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U.S. History Final Units 8-9 Flashcards

1
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latino

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segregation

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process of seperating someone or something away from others

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lynching

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process of killing someone without any legal trials

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segregation- de facto

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segregation that happens over time without any laws such as the levittowns

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segregation- de jure

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segregation that happens with laws such as the jim crow laws

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affirmative action

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favoring others in a place of employment

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civil rights act (1964/1968)

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24th ammendment

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no taxes or polls to participate in voting

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EEOC

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responsible for enforcing fed. laws to make it illegal to discriminate in jobs

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Title IX

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protects discrimination against genders and gender identity

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great migration

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a huge movement from african-americans from the south to the north

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longoria incident/ zoot suit riots

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the zoot suit riots were riots against the zoot suiters who were latino people who wore big suits in the streets. some people didn’t like that and thought that the extra fabric should be used for soldiers and not people in the streets.

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12
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changes for women (WW2- 1950s)

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they were able to get and obtain jobs and provide for their fams

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jim crow legislation

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jim crow laws segregated blacks from whites.

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emmett till lynching

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emmett till got lynched because he “offended a white woman”. her husband and his brother went and attacked him and after he was attacked, he was unrecognizable

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termination policy

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martin luther king - non-violence

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thurgood marshall- NAACP/court

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elijiah muhammad- nation of islam

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malcom x - perspectives

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betty friedan - feminine mystique

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cesar chavez and dolores huerta - (UFW/grape boycott)

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heuy newton/bobby seale (black panthers/ militancy)

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james farmer/ george houser (CORE/sit-in movement)

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24
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russel means- AIM

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jose gutierrez - la raza unida

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26
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plessy vs. ferguson

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27
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brown vs. board of education

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28
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gideon vs. wainwright

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miranda vs. arizona

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30
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lemon vs. kurtzman

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31
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trust in the government

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32
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watergate

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33
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nixon

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iran-contra scandal

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ronald reagan

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36
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clinton scandal

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37
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perjury

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38
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obstruction of justice

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imperial presidency

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40
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israeli-arab conflict

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palestine

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42
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us relationship with arab nations

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43
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persian gulf war

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44
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kuwait

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45
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september 11, 2001

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46
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iraq conflict today

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47
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weapons of mass destruction

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48
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afghanistan

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49
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response to 9/11

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50
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osama bin laden

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51
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al qaeda

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52
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infidels

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53
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mujahhideen

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