Unit 9 Vocab Part 1 Flashcards
The Great Society
LBJ, dealt with mainly poverty and civil rights
“Long Hot Summers”
Riots in black neighborhoods in the 60s
Malcolm X
Leader of Black Muslims, opposed King’s strategy of nonviolent discrimination
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, protest racial discrimination w/o violence
Black Power
African Americans need to establish control of their political and economic lives
Affirmative Action
meant to open access to education and employment for people who have experienced discrimination
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Invalidated use of any test or device to deny the vote
Civil Rights Act of 1964
segregation illegal in all public facilities
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
authorized LBJ to wage war
New Left
Sought to end poverty, racism and Cold War politics
Immigration Act of 1965
Abolished the 1920s Quota Act
My Lai Massacre
Mass killing of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam
Tet Offensive
turning point, televised and made war seem less winnable
Vietnamization
US troops were taken out of Vietnam and Nixon replaced them w newly trained South Vietnamese troops
Counterculture
Rebellion against “the establishment,” Took form of nonconformity, hippies
Students for a Democratic Society
Drafted Port Huron statement (leftist), wanted to rid American society of poverty, racism and violence
The Feminine Mystique
Challenged gender roles, sparked second wave of feminism, Betty Friedan
Equal Rights Amendment
Written to guarantee equal rights for women, never passed
César Cháves
created UFW to help farmers get more pay and safer working conditions
Roe v Wade
Upheld abortion rights for women
Title IX
Passed to end gender discrimination in federal funded programs
War Powers Act
Repealed Tonkin Gulf, limited presidents ability to wage war without consent
Camp David Accords
Peace deal between Egypt and Israel
Iran-Hostage Crisis
52 citizens were held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran
Stagflation
when high inflation is coupled with high unemployment
Détente
Foreign policy created by Nixon, meant to relax tensions between US and the Communist World
Three Mile Island
human and mechanical failure occurred and created an escape of radiation
“graying of America”
aging of the American population
“Star Wars”
space-based nuclear defense system that was proposed by Reagan
Operation Desert Storm
United Nations coalition launched this to liberate Kuwait
NAFTA (Clinton)
eliminated all tariffs between the USA, Canada and Mexico
