Définition
1961 : Bay of pigs
failed invasion of Cuba by a financed/trained group of Cuban
opposed to Castro => overthrow Castro + establish non-communist government to the US ? Cuban missile crisis : spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union in Cuba => heightened confrontation between Cuba, USSR and US = hottest point of Cold War
1960-70s : Black Progress
increase awareness of racial distinctiveness, instilling racial pride in AA movement motivated by a desire for safety, self-sufficiency for AA, promote equality and racial justice
1964 : Community Action Program
provided jobs for many poors help involve poor communities in
administration and political work including Black, Indians and Hispanic politicians
1961 : "Freedom Rides"
"Freedom Rides" (1961) : force desegregation of bus stations group of white and AA civil rights activists
1964 : "Freedom Summer"
voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black Voters in Mississippi ? flight against voter intimidation + discrimination at the polls
1964 : "Great Society
set of domestic programs ending poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality resembled ND domestic agenda
1964 : Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
North Vietnam warships attacked US warships => GTR allowed Johnson to take any necessary measures to protect US forces + prevent further aggression
1942 : CORE
improve race relations and en discrimination policies through direct-action projects, interracial US organisation established by James Farmer
1968 : Test offensive
communist forces attacked US strongholds throughout South Vietnam, showed US public brutality of the war on television
1960 : SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
key organisation in the US, major channel of student participation in civil rights movement => direct action campaings against segregation and other forms of racism
1965 : Immigration Act
new immigration policy based on a national origins quota ? limit number of immigrants allowed to enter in the US => abolished the Nation Origins formula
JFK (1961-63) : first catholic POTUS (35th), domestic reforms "new frontier", more ambitious than any since ND program, idealism of a "new generations of Americans" space program, Cuban Missile crisis, complotism around his death
Malcolm X (1965-66) : AA leader in civil rights, "by any necessary means", prominent figure in Nation of Islam, Black Nationalism, race prie
Définition
1965 : Medicare + Medicaid (1966)
Medicare (1965) : provide federal aid for elderly formed expense - Medicaid (1966) : medical assistance to welfare recipients, indigent people
1963 : March on Washington
massive protest, Lincoln Memorial draw attention to inequalities faced by AA, MLK historic speech, pressure Kennedy administrations
1959-75 : Ho Chi Minh Trail
military supply route from North through Laos, Cambodia to South Vietnam ? weapons, manpower, ammunition to communist supporters in South Vietnam
