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Chapter 30 and 31 Flashcards

1
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feminism

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conviction that women and men should be socially, politically, and economically equal

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civil rights act of 1964

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banned discrimination in employment

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national organization for women

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NOW; fought gender discrimination in the workplace, schools, and justice system

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Betty Friedan

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created NOW

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equal rights amendment

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promised equal treatment for men and women in all spheres

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Roe V Wade

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struck down sate laws that banned abortion

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red power movement

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drafted the declaration of Indian purpose

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group of native Americans

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tried to reclaim Alcatraz Island; lasted for 18 months until the federal Marshall was called

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treaty of Fort Laramie

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claimed it gave them the right to use any surplus federal territory

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American Indian movement

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founded in Minnesota; became major force behind the Red Power movement; renewal of traditional cultures, economic independence, and better education for Indian children

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Russell Means

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one of AIM’s best known leaders

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12
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national Indian education association

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fought to improve access to education

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13
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Native American rights funds

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provided legal services

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14
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council on emergency recourse tribes

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helped its member nations gain control over their natural resources and choose whether to protect or develop them

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1 million Latinos

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in the US in the 1960’s lived below the poverty line

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16
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Latino’s faced

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discrimination in education

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social justice

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fair distribution of advantages and disadvantages in society

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18
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Delano grape strike

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1965; Filipino farmworkers went on strike in Delano, California; NFWA soon joined

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19
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Cezar Chavez

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national farmworkers association; union of Mexican American farmworkers

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Chicano movement

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shortened form of Mexicanos; ethnic pride and commitment to political activism

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21
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Rodolfo ‘Corky’ Gonzales

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founded the Crusade of Justice

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22
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group of college students

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in Texas formed the Mexican American youth organization

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Jose Angel Gutierrez

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founded La Rasa Undia Party; gained local control over the education of Hispanic children and 3rd political party

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brown berets

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one of the most militant organizations of the Chicano movement; fought for bilingual education, better school conditions, Chicano studies, and more Chicano teachers; disbanded in 1972

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Reiez Lopez Tijernia

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focused on the enduring issues of the land rights

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Crusade of Justice

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provided legal aid and Spanish newspaper

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La Raza Unida

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Guitierez formed; campaigned for bilingual education; improved public service and education for children of migrant workers; end to job discrimination; fell apart in the 1970’s

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counterculture

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rebellion of teens and young adults against mainstream American society

29
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establishment

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what they called mainstream

30
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free speech movement

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Berkley; swept campuses across the nation; used tactics of civil disobedience

31
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Nixon

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believed the federal government was too large; firm stand against crime and drug use; increased funding for food stamps and social security; interest in environmental issues

32
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new federalism

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Nixon’s agenda

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Nixon’s environmentalism

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Earth Day; Clean Air Act (air pollution); Environmental Protection Agency; OSHA (prevent work related injury); advanced affirmative action

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Henry Kissinger

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Nixon’s national security advisor; late Secretary of State (foreign policy); realpolitik

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realpolitik

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basing foreign policies on realistic views

36
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detente

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ease tensions with Cold War enemies

37
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SALT

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strategic arms limitation treaty; Nixon talked with the Soviet Union to limit destruction with arms

38
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China

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Communists people’s republic of China; Nixon was 1st president to visit; Mao Zedong in 1972

39
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1967 6-day war

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Israel taking land from Egypt, Syria, and Jordan; United Nations called for withdrawal from these lands and Arab states to recognize Israel’s right to exist

40
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1973 Yom Kippur War

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Egypt and Syria attacked Israel; fighting affected the US

41
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oil embargo

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OPEC (organization of Petroleum exporting countries) controlled oil prices

42
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shuttle diplomacy

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Kissinger; traveled from group to group trying to work on separate arrangements; because of the oil embargo

43
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NASA

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Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969 from Kennedy Space Center; Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins; July 20 Neil Armstrong was 1st man to land on the moon

44
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inflation

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Nixon announced 90 day freeze on wages and prices; worked temporarily

45
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plumbers

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Nixon’s advisors created a group to respond to leaks of secret information and investigated Nixon’s political enemies

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1971 plumbers

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tried to damage reputation of Daniel Ellsberg by breaking into his psychiatric office

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early 1972 plumbers

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broke into the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel for the 1972 election

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June 17, 1972

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police arrested 5 men who broke in

49
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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

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wouldn’t let the story die and continued to investigate

50
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the Post

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reported the break-in was part of widespread spying effort by the Nixon campaign

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Nixon won

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one of the most overwhelming victories

52
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after the election

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Nixon ordered investigation into Watergate Scandal; several men from the White House resigned

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senate investigation

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former attorney general John Dean reported he talked with Nixon about Watergate and the cover-up; Alexander Butterfield said Nixon tape recorded all conversations in his office; Nixon didn’t want to give up the tapes

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executive privilege

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gave president the right to withhold tapes

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investigators rejected

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Nixon’s claims of executive privilege

56
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special prosecutor Cox

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and the Senate Watergate Committee issues subpoenas

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Saturday Night Massacre

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Nixon directed Elliot Richardson to fire Cox, refused and quit; ordered Richardson’s assistant to fire Cox, refused and resigned; 3rd taking official fired Cox

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August 8, 1974

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Nixon resignes

59
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Spiro T Agnew

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vice president; resigned after cheating on taxes

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Gerald R Ford

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Nixon chose to replace Agnew; republican leader in the House of Representatives; first to become president without being elected

61
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Alaska national interest lands conservation act

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Carter passed; protected more than 100 million acres

62
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3 mile island

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1979; mishap; too much/ not enough water; little radiation came out

63
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Love Canal

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New York; chemicals leaked through the ground; blamed for high birth defect rates

64
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Panama Canal

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after France didn’t want the US took over; 1977 Carter and Panama’s leaders agreed Panama would take back control at the end of 1999

65
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Camp David Accords

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Egypt and Israel; Anwar el-Sadat and Menachem Begin; historic agreement; won the Nobel Prize

66
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November 4, 1979

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mob attacked the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran’s capital

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