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Review: Lectures 27-28 Flashcards

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VV Campaign

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Propaganda campaign encouraging women to take industrial jobs during WWII.

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Executive Order 9981

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Truman’s order to desegregate US military, ending racial discrimination.

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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - civil rights organization.

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CORE

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Congress of Racial Equality - civil rights organization founded in 1942.

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SNCC

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SNCC: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a civil rights organization.

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Ella Baker

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Civil rights activist who mentored MLK and founded SNCC.

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Brown v Board of Education

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US Supreme Court case that banned segregation in public schools.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott (Rosa Parks)

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African-American civil rights protest against segregated bus seating in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Martin Luther King

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Civil rights activist who advocated for racial equality and justice.

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Greensboro Sit-In

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1960 civil rights protest at Woolworth’s segregated lunch counter, Greensboro, NC.

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Freedom Rides

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Civil rights activists challenging segregation on interstate buses in 1961.

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Battle for Birmingham

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Civil rights campaign to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963.

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Civil Rights of 1964

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US law prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, origin.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Federal law prohibiting racial discrimination in voting practices and procedures.

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Black Panther Party

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A Black political organization that advocated for self-defense and equality.

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John F. Kennedy

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35th US President, known for civil rights advocacy and assassination.

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Camelot

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The idealized time of the Kennedy presidency in the US by his wife.

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Peace Corps

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US government program sending volunteers abroad for international development and diplomacy.

19
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War on Poverty

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Government initiative to reduce poverty and increase opportunity in America.

20
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Jobs Corp

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US federal job training program for low-income youth and young adults.

21
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VISTA

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Volunteers in Service to America: A US federal service program.

22
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William F. Buckley

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Conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review magazine.

23
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Barry Goldwater

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Barry Goldwater was a conservative US Senator and 1964 presidential candidate.

24
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The Great Society

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Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic program aimed at reducing poverty and inequality.

25
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Medicare

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US federal health insurance program for people over 65 or disabled.

26
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The Immigration Act of 1965

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Law that abolished national origin quotas, allowing more diverse immigration.

27
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Lyndon B. Johnson

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36th President of the United States, serving from 1963-1969.

28
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Bobby Kennedy

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Bobby Kennedy: US Attorney General, Senator, and Presidential candidate, assassinated 1968.

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Richard Nixon

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37th US president, served from 1969 to 1974, resigned amid scandal.

30
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Roe v Wade

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1973 US Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide.

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ERA

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ERA stands for Equal Rights Amendment, seeking to guarantee gender equality.

32
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Détente

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ERA stands for Equal Rights Amendment, seeking to guarantee gender equality.

33
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Henry Kissinger

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Former US Secretary of State and influential political strategist/diplomat.

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Watergate

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Scandal involving Nixon’s administration’s attempted cover-up of a break-in.

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Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique)

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Betty Friedan authored “The Feminine Mystique,” a pivotal feminist book.

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NOW

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National Organization for Women - advocacy group for gender equality.

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Title IX

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US law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in education programs.

38
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DEA

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DEA is a US federal law enforcement agency combating drug trafficking.

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