9.1 Lyndon Baines Johnson + 9.2 Decade of Turbulance Flashcards

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The Feminine Mystique author

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Betty Friedan

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Students for Democratic Society platform

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Port Huron Statement

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televised, made war seem less “winnable”

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Tet Offensive

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fueled international resentment of US soldiers

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My Lai Massacre

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LBJ used mysterious events to push ___________

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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legislation that mostly dealt with poverty and civil rights

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“Great Society”

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24th Amendment

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outlawed use of poll taxes

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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segregation illegal in public facilities

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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made literacy tests illegal

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Unsafe at Any Speed author

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Ralph Nader

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Silent Spring author

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Rachel Carson

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Immigration Act of 1965

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repealed discriminatory 1920s Quota Acts

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