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1950s - 1970s Flashcards

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What is the explosion of population alled after WWII?

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Baby Boom

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What are Levitt Towns?

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Small Towns designed for fast and cheap building.

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Where were four students killed?

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Kent State

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How does a Buddhist Monk protest?

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Burning himself.

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Who refused to fight even though he was drafted?

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Muhammad Ali

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What did Vietnam use against us?

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Guerilla Tactics, hid in innocent civilian towns,

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What is prevalent among troops?

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Drug Use

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What was something other than the Vietnam War Protest?

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Civil Rights Movement for rights of women and minorities

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Who supported non-violence?

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MLK

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What did Marcus Garvey support?

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Black pride

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11
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Malcolm X supported…?

A

Violence

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What was the name of the militant black revolutionaries?

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Black Panthers

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13
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“Make ___, not ____.”

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Love, War

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What was significant about San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury Intersection?

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HQ of hippies

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Two important events in the 1960s?

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Land on Moon (1969) and Woodstock (1969)

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Most important Riots?

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Ole Miss, Harlem, New Jersey, Watts, Detroit, UC Berkeley

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Order of Assassinations?

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JFK, Malcolm X, MLK, RFK

18
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What did UC Berkeley riot about?

A

Vietnam War

19
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Where is Watts located?

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Los Angeles

20
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What dance style in 1970s?

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Disco

21
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Iran-Contra?

A

Hostage Situation

22
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What product/utility has shortage?

A

Oil

23
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What was the Watergate Scandal?

A

Nixon bugged his opponents room.

24
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What happens to Nixon after Watergate Scandal?

A

He resigns.

25
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What happens to the economy?

A

Recession.

26
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Why do people no longer trust the military or the government?

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Vietnam, Watergate Scandel

27
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Agent Orange?

A

Chemical used, caused deformations.

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