Chapter 38 - The Stormy Sixties

Was assassinated on April 4, 1968

________ encouraged establishment of SNCC, a voter education project to register Souths blacks to vote.

Was shot fatally on June 5, 1968

Got its independence from Belgium in 1960

________ used the Tonkin Gulf Incident to attack Vietnam.

Defeated Egypt in Six-Day War and gained new territory in Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and West Bank of Jordan River, including Jerusalem

________ had sent more than half a million troops to Asia by 1968.

Led student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and urged abandonment of peaceful demonstrations

Upheavals of ________ and anti- establishment movement can largely be attributed to youthful population growth, protest against racism and the Vietnam War, and the apparent permanence of prosperity (gave away to stagnation with the 1970s)

________ (founded in LA in 1951) pioneered gay rights.

________ (leader of France) was suspicious of the U.S. and rejected Britains application into common Market.

Was shot and killed on November 22, 1963, allegedly by Lee Harvey Oswald who was shot by Jack Ruby

Goldwater attacked the federal income tax, Social Security system, Tennessee Valley Authority, Civil Rights legislation, nuclear test-ban treaty, and the Great Society

LBJs Voting ________ of 1965 attacked racial discrimination at polls.

________ became rallying cry by blacks seeking more rights.

Chose to stimulate economy through price-cutting

1960s brought forth a(n) ________, a civil rights revolution, emergence of "youth culture, "war in Vietnam, and the beginning of the feminist revolution.

________ was elected president in 1960.

In early 1965, ________ resumed his voter- registration campaign in Selma, Alabama.

________ won over Goldwater in presidential election.

Created the Equal Employment Opportuinity Commission which aimed at eliminating discriminatory hiring

________ created the Department of Housing and Urban Development.