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1
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Who said “the buck stops here”

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Harry Truman

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How did too much money create a problem

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Shortages, inflation, higher prices

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Benefits to the veterans, gave them unemployment for a year, financial aid, loans

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G.I. bill

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4
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Who said “Do nothing congress”

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Truman

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5
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What phrase means Truman is to blame for inflation, shortages, strikes, mistakes

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“To err is Truman”

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Very anti union, labor management relations act,

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Taft Hartley act

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Which amendment limits presidents to 2 terms

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22nd amendment

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Segregation not by law, but by practice

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De facto segregation

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Major League Baseball player who broke color barrier

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Jackie Robinson

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Used by congress to prevent voting on anything dealing with civil rights, delay tactic unlimited debate

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Filibustering

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Linda browns young NAACP lawyer that argues segregation violated 14th amendment

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Thurgood Marshall

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12
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9 black students try to attend a white school, met with violence and riots/protests

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Little Rock nine

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Black boy visiting relatives, was brutally beaten and murdered, thrown into a lake.

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Emmett till

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14
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To combine blacks and whites

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Integrate

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15
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People had more money to spend after war

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Affluent society

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16
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Man who wrote controversial studies on sexual behavior

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Dr Alfred kinsey

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17
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Birmingham was also called

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Bombingham

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18
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Commissioner of public safety in Birmingham, told the police department and firefighters to hurt the protestors

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Bull Conner

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19
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Applied for ole miss and was rejected, filed a lawsuit

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James Meredith

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20
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Leader of naacp, murdered

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Medgar Evers

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21
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Us attorney general, fought for civil rights, sent troops to help people

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Robert Kennedy

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22
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Gov of Alabama, wanted segregation, now and tomorrow

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George Wallace

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23
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Blacks protesting segregated buses

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Freedom riders

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24
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200000 blacks and whites marched to Washington to protest civil rights

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March on Washington

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Led march on Washington, leader for civil rights

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MLK jr

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26
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4 young girls killed here, bombed by racists

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16th street Baptist church

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27
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Amendment that outlaws the poll tax

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24th amendment, civil rights act of 1964

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28
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March from Selma to Montgomery eventually led to the

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Voting rights act of 1965

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Democrat president after jfk, “war on poverty”

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Lyndon b Johnson

30
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Republican candidate, extreme conservative, against civil rights

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Barry Goldwater

31
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Supreme Court ruled gov must provide attorney free of charge to anyone

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Gideon v. Wainwright

32
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Supreme Court ruled person accused must be read their rights

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Miranda v. Arizona

33
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Leader of Nation of Islam, believed African Americans should separate themselves completely

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Elijah Muhammad

34
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Leader of the black Muslims, real name was Malcom little

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Malcom x

35
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Place Muslims journey to, changed Malcom x’s views on integration.

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Mecca

36
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Guy who assassinated mlk

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James earl gray

37
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Programs that hire minority groups

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Affirmative action programs

38
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Ally to us, against Japan during ww2, became a communist, wanted to dominate Vietnam

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Ho chi minh

39
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Hit and run, ambush style of fighting

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Guerrilla warfare

40
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Controlled south, backed by us, fighting against ho Chi, communist

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Ngo dinh diem

41
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Communists in south Vietnam were called

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Vietcong

42
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3500 marines sent to protect our air bases

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Da nang

43
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Massacre led by calley, in Vietnam

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My lai

44
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Phrase referring to being able to watch the war on their tv

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“Living room war”

45
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Helicopter pilot who tried to evacuate civilians under attack from Charlie’s company

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Hugh Thompson

46
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Supported the war, must contain communism

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Hawks

47
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Opposed the war

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Doves

48
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Chemical sprayed over jungles to kill plant life

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Agent orange

49
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Commander of American forces, developed search and destroy strategy

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William west Moreland

50
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Secretary of defense for jfk and lbj, left position for world bank

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Robert McNamara

51
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North Vietcong launched this on south’s major cities

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Tet offensive

52
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Vietnam veteran, spoke to foreign relations committee, currently Secretary of State

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John Kerry

53
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Almost defeated Lyndon Johnson in primary election

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Eugene McCarthy

54
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Johnson’s Vice President, democratic candidate

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Hubert Humphrey

55
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Shot Robert Kennedy

A

Sirhan sirhan

56
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Chicago Mayor who ordered police to shoot to kill to get rid of chaos on the streets

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Mayor Daley

57
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Youth international party, made fun of society

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Yippies

58
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Defendant, found in contempt of court of the Chicago 8

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Bobby seale

59
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Men accused of starting riots

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The Chicago 8

60
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Concert where hippies and college kids camped out

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Woodstock

61
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Radical group that suggested violence against the system

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Black panthers

62
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College students protesting, going against society’s rules

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Counterculture

63
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Former department of defense analyst, photocopied study and spread it to newspapers

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Daniel Ellsberg

64
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Study called history of the us decision making process in Vietnam, ordered by Robert McNamara, pattern of incompetence, deception

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Pentagon papers

65
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Taught how to structure families, said mothers should stay home not work

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Fr Benjamin Spock

66
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Feminist leader who wrote the feminine mystique

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Betty Friedan

67
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Forbids discrimination by sex

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Equal rights amendment

68
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Connecticut law banning contraception

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Griswold vs Connecticut

69
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Ruling legalized abortion based on womens right to privacy

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Roe v wade

70
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The easing of hostility between nations

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Detente

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