Unit 9 Vocab Part One (mid 1960s-2000s) Flashcards

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The Great Society

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LBJ, dealt with mainly poverty and civil rights

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“Long Hot Summers”

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Riots in black neighborhoods in the 60s

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Malcolm X

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Leader of Black Muslims, opposed King’s strategy of nonviolent discrimination

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SNCC

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, protest racial discrimination w/o violence

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Black Power

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African Americans need to establish control of their political and economic lives

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Affirmative Action

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meant to open access to education and employment for people who have experienced discrimination

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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Invalidated use of any test or device to deny the vote

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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segregation illegal in all public facilities

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Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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authorized LBJ to wage war

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New Left

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Sought to end poverty, racism and Cold War politics

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Immigration Act of 1965

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Abolished the 1920s Quota Act

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My Lai Massacre

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Mass killing of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam

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Tet Offensive

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turning point, televised and made war seem less winnable

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Vietnamization

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US troops were taken out of Vietnam and Nixon replaced them w newly trained South Vietnamese troops

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Counterculture

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Rebellion against “the establishment,” Took form of nonconformity, hippies

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Students for a Democratic Society

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Drafted Port Huron statement (leftist), wanted to rid American society of poverty, racism and violence

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The Feminine Mystique

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Challenged gender roles, sparked second wave of feminism, Betty Friedan

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Equal Rights Amendment

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Written to guarantee equal rights for women, never passed

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César Cháves

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created UFW to help farmers get more pay and safer working conditions

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Roe v Wade

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Upheld abortion rights for women

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Title IX

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Passed to end gender discrimination in federal funded programs

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War Powers Act

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Repealed Tonkin Gulf, limited presidents ability to wage war without consent

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Camp David Accords

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Peace deal between Egypt and Israel

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Iran-Hostage Crisis

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52 citizens were held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran

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Stagflation

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when high inflation is coupled with high unemployment

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Détente

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Foreign policy created by Nixon, meant to relax tensions between US and the Communist World

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Three Mile Island

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human and mechanical failure occurred and created an escape of radiation

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“graying of America”

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aging of the American population

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“Star Wars”

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space-based nuclear defense system that was proposed by Reagan

30
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Operation Desert Storm

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United Nations coalition launched this to liberate Kuwait

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NAFTA (Clinton)

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eliminated all tariffs between the USA, Canada and Mexico