1960-1975

terms:
 * Richard Nixon (chap. 28):** (R) 37th United States president; succeeded in gradual withdrawal from Vietnam ("Vietnamization"), reduction of nuclear arms race tensions to a détante in the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT I), and rescue from stagflation; resigned due to the Watergate Scandal.
 * "New Frontier:** JFK's program to aid education, healthcare, urban renewal, and civil rights; largely unsuccessful but contributed to future progress and later realized during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. Also believed to have been talking about the Space programs.
 * Peace Corps:** Created by JFK to recruit United States youth to aid developing countries in the technological realm; strengthened international connections on a personal level
 * Cuban Missile Crisis:** Cold War conflict between the United States and U.S.S.R. over nuclear weapons placed in Cuba by the U.S.S.R.; resolved to avoid nuclear war when Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove missiles in Cuba in exchange for a United States promise not to invade Cuba
 * The "missile gap":** JFK's campaign claim that recession during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower allowed the U.S.S.R. to surpass the United States in the nuclear arms race; inaccurate yet incited fear and gained support for JFK
 * Bay of Pigs:** Failed overthrow of Fidel Castro's regime in 1961; resulted in Castro seeking nuclear aid from the U.S.S.R.
 * Robert McNamara:** Secretary of Defense for the Kennedy Administration; advocated a flexible response policy that favored elite special forces over massive military deployments.
 * Civil Rights:** An issue which mostly effected the South due to the Segregation between Blacks and Whites in that region. MLK was one of the major supporters for equal rights, which led to numerous peaceful protests. Organizations that arose from this were SCLC, CORE, and SNCC, all of which wanted equality. The majority of the supporters however were students from the south who organized "sit-ins" and other ways to segregate not only schools, but also the two separate societies that had formed. Ultimately led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
 * Détente:** Easing of Cold War tensions between the United States and U.S.S.R. during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford; prevented nuclear warfare but ended when tensions over Afghanistan elevated.


 * Presidential Pardon:** After Nixon resigns from office, Ford becomes president and gives Nixon a pardon for his alleged role in the Watergate Scandal. Considered one of Ford's more controversial acts.