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Nickname for LBJ

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Master of legislative compromise

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How many major bills passed with LBJ

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181/200

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What was the great society

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Plan for domestic reform

Abundance, Liberty, end to poverty and racial injustice

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Lbj’s war on poverty

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Persuaded congress to pass Medicare and Medicaid
Healthcare to the needy
Improved American Indian reservations

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What opportunities did LBJ provide

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27 women to upper level government positions

Mexican Americans in high positions overseeing Mexican American affairs

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What is segregation

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The enforced separation of different racial groups

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When did segregation become legal

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1896

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What was brown vs. board of education

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NAACP challenges segregation by sending Lynda Brown to a nearby white school instead of far black school
Overturned plessy vs. Ferguson
Separate is inherently not equal
Separating children of different races is unconstitutional

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When did the little rock 9 start

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1957

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Who were the little rock nine

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9 African American students enrolled at little rock central high school
Mass protest
Eisenhower sends 101st airborne to enforce desegregation

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When was the bus boycott

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1957

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Where was the bus boycott

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Montgomery

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What was the bus boycott

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NAACP seeks end to segregation in transportation in south
Back for blacks, front for whites
Rosa parks is arrested for refusing to give up seats
MLKJ organizes

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How old was MLKJ

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26

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What was MLKJ

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Baptist minister who organized non-violent protest

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What was the civil rights act of 1957

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Protected black right to vote

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When were the freedom riders

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1960

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What did the freedom riders do

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Rode buses through southern cities in protest

Arrested and beaten

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When was the march on Washington

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1963

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What happened at the March on Washington

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I have a dream speech

What america could and should be

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What was the civil rights act of 1964

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Banned discrimination in employment

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What happened to MLKJ

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Assassinated in Memphis 1968

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Who was Malcolm X

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Member of Nation of Islam
Encouraged violent protest until he visited Mecca
Assassinated by Nation of Islam 1965

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What did Ho Chi Minh do

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Declared Vietnam independent from France 1945
Organized communist government
Defeated French in 1954

