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Two China’s

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Mao Zedong communist takeover America refused recognition until 79

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Vietminh

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Communist Vietnam nationalists

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Douglas MacArthur

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In charge of Japanese reconstruction

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Flexible response

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Kennedy policy, expanded military responses beyond nuclear power. Utilized green berets, exc

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The other America

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Michael Harrington put spotlight on poor America 1962

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Great society

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LBJ civil reforms, short term not liked, long term reform
Highway reform, enviernmental reform, immigration, black rights, women’s rights ,

Civil rights act of 1964

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Rachel Carson

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Silent spring, pesticides

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Selma to Montgomery

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Bloody Sunday, March for voting rights

LBJ sends protective federal troops

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Malcolm x

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Criticizes king as subservient to whites, advocates black violence, inspires black power

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Stokely Carmichael

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New chairman of SNCC

BLACK POWER and racial separatism

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Black panthers

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Black power , Huey Newton, bobby seale . Carry weapons

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Voting rights act of 1965

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Partially triggers watts riots, (directly caused by arrest of black by police)
Six day riot

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King murder riots effect on whites

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White backlash against civil rights movement/political votes

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Warren court

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Proponent of individual rights
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Liberal as f

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Baker vs Carr

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Unconstitutional for rural preference in state legislation houses

Equal representation for all men, one man one vote

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Tom Hayden

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Leader of SDS , voted and protested various university reforms and anti war shit

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Weathermen

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Radical branch of SDS extremist,

Violent

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Alfred Kinsey

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Scientist researched prevalence of taboo sexual patterns (gay, premarital sex, exc)

Contributed to changing attitudes concerning sex

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NOW

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Betty Friedan (famine mystique, problem with no name)
Equal treatment for women
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EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT ERA

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Supported by now , defeated as result of conservative scum

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Tonkin gulf revolution

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Give president unabridged military power without congress

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Tet offensive

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Turning point of American support of Vietnam as it is viewed as a tragedy on tv at home

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Peace talks

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Deadlocked, no ground gained

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Hawks v doves

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Hawks support war , viewed it as communism ,

Doves believe it was viet civil war

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George Wallace

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Conservative candidate, criticized liberals in house of rep.

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Election of 1968

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Showed American people’s preference now for peaceful conservatism

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Vietnam under Nixon

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Going in, Nixon had 500,000 troops and an unsupportive America.
Vietnamization, bombings, peace talks, armistice, detente

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Nixon doctrine

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Future Asian allies would receive us support , but without ground forces

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SALT I

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Treaty with soviets (thanks to chinese relations) to limit ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction

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The new federalism

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Nixon domestic policy
Family assistance plan (defeated)
Shift domestic programs from federal to state levels

30 billion block grants to local governments

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Truman doctrine

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Containment
Request for money to assist small countries of Greece and turkey against communism

American responsibility