1960s terms and definitons MUSH

The way in which states draw up political districts based on changes in population.

The law may not treat individuals unfairly, arbitrarily, or unreasonably and ,must follow procedure

organization that sent american to support undeveloped nations with humanitarian deeds

"Volunteers in Service of America" they were the domestic peace corps

a preschool program for children from low-income families that also provides healthcare, nutrition services, and social services

1st catholic president who claimed US lagged behind soviets in missiles. assasinated.

republican who ran against kennedy ("democratic polices=inflation")

Kennedy's legislative agenda

kennedy's sister who founded special olympics

Chief Justice who altered/expanded voting process and reinterpreted the first amendment

1st American to orbit Earth

first spacecraft on the moon- Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins

First man on the moon

Communist leader of Cuba who overthrew Fulgencio Batista

CIA secretly trained and armed Cuban exiles

(accused of ) Assassinated JFK

took office after JFK was assasinated

attacked inadequate public services, illiteracy, and unemployment

established health insurance for all senior citizens financed through social security.

provided health and medical assistance to low income families funded through FEDERAL aid

racially segregated but ensuring equal opportunities to all races.

segregated by custom and tradition

NAACP's chief counsel + director of legal defense and education fund

denied admission to her neighborhood school in Topeka, Kansas, because of her race

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, eliminate and encourage voters

black and white volunteers (collegue students) that traveled to te south to draw attention to the buses for refusal to integrate.

occurs when a small group of senators take turns speaking and refuse to stop the debate and allow vote for bill

filibster stops if 60 senators vote for this

prejudices and/or discrimination someone because of their race

first African American to play in Major League Baseball

refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery and triggered the national civil rights movement

"separate but equal" doctrine supreme court upheld the constitutionally of jim crow laws

Laws designed to enforce segregation of black and white people. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses and poll taxes limited black voting rights

civil rights leader who founded CORE

Congress of Racial Equality" used sit-in protests which integrated public places

segregation in public schools is unconstitutional- (Linda Brown vs. Tobena school board)

Opposition of Southern congressmen to Brown v. Board of Education decision

26 yr old pastor to lead civil rights movement

created civil rights division and investigated allegations

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

began voter education project

was SNCC organizer-arrested and beat for encouraging black people to vote

head of justice department, help black people to vote

Black air force veteran applying to Mississippi

Director of the NAACP in Mississippi and a lawyer who defended accused Black people, he was murdered by a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Gave the federal government a strong legal tool to prevent job discrimination; paved the way for equal employment opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission monitors ban on job discrimination

authorized by U.S. attorney general to send federal examiners to register qualified votes

$45 million in damage, 34 killed, 900 wounded

Between 1965-1968, 43 deaths, 1000 wounded, damage cost $250 million

National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders who investigated the causes of race riots in American cities in the 1960s

'Malcolm Little' became member of nation of Islam assassinated in 1965

they stressed black nationalism and self defense not violence

preached black power, nationalism and economic self efficiency