Unit 3 Sem 2 Reversed

Question 1

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An important set of laws passed by the U.S. Congress. The act made it illegal to have separate schools for different races. It also became illegal to have separate public areas for different races.

Answer 1

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 2

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The social programs suggested by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The results of the program included federal money for education and medical care for older people.

Answer 2

Great Society

Question 3

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The name given to two events in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam on August 2 and August 4, 1964 . Ships belonging to the United States and North Vietnam fired on each other. This led the U.S. Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson the power to respond to attacks.

Answer 3

Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Question 4

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Legal action the U.S. Congress passed to give President Lyndon B. Johnson power to respond to attacks against U.S. forces in Vietnam. This was in response to armed conflict in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam. President Johnson used the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to increase U.S. military forces in Vietnam.

Answer 4

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 5

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(1890 – 1969) A Communist leader of North Vietnam. He led the country from 1945 until his death in 1969.

Answer 5

Ho Chi Minh

Question 6

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(1908 – 1973) The 36th president of the United States, completing the term of John F. Kennedy after Kennedy was assassinated, or murdered. He is remembered for his Great Society social programs in America and for greatly increasing American involvement in the Vietnam War.

Answer 6

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 7

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A federal and state system to provide health care for the needy.

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Medicaid

Question 8

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A federal system of health insurance for people 65 and older.

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Medicare

Question 9

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A term used by John F. Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960. It was used to name the programs and policies of his presidency.

Answer 9

New Frontier

Question 10

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(1901 – 1963) The first president of South Vietnam until his assassination, or murder, in 1963.

Answer 10

Ngo Dinh Diem

Question 11

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A 1969 Supreme Court decision stating that wearing black armbands in school was protected as free speech under the First Amendment and that a student’s free speech did not end, in the words of the Court, “at the schoolhouse gate.” The Des Moines school district had tried to stop students from wearing armbands in protest of the Vietnam War.

Answer 11

Tinker vs. Des Moines

Question 12

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A Native American civil rights organization. It was formed in 1968 to address issues concerning the American Indian community. It got national attention when it took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washington, D.C., in 1972 and the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973.

Answer 12

American Indian Movement

Question 13

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(1921 – 2006) An American writer and activist. Her book The Feminine Mystique helped create new interest in working for equality for women. She was one of the founders of NOW, the National Organization for Women.

Answer 13

Betty Friedan

Question 14

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The belief that African Americans should maintain pride in their culture, history, and African roots. Black nationalists support the creation of communities and businesses managed by African Americans.

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Black Nationalism

Question 15

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An African American organization formed in 1966 for self-defense against the police. The organization demanded more rights and social services for African Americans. Members did not accept the principle of nonviolence practiced by other civil rights groups.

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Black Panther Party

Question 16

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A political attitude and slogan, or saying, that came from the civil rights movement of the 1960s. It stressed pride in black culture and called for ways to support African American interests and values.

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Black Power

Question 17

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(1927 – 1993) A Mexican American farmworker and civil rights leader. He founded the United Farm Workers with Dolores Huerta. His work led to improvements for farmworkers.

Answer 17

Cesar Chavez

Question 18

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A movement that was started in the 1960s by young Mexican Americans. They called themselves Chicanos and called for pride in their culture’s roots. They were influenced by the Black Power movement.

Answer 18

Chicano Movement

Question 19

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(1936 – ) A member of the Ojibwe Indian tribe. He helped found the American Indian Movement, or AIM. He continues to be active in efforts to improve the lives of Native Americans.

Answer 19

Clyde Bellecourt

Question 20

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An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, first proposed in 1923, that would have given equal rights to women. It was not ratified, or approved.

Answer 20

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Question 21

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A movement that began in the late 1950s and fought to protect the rights of people with different sexual orientations.

Answer 21

Gay Rights Movement

Question 22

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(1930 – 1978) An American politician and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and helped pass a city gay rights law. He was assassinated, or killed, in 1978.

Answer 22

Harvey Milk

Question 23

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people. This refers to people whose sexual identity and behavior are not heterosexual.

Answer 23

LGBT

Question 24

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(1925 – 1965) An African American civil rights leader who was born Malcolm Little and changed his name after becoming a Muslim. He was originally in favor of blacks living separately from whites, but later called for the races to accept each other. He was assassinated, or murdered, while speaking at a civil rights event.

Answer 24

Malcolm X

Question 25

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A large civil rights organization formed in the 1960s that works to improve the lives and opportunities of Hispanic Americans.

Answer 25

National Council of La Raza

Question 26

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National Organization for Women, founded in 1966. It is the public voice for equal rights for women. It supported the Equal Rights Amendment, which was not ratified, or approved.

Answer 26

NOW

Question 27

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(1924 – ) An American political activist who is best known for being against the Equal Rights Amendment. She founded the Eagle Forum, a conservative organization.

