COPY: The American Pageant 15th Edition Chapter 38

A federal agency created by President Kennedy in 1961 to promote voluntary service by Americans in foreign countries.

True

<p>A fortified barrier between East and West Berlin erected in 1961 to stop the flow of people to the West.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A CIA plot in 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro by training Cuban exiles to invade Cuba.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An event involving nuclear missiles in Cuba.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organized mixed-race groups who rode interstate buses to protest racial segregation in the South.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To register the historically disenfranchised black population in the South.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was the occasion of Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It banned racial discrimination in public facilities and strengthened the federal government's power to fight segregation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A program designed to address historic racial and gender imbalances in jobs and education.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Great Society</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A voter registration drive in Mississippi initiated by civil rights groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A political party organized by civil rights activists to challenge the state's delegation to the Democratic National Party.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ballot-denying tactics, such as literacy tests and intimidation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To protect black rights and address dissatisfaction with the non-violent civil rights movement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A doctrine of militancy and separation that rose in prominence post-1965.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A military conflict in 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors that resulted in Israeli territorial expansion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An uprising in support of equal rights for gay people that occurred in 1969.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founder of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1961.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Younger brother of JFK, served as U.S. Attorney General, and was assassinated during his presidential campaign in 1968.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 and chief architect of the Vietnam War.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>First president of South Vietnam, overthrown and assassinated in 1963.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Civil rights leader known for his college registration that caused riots in Mississippi.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ex-Marine who assassinated John F. Kennedy in 1963.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Black militant and radical minister who advocated for separation and was assassinated in 1965.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Liberal anti-war senator who challenged President Johnson in the 1968 primary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Southern populist and segregationist governor of Alabama who ran for president multiple times.</p> Signup and view all the answers