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Who did America support
South Vietnam
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What was the Vietcong
Guerrilla tactic warriors fighting against pro US government in the south
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What does JFK send
900 military advisers in 1960 | 16000 by 1963
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What was the Tonkin gulf resolution
Passed by congress Gave Johnson more authority over military to prevent further aggression President can conduct war without declaring war
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US strategy in Vietnam
Rolling thunder | Ground war
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What was rolling thunder
Superior air power to break N. Vietnam | Bombing campaigns
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Ground war
Us troops sent in to subdue VC Frustrated by guerrilla tactics Invisible enemy who is everywhere
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When was the tet offensive
1968
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What was the tet offensive
Surprise attack from VC 84000 Vietcong soldiers hit 100 cities and 12 US bases Technical victory for US 40000 Vietcong killed
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What did Americans feel after tet
War is endless | Anti Johnson
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Who were the doves
Against war
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Who were the Hawks
More bombings and more troops
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Who were the SDS
Students for a democratic society | Movement attracted broad range of people against war
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Nixon's 1968 campaign
End war and get troops out of Vietnam Turn fighting over to South Vietnamese Bombings increased and fighting continued
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End of Vietnam war
Cease fire agreed January 27, 1973 | South Vietnam overrun in 1975
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About the baby boomers
Different experience than elders | Frustrated by organization and structures
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About college students
Actively protested discrimination and war | Sit ins
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What organizations did baby boomers hate
Governments Corporations Universities
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When was the summer of love
1969
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What was the summer of love
``` Young people disillusioned with organized political action Abandoned traditions and social norms Drugs Communes Woodstock ```
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What was Woodstock
Music and art fair 1969 500000 flower children in bethel New York 3 days of peace love and music
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Women activism
Inspired by civil rights movement | Challenged cult of domesticity
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Who was Betty Friedan
Wrote the feminine mystique 1963 Middle class home a concentratoin camp National organization for women Struggle alone with home activities, afraid to ask is this all
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What was the national organization for women
Led efforts to end job discrimination | Legalize abortion
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Roe versus wade
1973 | Supreme Court rules states cannot forbid abortion in the first three months of pregnancy
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What did Hispanics do in WWII
Skilled jobs | Established American identity
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Who was Cesar Chavez
Founded farm workers association Organized boycott of grapes in San Joaquin valley California Helped improve wages and working conditions
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What was the farm workers association
Fought for equal rights in education and employment
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Nixon's domestic policy
Increased school desegregation efforts Ended draft Looked to to fix economic crisis
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Nixon and the economy
Vietnam war expensive Inflation rising Gas shortage prices increase Nixon froze wages for 90 days with no success
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Nixon's international policy
Denounced America's role as the anti-communist policeman | Interest shape commitments, not vice versa
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China 1972
Nixon visits Beijing | Us recognizes China as a country
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Moon landing
1969 Astronauts land on moon Neil Armstrong
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1972 election
Nixon wins 49 states
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Watergate scandal
Burglars broke into watergate hotel Investigation leads to Nixon denying involvement - not a crook Tape recordings of meetings in the Oval Office not given to Supreme Court because of presidential privilege Nixon hands over tapes and resigns
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What is the organization of petrol exporting countries about
OPEC | Arab members increase price for western countries and caused shortage because of western aid to Israel
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What did ford do
Pardoned Nixon Wanted to heal the country Witnessed Vietnam and Cambodia fall to communism
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Election of 1976
Carter democrat versus ford republican Lowest voter turn out Carter wins 41 million to 39 million
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Carter's actions
Amnesty to draft dodgers | Camp David accords
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What is a draft dodger
Young man who fled to Canada to avoid Vietnam
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What were the camp David accords
Brought Egypt and Israel together to arrange peace agreement Israel gives back Sinai peninsula Egypt recognizes Israel as sovereign nation
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WHO WAS AYATOLLAH ruhollah khomani
Fundamentalist Muslim Believed in militant Islamic values Toppled government in Iran, exiled shah Wanted to expel western influence
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What does Carter do in Iranian crisis
Let's former shah to undergo cancer treatment in America
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What does Iran do when Carter helps
Mob storms embassy and captures 52 hostages Carter sends failed mission in April 1980 Hostages released hours after Carter leaves office
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Family in the 70s
Both parents work Birth rates drop Divorce rates rise
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Director of the 70s
Spielberg
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Spielberg movies
Jaws Close encounters of the third kind Raiders of the lost ark ET
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Music
Disco | Pop
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Disco
Bee gees staying alive
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Pop
Michael Jackson | Off the wall
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About space program
Skylab is first us space station launched 1973 | Us and Soviets collaborate on missions
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Computers
Microprocessor invented 1971 Bill gates improves Altair 8800 1977 and founds Microsoft Steve jobs and Stephen Wozniak found Apple as a smaller PC that revolutionized the computer industry
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1980 election
Reagan republican versus Carter democrat | Republican wins
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Nickname for Reagan
Great communicator
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About Reagan communicating
Hollywood actor Governor of California Committed to conservatism Government not solution to problem, it is the problem
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Defensive building
Reagan increases military spending Nuclear arms race Development of strategic defensive initiative - Star Wars Defensive satellites against nuclear missiles
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Reagonomics
``` Supply side economics Decreased taxes will spur economic growth Deregulation of domestic markets Cut taxes Favored wealthy ```
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Iran contra affair
US secretly sells weapons to Iran and sends money to contras fighting communism in government after congress forbode aid
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Who is held responsible for Iran contra
Lieutenant colonel Oliver north | Reagan criticized for failure to manage White House officials
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Lebanon
Consumed by war Muslim versus Christian Capital Beirut 241 Americans killed in suicide bombs at HQ
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Scaled back military spending and imperial ambitions | Institutes economic policies of glastnost - openness
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Ending of war
``` Berlin Wall comes down Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall Germany reunited 1990 Enemies of Gorbachev fail to seize power Communists dissolve Soviet republics declare independence ```
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What did LBJ say
Reassured Americans he planned to continue kennedy's policies

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