Answer 27

Phyllis Schlafly

Question 28

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(1924 – 2005) An African American politician, teacher, and author. She was the first black woman to be elected to U.S. Congress.

Answer 28

Shirley Chisholm

Question 29

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(1941 – 1998) An African American civil rights leader. He was a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Panther Party. He came up with the term “Black Power.”

Answer 29

Stokely Carmichael

Question 30

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A series of violent conflicts between police and gay people at the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969. These events led to the modern gay rights movement.

Answer 30

Stonewall Riots

Question 31

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A policy in which the United States government tried to make American Indians living on reservations enter mainstream society. Under the Termination Policy, tribes were no longer seen as sovereign nations, and many reservations lost federal support for schools, police, and social services.

Answer 31

Termination Policy

Question 32

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A 1972 law passed by Congress stating that no one, male or female, could be stopped from taking part in any educational program or activity that receives money from the federal government.

Answer 32

Title IX

Question 33

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The American space mission, or operation, that first landed men on the moon in July 1969.

Answer 33

Apollo 11

Question 34

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A culture whose behavior is not accepted and normal in society. This term usually refers to the culture developed by young people in the 1960s and 1970s, partly in protest to U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Answer 34

Counterculture

Question 35

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Members of a cultural movement in the 1960s that was against the American culture of the time. Hippies were known for peace protests, drug use, and open sexual behavior. Their culture influenced art, music, and philosophy, or ways of thinking.

Answer 35

Hippies

Question 36

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(1924 – present) The 39th president of the United States. He created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He helped Egypt and Israel end their war and sign a peace treaty. He has been involved in many human rights activities since he left the presidency.

Answer 36

Jimmy Carter

Question 37

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An art movement that began in the 1950s. It shows scenes from everyday life and uses methods similar to advertising, comic books, and other current forms of communication.

Answer 37

Pop Art

Question 38

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(1911 – 2004) The 40th president of the United States. His presidency saw large tax cuts, less government spending, and less government control of business. There were also several military actions in other parts of the world to fight against Communism. He was injured in an assassination attempt.

Answer 38

Ronald Reagan

Question 39

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The area around the Great Lakes, the upper Midwest, and the mid-Atlantic states where steel and iron industries were located. The term rust refers to the rusty gates outside of factories that were no longer being used. Many of these factories had closed during the 1970s.

Answer 39

Rust Belt

Question 40

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A Christian preacher or minister who uses television to preach to large audiences.

Answer 40

Televangelist

Question 41

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The easing of the tense Cold War relationships between the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.

Answer 41

Detente

Question 42

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(1913 – 2006) The 38th president of the United States. He was the vice president under Richard Nixon and became president when Nixon resigned, or quit, on August 9, 1974.

Answer 42

Gerald Ford

Question 43

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(1923 – ) A German-born political expert. He served as national security adviser and Secretary of State for Presidents Nixon and Ford.

Answer 43

Henry Kissinger

Question 44

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A conflict between Iran and the United States from November 1979 to January 1981. Iran held 52 Americans against their will for 444 days, releasing them just after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president.

Answer 44

Iranian Hostage Crisis

Question 45

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A revolution in Iran that drove out the shah, Iran’s ruler, in January 1979. The shah had been friendly to the United States. The new government was a militant, Islamic republic.

Answer 45

Iranian Revolution

Question 46

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The shortage of oil that resulted when oil-producing countries stopped selling oil to the United States. The oil-producing countries were protesting U.S. support for Israel in Israel’s war against Egypt.

Answer 46

Oil Crisis of 1973

Question 47

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Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, formed in 1960. Twelve member nations making decisions together on policies that would be in their best interest for keeping the world’s oil market stable.

Answer 47

OPEC

Question 48

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The exchange of Ping-Pong players between the United States and China. The event marked an improvement in the relations between the two countries.

Answer 48

Ping-Pong Diplomacy

Question 49

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, a 1972 agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each country had.

Answer 49

SALT

Question 50

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A document issued by the United States and China in which the two nations pledged to work toward better relations.

Answer 50

Shanghai Communique

Question 51

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Diplomacy in which an outside party travels back and forth between countries to help them reach an agreement. Henry Kissinger practiced shuttle diplomacy in an attempt to stop the Yom Kippur War between Israel and several Arab states, including Egypt and Syria.

Answer 51

Shuttle Diplomacy

Question 52

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The policy of making South Vietnamese forces responsible for the defense of South Vietnam in order to withdraw U.S. troops.

Answer 52

Vietnamization

Question 53

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A political scandal in the 1970s. Men were arrested for breaking into the offices of the Democratic Party in Washington, D.C. This crime was eventually linked to President Richard Nixon, which caused him to leave the presidency, or resign, in 1974.

Answer 53

Watergate Scandal