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25 Cards in this Set
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OPEC
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Organization of Oil Exporting Countries.
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Suburbs
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the area between the city and the country which grew rapidly in the 1950's with the famillies of baby boomers buying houses
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency- a federal agency set up by Congress which was designed to procect the environment from such threats as pollution.
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Segregation/Integration
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separation of people of different races' Integration- mixing of blacks and whites in housing, schools and other public facilities.
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Ghetto
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a section of a city which members of a minority group lived because of social, legal or economic pressures- often contained run down housing
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Civil Disobedience
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nonviolent protest against unjust laws- boycotts, sit-ins and marches used by Martin Luther Kingto gain civil rights and gain defacto segregation.
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1896 Supreme Court ruling that segregated "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites was constitutional
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Sweatt V. Painter
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1950 Supreme court requiring state school to provide facilities for blacks substantially equal to those provided for whites.
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Brown V. Board of Education
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1954 Supreme Court ruling reversing the policy of segregation , declaring that "separate could never be equal" and a year late ordered the integration of all public schools "with all deliberate speed" - society became less racist.
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Martin Luther Kings method of gaining Civil Rights
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led the southern Christian Leadership Conference during the 1960's with nonviolent disobedience such as boycotts, sit-ins, "freedom rides" and marches to bring about integration of civil rights.
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Malcom X's Method of gaining civil rights
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believed that African Americans could only succeed if they separated from white society
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Civil Rights Act 1964
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Passed by congress to protect the right of all citizens to vote,outlawed discrimination in hiring and ended segragation in public places.
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Voting Rights Act 1965
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Passed by congress to end literacy tests, which were often given in the South to keep blacks from voting and allowed federal regulation of voter registration in States where local officials practiced discrimination
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Civil Rights Amndments
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13th- Freedom of Slavery. 14th- Citizenship. 15th- Right To Vote.24th- Abolished poll taxes in national elections.
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Space Exploration in the 1960's
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Race to explain space and land a marr on the moon between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, part of the cold War.
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Economic Sanctions
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Action such as Boycotts, taken against a country in hope of bringing about a change in its policy often used by the UN.
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Vietnam
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in the 1960's the US sent troops to the area and did not withdraw until 1975- caused many deaths and protest in the US.
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Watergate
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a political scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.
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Difference between Communism and Democracy
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Communism- government owernship and control very little freedom Democracy- a lot of freedom, private ownership.
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The Challenger Explosion
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1986 the space Shuttle exploded minutes after taking off- all the astronauts were killed- flights resumed a year later after an investigation.
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Balanced Budget Amendment
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Many people want an amendment added to the Constitution that would require the government to limit its spending to the income it receives from taxes and to eliminate deficit spending.
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Term Limits
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Many people want an Amendment added to the Constitution that would require a limit.
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NAFTA
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North America Free Trade Amendments.
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Resault of the Persian Gulf War
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Kuwait liberated, Iraq subjected to inspections for chemical and biologic weapons by UN inspectors
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Primary Source
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An original document from history that can be studied for clues and situations, lifestyles,etc.
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