at home. This seemed more like a totalitarian state, but LBJ had it done anyway. |
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| North Vietnam attack; stopped by US byt showed that there were still years of fighting left to go |
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| potential Democratic candidate in 1968 election; "dove party" running against otther "dove" Robert Kennedy and Humphrey |
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| Johnson VP; 1968 Dem. candidate against Nixon |
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| ran on American Independent party on pro-segregation ticket |
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