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Bay of Pigs
After the U.S. trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro, they did so and were defeated by Castro's troops. John F. Kennedy was president. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
13 day tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over nuclear-armed Soviet missiles in Cuba. John F. Kennedy was president. -
Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald in a presidential motorcade. -
Twenty-fourth Amendment
Gave people the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other tax. Lyndon B. Johnson was president. -
Civil Rights Act pf 1964
An act that outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, sex, color, or national origin. Lyndon B. Johnson was president. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
A sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. Lyndon B. Johnson was president. -
Johnson Doctrine
Doctrine that declared that domestic revolution in the Western Hemisphere would no longer be a local matter when "the object is the establishment of a communist dictatorship". Lyndon B. Johnson was president. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Act that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. Lyndon B. Johnson was president. -
Martin Luther King Jr, Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Texas. Lyndon B. Johnson was president. -
Twenty-sixth Amendment
Lowered the voting age to 18. Lyndon B. Johnson was president.