101-125 Flashcards
Ho chin Minh
South Vietnams capital/name of Vietnamese nationalist leader
Richard Nixon
Won 1968 elections (republican)
Robert Kennedy
A senator who entered race for democratic nomination in 1968
George Wallace
Ran in 1968 as independent
William westmoreland
American commander in south Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
Special assistant for national security affairs, appointed by Nixon
Pentagon papers
Classified documents with details about expanding the war
Doming theory
Belief that if one nation in Asia fell to communists, neighboring countries would follow
Camp David accords
Historic peace treaty signed by Israel and Egypt (carter helped broker)
War powers act
Required president to inform congress of troops abroad within 48 hours, + withdraw them in 60-90 days unless congress approved
Cesar Chavez
Organized 2 groups that fought for farmers
Phyllis Schlafly
Organizers of the stop era campaign
Gloria Steinem
Writer who drew attention to problems facing women + fought for ratification of equal rights amendment
Tom Hayden
Wrote port Huron statement
Mario savio
Led free speech movement with others at university of California
Betty Friedan
Formed the national organization for women (now)
Bob Dylan
Counterculture singer-songwriter
Dolores Huerta
Helped Cesar Chavez organize groups to fight for farmers
Kathy streibel
A junior high school student in St. Paul Minnesota that was refused to be able to compete on the schools swim team
Jose Angel Gutierrez
Founded Mexican American youth organization (Mayo)
La raza unida
Political party founded by Gutierrez
Equal pay act of 1963
Outlawed paying men more then women for the same job
Love canal
Housing development near Niagra falls, New York that was built on top a toxic waste dump
Bob Woodward
An American investigative journalist and nonfiction author. Worked Washington post since 1971 as reporter now associative editor of post