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1
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Bringer of Light is the meaning for ______.

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Ho Chi Minh

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_______ ended the war in Vietnam.

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Richard Nixon

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The _________ Offensive consisted of North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces on the Vietnamese New Year.

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Tet

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4
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Guardsmen opened fire on students at ______.

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Kent State

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The ___ were the regular army of North Vietnam.

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Vietminh

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The United States turned defense of South Vietnam over to the Vietnamese through _____________.

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Vietnamization

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What event threw the Democratic Party into chaos during this time?

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the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy

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The Tonkin Gulf Resolution of _____ was rescinded by the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

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1964

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A(n) _________ was a place where members of the hippie counterculture lived together without private property.

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commune

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10
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The type of war fought in Vietnam was called a war of ____________.

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containment

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11
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People who chose to evade the draft were called draft ____________.

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dodgers

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12
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The oil producing and exporting nations are often called _________

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OPEC

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13
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The automobile industry caused ___ to become an important export from Indochina.

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rubber

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14
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The United States interfered in Vietnam trying to stop the ___________ effect of nations falling to communism.

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domino

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15
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Operation Rolling ___________ was the name of the U.S. bombing operation at the beginning of the Vietnam War.

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Thunder

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16
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The _________ Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.

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Twenty-sixth

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17
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A relaxing of tensions between the United States and communist powers was termed ___________.

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détente

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18
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Several small nations on the Indochina peninsula were put together to form ___.

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French Indochina

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The ___ Trail was used by the North Vietnamese to supply their troops.

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Ho Chi Minh

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20
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The ______ family brought suit for the right of silent protest.

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Tinker

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21
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The ___ controlled Indochina during World War II.

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Japanese

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What caused the credibility gap that existed for President Johnson in the early 1970s?

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Americans became skeptical of reports regarding the progress of the war after the Tet Offensive.

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23
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A war was fought between Israel and Arab nations on the Israeli holiday called ____________.

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Yom Kippur

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24
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Affirmative action programs have been criticized as ___ discrimination.

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reverse

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_____ means the number or percentage of minorities that were to be recruited.

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Quota

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26
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______ gave Native Americans on the reservation the same rights as other citizens.

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Indian Civil Rights Act

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a strong preference or treatment based upon a person’s sex

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gender bias

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28
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a group that believes women’s rights are equal to men’s rights

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feminists

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29
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The term ___ meant that agencies, businesses, and universities would take positive steps to insure the inclusion of minorities.

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affirmative action

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30
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______ are lands owned by Native Americans that are not subject to governmental control.

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Reservations

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31
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Who chaired President Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women?

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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32
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The ___ of President Johnson included environmental programs.

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Great Society

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33
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The word Ecology was used to denote ___.

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concern for the preservation of natural resources

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34
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______ is a pesticide that caused the death of many animals.

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DDT

35
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What was the name of Betty Friedan’s important book on women’s issues?

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The Feminine Mystique

36
Q

The Equal Rights Amendment ___.

A

failed to be ratified by the required number of states

37
Q

______ wrote Silent Spring.

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Rachel Carson

38
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Alcatraz and ___________ were sites of Native American protests.

A

Wounded Knee

39
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By 1960, there were approximately ___ Hispanics living in the United States.

A

three million

40
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_______ means the type of segregation that occurs based upon where people live.

A

Natural segregation

41
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As a result of Mendez v. Westminster, _______ signed legislation ending discrimination against Hispanic school children in California.

A

Earl Warren

42
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_______ founded the American G.I. Forum.

A

Dr. Hector Garcia

43
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___ ruled that education is not a fundamental right.

A

San Antonio v. Rodriguez

44
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The court case ___ guaranteed that parents’ interests outweighed the interests of the state.

A

Wisconsin v. Yoder

45
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The Supreme Court recognized that Hispanics were often treated as a recognized ___.

A

class

46
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The men who broke into the Democratic Campaign Headquarters were charged with ________.

A

burglary

47
Q

Latinos were considered ___.

A

part of the White race

48
Q

Hispanics who were discriminated against could sue on the basis of ________ bias.

A

racial

49
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___ allowed forced busing as a means of integrating public schools.

A

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

50
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Discrimination against Hispanics in Texas schools ended in 1957 in ___.

A

Herminca Hernandez et al. v. Consolidated ISD

51
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Hispanics were often treated as migrant workers, even when they were ________ residents.

A

permanent

52
Q

The President’s conversations in the ______________ were recorded.

A

Oval Office

53
Q

In 1989, the court case ___ required a more equitable system of public school funding in Texas.

A

Edgewood v. Kirby

54
Q

In 1972, Republican Party workers broke into Democratic Campaign Headquarters at the ___.

A

Watergate Hotel

55
Q

By 1960, there were approximately ___ Hispanics living in the United States.

A

three million

56
Q

As a result of Mendez v. Westminster, _______ signed legislation ending discrimination against Hispanic school children in California.

A

Earl Warren

57
Q

_______ founded the American G.I. Forum

A

Dr. Hector Garcia

58
Q

___ ruled that education is not a fundamental right.

A

San Antonio v. Rodriguez

59
Q

The court case ___ guaranteed that parents’ interests outweighed the interests of the state.

A

Wisconsin v. Yoder

60
Q

The Supreme Court recognized that Hispanics were often treated as a recognized ___.

A

class

61
Q

The men who broke into the Democratic Campaign Headquarters were charged with ________.

A

burglary

62
Q

Latinos were considered ___.

A

part of the White race

63
Q

Hispanics who were discriminated against could sue on the basis of ________ bias.

A

racial

64
Q

___ allowed forced busing as a means of integrating public schools.

A

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

65
Q

Discrimination against Hispanics in Texas schools ended in 1957 in ___.

A

Herminca Hernandez et al. v. Consolidated ISD

66
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Hispanics were often treated as migrant workers, even when they were ________ residents.

A

permanent

67
Q

The President’s conversations in the ______________ were recorded.

A

Oval Office

68
Q

In 1989, the court case ___ required a more equitable system of public school funding in Texas.

A

Edgewood v. Kirby

69
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The ____ supported workers during a table grapes strike in California.

A

UFWA

70
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_______ refers to the effort to preserve the freedom of countries by stopping the spread of communism.

A

Containment

71
Q

The ___________ Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.

A

Twenty-sixth

72
Q

The ___________ were North Vietnamese sympathizers in South Vietnam.

A

Viet Cong

73
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Minority issues in the 1970s included ________, housing, and discrimination in the work place.

A

education

74
Q

_______ testified that President Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in.

A

John Dean

75
Q

________ is the movement that supports environmental causes.

A

Ecology

76
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__________ of the Educational Amendments guaranteed that girls could participate in public school activities.

A

Title IX

77
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_________ is a set of positive steps for insuring that minorities are represented.

A

Affirmative action

78
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______ is the Vietnamese New Year.

A

Tet

79
Q

______ organized farm laborers.

A

Dolores Huerta

80
Q

The ________ War started on an Israeli holiday.

A

Yom Kippur

81
Q

Was Roe v. Wade a minority or educational issue?

A

minority

82
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France placed several nations together in southeastern Asia to create French __________.

A

Indochina

83
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______ is a term used to describe the concern that nations of Asia would fall one after another to communism.

A

Domino effect

84
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__________ was the process of turning over the defense of South Vietnam to the South Vietnamese.

A

Vietnamization

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