101-125 Flashcards

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Ho chin Minh

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South Vietnams capital/name of Vietnamese nationalist leader

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Richard Nixon

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Won 1968 elections (republican)

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Robert Kennedy

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A senator who entered race for democratic nomination in 1968

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George Wallace

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Ran in 1968 as independent

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William westmoreland

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American commander in south Vietnam

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Henry Kissinger

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Special assistant for national security affairs, appointed by Nixon

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Pentagon papers

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Classified documents with details about expanding the war

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Doming theory

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Belief that if one nation in Asia fell to communists, neighboring countries would follow

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Camp David accords

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Historic peace treaty signed by Israel and Egypt (carter helped broker)

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War powers act

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Required president to inform congress of troops abroad within 48 hours, + withdraw them in 60-90 days unless congress approved

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Cesar Chavez

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Organized 2 groups that fought for farmers

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Phyllis Schlafly

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Organizers of the stop era campaign

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Gloria Steinem

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Writer who drew attention to problems facing women + fought for ratification of equal rights amendment

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Tom Hayden

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Wrote port Huron statement

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Mario savio

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Led free speech movement with others at university of California

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Betty Friedan

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Formed the national organization for women (now)

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Bob Dylan

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Counterculture singer-songwriter

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Dolores Huerta

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Helped Cesar Chavez organize groups to fight for farmers

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Kathy streibel

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A junior high school student in St. Paul Minnesota that was refused to be able to compete on the schools swim team

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Jose Angel Gutierrez

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Founded Mexican American youth organization (Mayo)

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La raza unida

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Political party founded by Gutierrez

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Equal pay act of 1963

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Outlawed paying men more then women for the same job

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Love canal

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Housing development near Niagra falls, New York that was built on top a toxic waste dump

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Bob Woodward

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An American investigative journalist and nonfiction author. Worked Washington post since 1971 as reporter now associative editor of post

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Carl Bernstein
An American investigative journalist and author. Young reporter for Washington post in 1972. Teamed up with bob Woodward to do the original news of watergate.