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1
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“separate but equal” was established by…

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plessy v. ferguson

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“separate but equal” was enforced in the…

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south

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plessy vs. ferguson was overturned by…

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oliver brown v. the board of education (topeka, kansas)

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brown was represented by…

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thurgood marshall

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5
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thurgood marshall eventually became…

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the first black supreme court justice

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brown sued on the basis that…

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sending a student to a separate school based on race violated the 14th amendment

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rosa parks refused to…

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give up her bus seat for a white man

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what happened as a result of rosa parks refusal?

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boycott of the buses

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who led the boycott of the buses?

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martin luther king jr.

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civil disobedience

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nonviolent protests against unjust laws

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segregation on buses was ruled unconstitutional by…

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the students attending the school

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12
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who enrolled at central high school?

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nine black students

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13
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the national guard was called by the government to…

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prevent the students from attending the school

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14
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the civil rights act (1957) protected…

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the right to vote (bi-partisanship)

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civil rights act (1957) was led by…

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johnson

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16
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sit-ins worked to…

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break down jim crow laws

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the march on washington happened in support for…

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a new civil rights bill (MLK –> “I Have a Dream”)

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18
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what did the civil rights act (1964) do?

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ended segregation and discrimination when hiring

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what did the voting rights act do?

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ended literacy tests and allowed local discrimination laws to be overturned

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18
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24th amendment

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banned poll taxes

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19
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what award did MLK win around the time the voting rights act was signed into law?

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the nobel peace prize

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violence that resulted during the freedom marches…

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was seen on TV

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21
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race riots drew attention to…

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radicals

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22
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race riots happened in over…

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100 cities

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malcolm x

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called for segregation and was assassinated

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the black panthers

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militant black activist group

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the 1966 riots

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divided the movement, a new civil rights bill failed

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1967 - the worst of the riots

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johnson asked for a new bill but congress did not oblige

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MLK was assassinated by…

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james earl ray

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28
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the war on poverty

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500 land reforms

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29
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economic opportunity act of 1964

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came from kennedy

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income tax cut

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consumer spendings rose

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medicare

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health insurance

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medicaid

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federal grants given to the states that wanted to help the needy above 65

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education

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integrated schools received money

34
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housing an urban development act of 1965

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low rent on public housing, led to the department of transportation

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the great society reduced…

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pollution

36
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the great society resulted in…

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more involvement by the federal government in the daily lives of americans

37
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the war in vietnam was…

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the largest american war

38
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vietnam (south and north) was divided at the

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17th //

39
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what was supposed to unify vietnam?

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free elections

40
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the french would help…

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prepare the south for independence

41
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north vietnam was

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communist

42
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vietcong

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communist south vietnam

43
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vietnunh

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communist north vietnam

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south vietnam was

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non-communist

45
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as part of american involvement,

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military advisors were sent out

46
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kennedy sent

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green beret

47
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american men…

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supported involvement

48
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diem ordered buddests to obey catholic religious laws

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they protested and were brutally crushed

49
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immolated monk

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sacrifice, burnt himself

50
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a succession of…

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military government followed diem

51
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diem did not have the support of…

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his own people

52
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the united states broadened the war by…

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increasing covert operations against north vietnam

53
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gulf of tonkin resolution (johnson)

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authorized the president to take “all necessary measures to repel an armed attack”

54
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what was attacked in the gulf of tonkin?

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a united states naval ship (u.s.s maddox)

55
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johnson asked congress for a resolution but…

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congress was misled

56
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johnson expanded the…

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air war in north and south vietnam

57
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johnson did this by…

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adding combat troops and a saturation bombing in south vietnam

58
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the united states assumed…

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the burden of fighting in south vietnam

59
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the bombing (outcome)…

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failed to achieve its objective

60
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the americans waged the…

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largest ariel war in history (operation “rolling thunder”)

61
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ground forces totaled…

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about 500,000 troopers

62
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americans lost about…

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six billion dollars worth of aircraft

63
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the tet offensive

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“the living room war”

64
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north and south vietnamese troops attacked…

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towns, cities, and military bases (US) throughout south vietnam

65
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the tet offensive was a…

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military defeat for the communists

66
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however, the tet offensive was a…

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crucial political victory for the communists

67
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johnson scaled back on…

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war effort

68
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military policy in a democracy can be affected by…

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popular opinion

69
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johnson refused…

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a second term

70
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nixon gradually withdrew troops but…

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increased the bombing

71
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nixon bombed…

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the vietcong safe-havens in cambodia, a neutral country

72
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this was an illegal act…

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kept from congress that did not work

73
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the american response was…

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negative (kent state)

74
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treaty between the united states and north vietnam

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(“peace with honor”) the civil war went on for two more years

75
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north vietnam mounted an offensive and…

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south vietnam suddenly collapsed

76
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president ford…

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did nothing

77
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vietnam was a war without…

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fronts or territorial progress

78
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the only measure of progress was…

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a body count (“search and destroy”)

79
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the united states used herbicides to…

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kill the forest cover and food crops (agent orange) (health hazards)

80
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the united states never won…

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the support of the south vitenamese people

81
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as time went on, the united states and south vietnam

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did not get along

82
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vietnam - victory/deafeat

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for the united states - it was a military victory but political defeat

83
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a domestic result of the vietnam war is the…

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continued distrust of the government

84
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war powers act

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inform the house and senete within 48 hours of involvement in fighting, bring the troops home within 90 days or get approval to stay

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