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Vocab Set 2 Flashcards

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Robert McNamara

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Secretary of Defense under Kennedy & LBJ (when Kennedy is assassinated)

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McGeorge Bundy

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Special assistant for national security affairs under Kennedy & LBJ (when Kennedy is assassinated)

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Bobby Kennedy

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Attorney General under Kennedy & LBJ (when Kennedy is assassinated)

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Yippies

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Youth International Party; anarchist party headed by Abbie Hoffman that opposed the Vietnam War & conformity; poured bags of dollars onto the New York Stock Exchange and carried pictures of LBJ upside down

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Abbie Hoffman

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co-founder of the Yippies with Jerry Rubin; wrote “Steal this Book” in 1971

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Black Panthers

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MOST CONTROVERSIAL of all the organizations in the 1960s; based in Oakland, Ca; inspiration to white and African American radicals; called for a socialist America; in the meantime they would protect the community + give free breakfast; associated w/ heroin and other crimes; members included Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver

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Cesar Chavez

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organized Chicano migrant farm workers in Ca to form the United Farm Workers of America

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United Farm Workers of America (1966)

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organization of Chicano migrant farm workers in CA started by Cesar Chavez; called for boycotts of grapes and lettuce

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American Indian Movement

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led by Dennis Banks and Russell Means; purpose was to obtain equal rights for Native Americans; protested at the site of the Wounded Knee massacre

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Conflict historiography

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current in 60s writing that didn’t just always show the good side of history; discussed history in terms of change caused by conflict and the actions of ordinary people

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Barry Gordy

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black entrepreneur in the 1960s and owner of the Motown record company

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Smokey Robinson

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Motown artist; “Tracks of My Tears”

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Supremes

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Motown group; “Stop in the Name of Love”

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Otis Redding

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Motown artist; “Try a Little Tenderness”

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Wilson Pickett

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Motown artist, “Mustang Sally”

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Timothy Leary

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LSD guru during the 1960s; leader of the hippies; believed in the “turn on, tune in, drop out” philosophy

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Alan Watts

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Wrote “The Way of Zen” in 1958; explained the philosophies of the Eastern world (meditation, spontaneous expression, etc.)

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Haight-Ashbury

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small San Francisco district; hippie-haven during the Summer of Love

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Summer of Love

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Summer of 1967; HIPPIES!

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Furman v. Georgia (1972)

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SC case under Warren Burger; declared the death penalty unconstitutional

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Backlash

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reaction of some whites to the Civil Rights Movement; movement of Southern Democrats into the Republican Party; whites sent their kids to private schools and moved to suburbs; criticized African Americans for taking advantage of welfare and affirmative action

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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

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Supreme Court case under Warren Burger; said that affirmative action is alright as long as there’s no quota involved

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William H. Rehnquist

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Nixon appointee to the SC; key figure in turning the court against its Warren precedents in the 80s along with Lewis Powell

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Lewis Powell

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Nixon appointee to the SC; key figure in turning the court against its Warren precedents in the 80s along with William H. Rehnquist

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Justice Harry Blackmun

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Nixon appointee to the SC; turned more liberal and defended Roe v. Wade and Furman v. Georgia later on

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Kate Millet

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part of the Second Wave of Feminism movement in the late 60s; wrote “Sexual Politics” (1970) that analyzed the oppression of housewives and how women were portrayed in literature an psychology

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Betty Friedan

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part of the Second Wave of Feminism movement in the late 60s; wrote “The Feminine Mystique” (1963) that lent ammunition to the movement

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National Organization of Women (NOW)

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Organization of the Second Wave of Feminism movement in the late 60s-early 70s; sponsored demonstrations and helped women exchange ideas

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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

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“equality of rights under law shall not be abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex”; failed by 3 states; opposed by Phyllis Schlatly

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Phyllis Schlafly

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Successful opponent of the ERA

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Paul Ehrlich

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contributed to the environmentalism movement during the 60s; wrote “Population Bomb”

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New Federalism

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Nixon’s Republican programs designed to reduce the size of the federal government; it’s a revenue-sharing program; included giving block grants to states (letting them decide how to spend the $)

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stagflation

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high unemployment + high prices; the situation during the 70s due to inflation after the Vietnam War

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

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all the countries that export oil to the world; created an energy crisis in the 70s when they placed an oil embargo because the US supported Israel in the 6 Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973)

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Henry Kissinger

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Nixon’s Secretary of State; arranged the Ping Pong Diplomacy with China

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“Ping Pong Diplomacy”

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ping-pong matches between the US and China during Nixon’s admin (Kissinger’s idea, I think); exploited the rift between China and the Soviet Union

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Detente

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policy of lessening of tensions in the Cold War (Nixon); included the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)

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Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty

