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  1. John F. Kennedy
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president from 1961-1963 was assassinated in Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald

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  1. New Frontier
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John F. Kennedy’s social reform plan that he used in his acceptance speech

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  1. Lyndon Johnson
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vice president from 1961-1963 and president from 1963-1968 took over after JFK

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  1. Great Society
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Lyndon B. Johnson’s social reform program that was suspended due to LBJ trying to win favor with americans

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  1. Medicare and Medicaid
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government assisting programs that provide health insurance for the poor and the elderly

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  1. Community Action Program
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A plan by LBJ to help empower low income people by allowing them to have a say in the programs assisting them

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  1. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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federal executive branch responsible for home finance and promoting Civil Rights in housing

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  1. Immigration Act of 1965
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abolished an earlier ranking system based on nation origin established new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor

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  1. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
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a group of students using sit down strikes to show their disagreement for unequal rights

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  1. Congress of Racial Equality
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nonviolent Nonviolent civil rights organization founded in 1942 and committed to victory over fascism abroad and racism at home

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  1. Freedom Riders
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Civil Rights Activists who tried to defy Jim Crow Laws and called for change

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  1. March on Washington 1963
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thousands of people marched to Washington D.C. to show their support for equal rights and to hear MLK jr I have a dream speech

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  1. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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1964, as an alternative to the dominantly white democratic party of Mississippi

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  1. Civil Rights Act 1964
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A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.

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  1. Voting Rights Act 1965
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prohibited prerequisites for people to vote

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  1. Watts Riot
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group of violent disturbances in Watts, a largely black section of Los Angeles, in 1965. Over thirty people died in the Watts riots

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  1. Black Power Movement
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grew out of Civil Rights Movement, marked a turning point of black white relations

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  1. Nation of Islam
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a religious movement started in Detroit that followed Islam and had a great number of Black people

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  1. Malcolm X
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Minister of the Nation of Islam, urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary

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  1. Alliance for Progress
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1961 John F. Kennedy aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.

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  1. Peace Corps
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U.S. government agency that sends volunteers to help improve living standards in developing countries

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  1. Bay of Pigs
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an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government.

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  1. Berlin Wall
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In 1961, the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany.

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  1. Cuban Missile Crisis
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U.S.S.R. placing missiles in Cuba after the United States had placed and pointed missiles in Turkey

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  1. Vietminh
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Vietnamese resistance group against outside influence

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  1. Ho Chi Minh
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a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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  1. Geneva Conference
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purpose was to attempt to settle outstanding issues on the Korean Penninsula

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  1. Nikita Khrushchev
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First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union following the death of Joseph Stalin 1958 to 1964 responsible for the De-Stalinization of the USSR

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  1. Ngo Dinh Diem
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the first president of South Vietnam in the french retreat and wanted to create the republic of Vietnam

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  1. National Liberation Front
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a political organization formed by the Vietcong in South Vietnam in 1960 to carry out an insurgent policy

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  1. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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two separate confrontation involving Vietnam and the United States on the Gulf of Tonkin

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  1. Ho Chi Minh Trail
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logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia

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  1. “Hearts and Minds”
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a documentary about the Vietnam Conflict that was strongly impactful

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  1. Robert Kennedy
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politician from Massachusetts. served as Senator for New York from 1965 until his assassination in 1968

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  1. Tet Offensive
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a series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong on city squares and towns throughout South Vietnam

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  1. Democratic National Convention of 1968
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Purpose was to elect a suitable nominee to run as the in the 1968 election. Riots broke out from Anti-Vietnam war protestors during the time of the convention. These riots turned into bloody battles after the Chicago police tried to stop the protesters

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  1. RFK and MLK assassinations
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brother of JFK shot during the Campaign season for election shot after MLK was in Texas

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  1. Hubert Humphrey
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38 vice president of U.S. under LBJ ran for president in 1968

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  1. George Wallace
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pro-segregation governor of Alabama who ran for pres. in 1968 on American Independent Party ticket of segregation and law and order

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  1. Election of 1968
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election between Hubert Humphrey and Richard M. Nixon with Nixon winning

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