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U.S. History: Sem. 2 (Ch 20-21) Vocab Flashcards

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in this case, the Supreme Court required criminal courts to provide free legal counsel to those who could not afford it

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Gideon vs. Wrainwright

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Kennedy’s legislative program for progress

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New Frontier

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This barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere

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Limited Test Ban Treaty

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This separated East Berlin from West Berlin

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Berlin Wall

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He squared off against Kennedy during the Berlin crisis

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Nikita Khrushchev

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First African-American cabinet member

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Robert Weaver

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this replaced the national origins system with a new quota system that allowed more people from outside of Europe to settle in the U.S.

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Immigration Act of 1965

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this term refers to the way in which states redraw election districts based on the changing number of people in them

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reapportionment

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in this case, the Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be “read their rights” before questioning

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Miranda vs. Arizona

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this was a direct communication link set up by Kennedy during Kennedy’s presidency

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hot line

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He lost the 1960 presidential election

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Richard Nixon

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first American to enter space

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Alan Shepard

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Kennedy’s secretary of defense

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Robert McNamara

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a Kennedy established volunteer program to assist developing countries

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Peace Corps

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in this case, the Supreme Court ruled that the accused can have a lawyer present during police questioning

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Escobedo vs. Illinois

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this banned prayer in public schools and brought about change in federal and state reapportionment and the criminal justice system

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Warren Court

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in this case, the Supreme Court ruled that evidence seized illegally could not be used in court

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Mapp vs. Ohio

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this provided medical insurance for most Americans age 65 and older

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Medicare

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this military strategy was adopted during the Kennedy presideny

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massive retaliation

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He accepted Soviet aid for Cuba

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Fidel Castro

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this involved an invasion of Cuba

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Bay of Pigs

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Kennedy’s Secretary of State

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Dean Rusk

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first person to enter space

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Yuri Gargarin

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this strategy was intended to broaden America’s range of options during international crises by “strengthening and modernizing the military’s ability to fight a nonnuclear war”

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flexible response

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this created Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start

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Economic Opopurtunity

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this provided federal aid to help public and parochial schools purchase textbooks and new library materials

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Elementary and Secondary Education

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a Kennedy established program to provide economic and technical assistance for Latin America

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Alliance for Progress

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his religious beliefs were an important issue of the 1960 presidential campaign

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JFK

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Author of the book “The Other America”

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Michael Harrington

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this legislative program summed up President Johnson’s vision for America

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Great Society

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in this case, the Supreme Court established the principle of “one person, one vote”

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Baker vs. Carr

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First person to walk on the moon

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Neil Armstrong

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this provided free or low cost medical insurance to welfare recipients

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Medicaid

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technique used in the Civil Rights movement to desegregate lunch counters

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sit-ins

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the Supreme Court rules in this case that a Louisiana law requiring “separate but equal” public accommodations is constitutional

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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this political party was formed against police brutality in the ghetto

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Black Panthers

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the goal of this was to study the causes of urban violence

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Kerner Commisssion

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person arrested for refusing to give u p a bus seat to a white man

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Rosa Parks

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he spoke of his dream during the March on Washington

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MLK, Jr.

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the Civil Rights Act of 1965 was passed during his presidency

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LBJ

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King objected to the use of this slogan because he believed it provoked violence

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Black Power

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Civil Rights leader who became impatient with nonviolence and called for “Black Power”

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Stokely Carmichael

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group founded under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr. for the purpose of carrying out nonviolent campaigns against segregation and racism

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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by campaigning to register African-American voters, it hoped to attract national attention and influence Congress to pass a voting rights act

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Freedom Summer

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this was outlawed by the Civil Righs Act of 1875

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segregtation

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his eliminated the literacy test and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters denied by local officials

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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televised scenes of violence during this event convinced Lyndon Johnson to ask Congress for swift passage of a voting rights act

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Selma to Montgomery

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the head of the NAACP group of lawyers that argued the Brown v Board of Education case before Congress

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Thurgood Marshall

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not long before his assassination, a trip to Mecca helped to soften his attitude toward white people. He began preaching a message of ballots or bullets

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Malcolm X

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they tested the Supreme Court decisions banning segregation on interstate bus routes and facilities in bus terminals

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Freedom Riders

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this is segregation that exists by law

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de jure segregation

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its goal was to persuade Congress to pass Kennedy’s civil rights bill

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March on Washington

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he was the first African-American student to attend the University of Mississippi

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James Meredith

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this segregation exists by practice and custom

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de facto segregation

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