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during Nixon’s admin under the policy of detente; limited defensive missiles

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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)

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during Nixon’s admin under the policy of detente; limited offensive missiles

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Yom Kippur War (1973)

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almost the same thing as the 6 Days War except this happened during Nixon’s admin; Israel fighting Egypt and other Arab nations; Kissinger tries to dampen tensions with shuttle diplomacy but since we supported Israel, OPEC put an oil embargo on us

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shuttle diplomacy

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traveling back and forth among the combatants

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Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREP)

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organization involved in the Watergate scandal

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“Saturday Night Massacre”

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during the Watergate scandal, when Nixon forced two attorney generals to resign because they would not fire the special prosecutor (Cox)

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Camp David Accords (1978)

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under Jimmy Carter; Egypt recognized Israel and won the return of the Sinai

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Sandinista

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democratically-elected, pro-Cuba government of Nicaragua that Carter supported in 1979

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Iran Hostage Crisis (1979)

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Shiite Muslim Khomeni government of Iran blamed the US for selling arms to the old shah; students take 52 embassy workers hostage and don’t return them till Reagan’s inauguration day

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John Mitchell

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former US attorney general and head of Nixon’s 1972 campaign; his phone number was found in the pocket of one of the Watergate burglers

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“The Great Communicator”

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nickname of President Reagan; showed how he connected with voters

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“Teflon President”

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nickname of President Reagan; showed how nothing that went wrong during his time ever tarnished his image

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Pat Robertson

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Leader of the religious Right Fundamentalist Christians, a group that supported Reagan; rallying cry was “family values”; anti-feminist, anti-homosexuality, anti-abortion, favored prayer in schools

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Jerry Falwell

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Leader of the religious Right Fundamentalist Christians, a group that supported Reagan; rallying cry was “family values”; anti-feminist, anti-homosexuality, anti-abortion, favored prayer in schools

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Reaganomics

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supply-side, “trickle-down” theory of economy: by cutting income tax and capital gains tax for the wealthy, the rich would invest their money to create jobs, increase, revenue, etc. and would eventually help the poor; during the Reagan years this helped the inflation problem but increased the national debt and the unemployment rate + states and cities had no $ because of cuts

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Yuppies

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young urban professionals who graduated from law and business schools and made a flamboyant lifestyle for themselves not seen since the Gilded Age

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Buy-outs

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aka mergers; made money for some stockholders but resulted in job losses

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Stock market crash in 1987

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severe crash on the stock market during the Reagan years; possibly caused by electronic (computer) trading

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Deregulation of banks during the Reagan years

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spawned some millionaires but because of the bad real estate market in the late 80s, lots of banks fail and taxpayers need to give them a bailout

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Professional Air Traffic Controllers’ Organization (PATCO)

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Union that Reagan refused to negotiate with; had gone on strike for better wages and reduced work hours

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John Dewey

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The most important 20th century American philosopher and education theorist; Progressive activist; pragmatism; arged that government actions should be judged by the good they do for society

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Collier’s and McClure’s

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Muckraker magazines during the Progressive Era

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Frank Norris

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Muckraker during the Progressive Era; wrote “The Octopus” (1901) that described the power of the railroads over Western farmers

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Florence Kelly

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Woman activist during the Progressive Era; had lived in Hull House; pushed for improved factory conditions in Ilinois

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referendum

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allows citizens to directly enact pieces of legislation through voting on ballot questions

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“caveat emptor”

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“let the buyer beware”; policy regarding consumer product labeling, etc. before the Progressive Era

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Results of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory incident

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strict fire codes, shorter work week for women and minors, and the abolition of labor for those under 14

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Muller v. Oregon

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SC case that upheld an Oregon law limiting women to a 10 hour workday, setting a precedent for using the SC for social reform

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John Spago

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Progressive Era; wrote “The Bitter Cry of the Children” about child labor

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Hepburn Act (1906)

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strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission (1887); under Teddy Roosevelt

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Payne-Aldrich Tariff

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enacted under William Taft and a source of contention between him and Progressives; a compromise measure that barely lowered tariffs

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Underwood Tariff (1913)

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Wilson’s admin tariff-lowering

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Federal Reserve Act (1913)

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Under Wilson; fixed 4 problems in the US financial system: 1) no flexible currency, 2) no stability in times of crisis, 3) no central control over banking practices, 4) financial power was concentrated in NYC; 12 districts made, each with a branch of the Fed

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Federal Trade Commission (1914)

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Wilson; investigated dishonest and unscrupulous business practices & has the power to order companies to halt those practices

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Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)

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Wilson; broke up trusts MUCH more effectively than its predecessor

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D.W. Griffith

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author of “Birth of a Nation” (1915) that was a racist depiction of Reconstruction that glorified the KKK

SAT II: US History (2 decks)

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