60's-Vietnam Flashcards
American Indian movement (AIM)
Protested against textbooks, TV shows and movies which showed anti-American Indian bias
Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
Required changes in school finance in Texas to increase funding for students in poorer school districts
Black panthers
Demanded equal opportunities and repayment for past oppression, claimed the right to carry weapons to protect black neighborhoods
Domino theory
Fear that if one Southeast Asian country were to fall to communism many others would follow
Equal Pay Act
Required companies to pay women the same wages as men for the same work
Barry Goldwater
Republican candidate for president in 1968,helped revive conservatism at a time when most people were concerned about the direction of the country
Great Society
President Johnson’s far reaching domestic programs aimed at ending poverty,improving healthcare, rebuilding inner cities and providing for equality.
Hernandez v. Texas
Ruled that Mexican Americans, though not a separate race, were still entitled as a class to protection under the 14th amendment
Roe v. Wade
Courts ruled that a women could end her pregnancy in the first three months based on her constitutional right to privacy
Tet Offensive
Vietcong launch a massive attach on South Vietnamese cities on the Chinese New Year
Beat Generation
Group of young writers that rebelled against the conformity of the 50s and the materialism of the time
Mendez v. Westminster
Segregation of children of a group was illegal without a special state law requiring it
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Passed by congress giving president Johnson authority to do whatever he deemed necessary in Southeast Asia
26th amendment
Lowered to voting age in all states to 18yrs
John f Kennedy
Democrat,elected president in 1960
