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50s And 60s Test Flashcards

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1
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Tale of 2 60s

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How the early 60s differed from the late 60s

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Warren commission

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Tried to find who was responsible for JFK assasination (government and three bullets)

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Entrapment

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When a police officer goes undercover and tries to put someone in a situation where they are pressured t commit a crime

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Expended rods from nuclear power plants

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Items are buried in the desert

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New left

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The name of advocacy groups during the early 60s

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CBD

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Central business district-

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Cools the rods

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Water

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Nuclear disaster in the US

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Three mile island

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Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine

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Chernobyl

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From the devil

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Devils music

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Images on TV

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Showed pictures of what was happening to Vietnamese civilians

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Anita Bryant

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Famous pop singer who stood against the homosexual movement and said they were turning our kids gay

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Barbra Gittings

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Organized DOB, edited the Ladder, and reversed classification of gay as a mental disorder

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Frank Kameney

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Gay rights activist, DC Mattachine society, government offical kicked out

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Daughter of Bilitis

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First lesbian civil rights group, worked with Mattachine, created the ladder

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Terroism

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Had multiple definitions

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1950s-60s

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Time of change and freedom, turblualnce

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Mainframe

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Stores data for computers

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Baby Boomers

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Born between 1946-1964, Cuban Misael crisis, were in college during JFK

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Ideal 1950 family

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Mom dad, kids, dad working

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Malls

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Established to deal with boom of subrurban growth

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Swanson

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Created TV dinners

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Location of SB

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-proximity to Philadelphia and NY (major cities)
-great jobs
-good schools
-land

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Importance of turnpike to SB

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Allows access to SB which will impact migration

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25
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Eisenhower

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Wanted the street thingy and warned of the military industrial complex

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Modernity/Progress

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Movie cars

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Golden Age

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Cars

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Turbulent

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Not controlled or calm, lots of disorder and conflict; late 1960s America

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29
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Abortion Commitee

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Located at hospitals and made decisions about reproduction

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30
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Kendall Park

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First SB suburb-

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JFK/Nixon debate

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First televised debate, showed how the felt and how they can speak in picture form

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Mattachine society

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Founded by harry hay to give homosexual people a community
Came after knights of the clock and VBA
Started one magazine

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American culture

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Cars

34
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Skyjacking

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Huge problem during the decade, equivalent to hyjacking today

35
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Single Bullet

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Claims one bullet hit JFK in multiple areas

36
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New Left

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Groups advocating for social change in the 60s

37
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TV dinner

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Changed family values

38
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Why LBJ decides not to accept the Democratic Party nomination in 68

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Vietnam and the Civil Right movement

39
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Warren commission

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How the government investigates JFK assasination

40
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Abbie Hoffman

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Protested the vietnam war

41
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How LBJ becomes president

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JFK assassination

42
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Anti War mov emerge

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Caused by events like the My Lai massacre

43
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Weathered Underground

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“terrorist” organization anti-US imperialism, anti-Vietnam War and for racial equality

44
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Images on TV

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Changed perception of race in American for some

45
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CONTIELPRO

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How the FBI targeted radical groups in he US during the 60s

46
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Nixon and JFK

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1st televised debate

47
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People lisetening to the debate felt he won

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Nixon

48
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My Lai Masacre

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Killing of Vietnamese children

49
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What was the only color of the model T

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Black

50
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Car manufactures make muscle cars for speed for who

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Youth market

51
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SB as a suburb lacks this but SB has pleaty of mall strip malls

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Main street

52
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Shiny option on cycles mostly from te 50s

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Chrome

53
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Result of easing up on migration from certain parts of teh world (for SB)

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Migration from Indian to NJ

54
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Possibly caused by cars, more roads and returning WWII Vets

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Suburban growth

55
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Created to deal with increased suburban growth

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Shopping malls

56
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Cylinder

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Determines car engine size

57
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Still ring fought in 2024 y cancel and woke culture

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Civil Rights and the turbulent 60s

58
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Syed Qutib

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Did not want what he felt was a corrupt American way of life to influence Muslims

59
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The late 60s ere associated with

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Angry

60
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The 1950s were associated with

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Happy

61
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Result of the violence of the late 60s

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Tale of two 60s

62
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The early 60s were associated with

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Meh

63
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The picture of Nixon blowing his nose

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Voters were persuaded by television

64
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What was not an issue during the homophile movement

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Elected office

65
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T OR F
During the 1950s, omen were allowed to obtain abortions

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True under certain circumstances

66
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T OR F
During the golden age of cars, motors were usually 8 cylinders

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False

67
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Led to the decline of neuclear energy power plants

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3 mile island

68
Q

Who ran the DC Mattachine society

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Frank Kameney

69
Q

Similar to 911 but for JFK

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Warren Comission

70
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What did the Weathered underground, SDS, and the anti war movement do?

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Protested the Vietnam war

71
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Results in increased population boom

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Importance of turnpike to SB

72
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Outcome of US nuclear diaster

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Less support

73
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Move cars

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Modernity/progress

74
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Concluded that JFK got shot with 3 bullets

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Warren Comission

75
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Cars

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American Culture

76
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Reversed classisfication of gay as a mental disorder

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Barbara Gittings

77
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Revere see classification of gay as a mental disorder and also was removed from government job

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Frank Kameney

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