The Optimism and the Anguish of the 1960s, 1960–1969

After the close call of the Cuban missile crisis, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a __________ in August 1963, ending above ground atomic testing, but allowing continued testing underground.

Kennedy approved a CIA plan in January 1961 to train approximately 1,500 Cuban exiles for the so-called __________, but his refusal to provide further assistance led to its failure.

The __________ consisted of groups of young activists who intentionally distanced themselves from the ideological infighting, communism, and labor organization of the Old Left.

From 1964 to 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson pressed Congress to enact a series of social and economic reforms designed to promote what he called the __________.

In 1966, Betty Friedan helped found the __________, which advocated an end to laws that discriminated against women, opportunity to work any job, and equal pay for equal work.

Young people profoundly influenced trends in popular culture and many experimented with alternative lifestyles in the __________ during the second half of the decade.

In 1966, Congress created __________, a system in which the federal government provided states matching grants to pay for medical costs of poor people of all ages.

During the fall campaign of 1960, Kennedy challenged voters to explore and conquer a __________, which inspired millions of Americans to believe they could improve their country.

Founded in Oakland in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, the __________ advocated self-determination and armed self-defense against police brutality.

In 1965, Congress passed __________, a health plan providing universal hospital insurance for Americans over 65.

A little over a year after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, in October 1962, the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba prompted the __________, the most dramatic nuclear standoff of the Cold War.

The most controversial Supreme Court decision on criminal rights was __________ (1966), which expanded the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on self-incrimination.

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