AP EXAM REVIEW Flashcards
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Betty Friedan
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- author and activist
- published feminine mystique which attacked the belief that a woman’s sole satisfaction comes through homemaking
- friedan was one on the founders of the national organization of women (NOW) which helped advance women’s rights and causes
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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- passed by johnson
- strengthened voting rights protection
- prohibited disrcimination in places of public accommodations
- required the fed gvmt to withdraw support from an state or program that discriminated
- established the equal employment commission to oversee hiring practices
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v. USA
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- motel operator refused to serve an african american customer
- supreme court upheld civil rights act of 1964
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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- LBJ said that the North Vietnam had fired at the USA and congress was basically given a blank check to do with whatever he wanted
- LBJ retaliated against the Viet Cong with bombing attacks in the north followed by ground troops
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Voting Rights of 1965
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- LBJ
- voters could no longer be forced to take literacy tests
- provided federal registration of african american voters in areas that had less than 50 percent of eligible voters registered
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Watts Riots
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- six day riot in depressed area of african american section of los angeles
- causes includding drunk-driving arrest of young AA and claims of police brutality
- 34 deaths and over $200 million damage
- sparked other riots throughout the country
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Malcolm X
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- AA advocate and leader who moved away from MLK Jr. non violent methods of civil disobedience
- became a black muslim
- formed the mulim mosque
- then switched to islam and began accepting idea of blacks and whited together
- assassinated in NYC during speech assailants were said to be with the black muslim group but never confirmed
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Black Panthers
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- initially focused on the protection of AA neighborhoods in police brutality but goals changed over the years
- provided a variety of social programs within the african american community, such as free lunches for children
- political objectives were often hindered by the confrontational and sometimes violent means
- split in party ideology over how to achieve these objectives led to its decline
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Robert F Kennedy
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brother of JFK
- pushed for desegregation and election regulation
- presidential candidate
- assassinated in CAL
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Cesar Chavez
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- migrant farmer who founded the national farm workers association
- his goal was to defeat persecution throughout the migrant worker system
- used strikes, picketing, and marches to help protect workers
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Countercultural Movement
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- began at berkeley with free speech movement
- beliefs included woman’s liberation, anti-materialism, and opposition to the war in Vietnam
- experimented with drugs and sex
- young people who favored the counterculture were called hippies
- the Woodstock music and art festival in New York State marked the culmination of the counterculture movement
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Tet Offensive
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- north Vietnam violated a truce during tet (new year) attacking cities throughout vietnam
- despite initiating the fighting, the north vietnam and viet song were defeated and suffered heavy causalities
- the offensive surprised the USA and american public because it showed the communists were able to launch an organized attack
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American Indian Movement
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- supported native american civil rights and recognition in past treaties within the united states
- militants associated with the organization staged an occupation of the town of wounded knee, SD arguing that treaties had been ignored
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Richard Nixon
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37th president
- began to remove united states troops in phases from south vietnam
- ended draft
- ‘vietnamization’ which called for the ranging of south vietnamese troops to assume responsibility for military actions
- opened china for trade
- reduced tensions with the USSR with SALT agreement
- resigned following the watergate scandal, becoming the 1st president to do so
- credited with aiding the detente, the easing of strained relations b/w USA and USSR
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Pentagon Papers
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discussed america’s involovement in southeast asia
- discussed how the government had falsely portrayed its intentions during the vietnam war
- usa tried to stop the times by arguing national security, but the supreme court allowed publication based on freedom of press
- set a precedent for future conflicts in the press over security v. liberty
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26th Ammendment
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-gave right to citizens 18 and older to vote
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Henry Kissinger
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- national security advisor and sec of state under nixon
- pursued relations with china
- plated significant role in SALT
- negotiated talks after six-day war between arab countries and Israel
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Salt 1 & 2
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- stragetic arms limitations treaty
- SALT 1: agreement signed by the USA and soviets to stop building nuclear ballistic missiles for 5 years
- SALT 2: signed by carter and brezhnev; reduced and limited the number of missile launchers and bombers
- these treaties helped reduce the tensions between the USA and the USSR
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Watergate Scandal
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- CRP/CREEP (Committee for the Re-election of the President) attempted to spy on democrats at their headquarters in the watergate hotel
- men with connections were arrested and convicted
- nixon stated that the burglars had no connection to his administration
- James McCord, one of the convicted burglars claimed a republican coverup
- an investigation uncovered wire taps, presidential tapes, and further evidence of espionage
- robert woodward and carl Bernstein helped reveal the details behind the break in
- this deception at the highest political level caused many americans to become disenchanted with the government
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Furman v. Georgia
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-death penalty was unconstitutional unless fairly applied
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War powers Act
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- required the president to report to congress within 48 hours of committing united states troops or substantially increasing troops in foreign conflicts
- congressional approval was necessary for any military commitment of troops for more than 90 days
- the requirement was enacted by congress over nixon’s veto
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Saturday Night Massacre
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- followed nixon’s refusal to give his tapes to the government’s special prosecutor
- nixon ordered attorney general elliot richardons to fire cox form this appointment
- rather than fire cox, richardson quit
- eventually the tapes surfaced and nixon resigned in AUG of 74
