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| was an American lawyer, civil servant, businessman, author and lecturer |
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| public travel from place to place for the general public |
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| electronic machine that is able to store, process and manipulable data |
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| Dwight D. Eisenhower was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States. He proposed to Congress the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 and signed those acts into law. |
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| Place to go in case of a nuclear attack |
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| 33rd President of the United States |
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| Name of people from Hollywood accused of being communists |
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| Investigated suspected communists |
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| Convicted of selling secrets to the soviets |
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| Act of accusing people of communism |
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| Military Industrial Complex |
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| relationship of the government, military and private industry in order to develop and obtain military resources |
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| Developed to get people into space |
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| National Defense Education Act |
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| Put more math and science in the schools |
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| Used to help make the roads safer |
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| National Security Act(1947) |
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| The Act created the National Security Council as well as the Central Intelligence Agency. |
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| describes the lifestyle and tastes of the majority of mostly younger people. |
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| Used to select men for the draft |
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| Soviet Satellite sent into space |
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| jobs where you had to do physical work |
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| Traditionally jobs held by women |
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| positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment |
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| a U.S. African-American militant party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, Calif., by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. They claimed that violence was the only way to achieve black liberation |
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| The Black Power movement grew out of the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT that had steadily gained momentum through the 1950s and 60s. |
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| C.O.R.E successfully educates people to release old destructive patterns and to be in control of their true destiny. These new beliefs and attitudes will create great change in ourselves and stop old destructive patterns from being passed down. |
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| President Johnson himself was a big proponent of civil rights. He signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was introduced by JFK before his death |
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| the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and the only person elected Governor of California three times. |
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| Blacks who rode around the country on buses in protest |
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| The four-time governor of Alabama who became known as the embodiment of resistance to the civil rights movement |
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| e first African American student at the University of Mississippi |
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| e first African American student at the University of Mississippi |
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| The integration crisis that centered around Little Rock Central High School happened in the 1957-58 school year |
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| an African-American public speaker, human rights activist, and minister. He advocated for the rights of African Americans. He has been called one of the most influential African Americans in history |
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| a no-violent protest on civil rights |
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| The most influential civil rights activist who was assassinated |
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| Montgomery Bus Boycott started, December 1, 1955. The blacks boycotted until they could sit anywhere on the bus |
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| Got arrested because she wouldn't give up her seat to a white man |
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| Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee |
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| Blacks would sit at a restaurant until they were served |
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| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| 1968 Democratic National Convention |
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| the democratic national convention was held in chicago in 1968. there were a lot of war protests during the convention |
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| Former Vice President Richard Nixon won the 1968 election over the Democratic nominee, Vice President Hubert Humphrey |
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| In October 1973 the American Indian Movement gathered its forces from across the country onto the Trail of Broken Treaties, championing Indian unity. |
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| was an American writer, activist and feminist. She was a leading figure in the "Second Wave" of the U.S. Women's Rights Movement. |
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| Popular British rock band from the 60's |
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| used to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, numbers for you |
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| Cesar Estrada Chavez founded and led the first successful farm workers' union in U.S. history |
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| A Clean Air Act describes one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of smog and air pollution in general. |
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| provides standards for safe, clean, quality water |
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| Counterculture is a culture with values and morals that run opposite to those of established society |
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| Gloria Steinem emerged as one of the leading voices of the women's rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s |
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| The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States on the initiative of President Lyndon B. Johnson. |
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| Hippie capital of the world |
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| Program proposed by JFK before his death |
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| Housing and Urban Development |
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| Bomb made of Hydrogen gas |
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| Inter Continental Ballistic Missile |
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| President assassinated in Texas |
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| first astronaut to orbit the earth in 1962 |
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| he thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963-1969) |
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| Medicare is a federally administered and funded social insurance program |
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| First man to step on the moon |
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| New frontier is defined as the principles and policies of the liberal wing of the Democratic party under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy |
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| associated with college campus protest movements of class-based oppression |
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| The Peace Corps was created during the administration of President John F. Kennedy to win the battle of 'hearts and minds' and use peaceful means to spread American influence around the world |
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| was a lobbyist, and is most notable for her opposition of the female liberation movement |
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| JFK's brother who was also assassinated |
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| Put into effect by JFK to get to the moon by the end of the decade |
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| spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. |
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| the visual percept of a region |
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| A huge music festival in the 60s |
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| 6th Amendment gives citizens who are 18 years old and older the right to vote |
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| used Agent Orange to force people living in the countryside into US controlled cities. Agent Orange was found to be not only highly toxic to plants, but also to people. It caused severe health problems, birth defects and high cancer rates not only to enemy combatants, but to everyone near the chemical drops, including thousands of US soldiers and civilians |
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| Place bombed by the us in the Vietnam War |
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| When Viet Minh forces overran Dien Bien Phu on May 7, 1954, it was, according to Fall,the end of French military influence in Asia |
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| n 1975, the American radio station in Saigon began playing Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" which was the signal to evacuate. |
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| General William Westmoreland |
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| Commander of all US forces in Vietnam |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| a joint resolution passed on August 7, 1964. The resolution authorized the President to do whatever necessary in order to assist. This included involving armed forces. |
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| leader on communist Vietnam |
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| massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers |
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| A sticky substance that burned everything |
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| New York Times v. U.S.(1971) |
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| The New York Times won the case. Supreme Court Ruling: First Amendment claim sustained |
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| Operation Rolling Thunder |
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| ORT was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign designed to force Ho Chi Minh to stop trying to take over South Vietnam. |
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| Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, signed in Paris and entered into force January 17, 1973. |
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| The Pentagon Papers was a top-secret Department of Defense history of United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam. |
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| Robert S. McNamara was the 8th Secretary of Defense under the Kennedy and Johnson Administration |
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| Forces of the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam, and the People's Army of Vietnam, fought against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. |
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| the pulling out of troops from vietnam |
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| limited the presidents powers in going to war |
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