Failed attempt by the CIA to train and equip Cuban exiles to invade and overthrow Castro.

1961 meeting between Khrushchev and Kennedy in Vienna, Switzerland; the Soviet leader perceived that Kennedy was weak and decided to test JFK’s resolve.

Confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union about Russia’s placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba; the crisis went to the brink of war before the Soviets removed the missiles.

An agreement among nuclear countries to limit nuclear weapons testing underground tests

Communist in South Vietnam who wanted to reunite the two countries by a communist takeover of the South.

JFK’s campaign message in the 1960 election.

Johnson’s social welfare agenda for America.

Gave residents of Washington, DC, the right to vote in presidential elections

Constitutional amendment that eliminated poll taxes for voting.

Constitutional amendment that addressed presidential succession, provided for replacing a Vice President, and specified a way to replace a President who is temporarily unable to perform the duties of the presidency. 

Law that gave federal aid to districts with high poverty rates and to private schools that worked with the poor.

Federally funded healthcare for the elderly 65 years and older and for the poor.

The adjustment of voting district lines so that they are drawn according to the principle of one person, one vote; also called redistricting.

Immigration reform law that eliminated the previous quota system and replaced it with a priority system for relatives of citizens or permanent residents, skilled workers, and those escaping political persecution or violence. 

Bus rides taken by SNCC and CORE to see if the interstate bus system had been integrated. 

a campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi.

a law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

Black Muslims who preached that Christianity was the white man’s religion and advocated that African Americans should have their own social and economic systems independent of whites. Malcolm X, who later started his own group, led them.

a rebellion of activist youths against traditions and values of middle-class America.  

a civil rights activist who organized farm workers for increased pay and better working conditions; along with Dolores Huerta, formed the United Farm Workers Union

mandated that school districts teach in a student’s native language while he/she learns English

a law that gave Native Americans more control over natural resources and education on reservations

segregation created by custom or practice

segregation by law

program aimed at hiring or including minorities