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52 Cards in this Set
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Malcolm X
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Black Muslim assassinated by other militant blacks
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Robert Kennedy
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A Senator who mobilized anti-war sentiment within the Democratic
Party by becoming contender for the 1968 presidential nomination – assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in 1968 |
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Charles de Gaulle
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President of France; took France out of NATO
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Archibald Cox
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Fired in the “Saturday Night Massacre” of Watergate – special
prosecutor assigned by Nixon to investigate Watergate |
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Richard M. Nixon
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First came into national prominence as an ambitious “Red-catcher” in
connection with the Hiss case |
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John Lennon
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assassinated rock star
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Responsible for the Gulf of Tonkin “blank check”
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Gerald Ford
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Only U.S. president elected by Congress
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Henry Kissinger
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Nixon’s advisor on national security, later Secretary of State
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George Wallace
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Third party presidential candidate from the Deep South
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice who became a social activist on behalf of civil rights
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Barry Goldwater
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The Republican presidential candidate in 1964
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Warren Burger
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Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice appointed by Nixon
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Hubert Humphrey
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Johnson’s heir apparent (Democratic presidential nomination)
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William Fulbright
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Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a forum for
critics of the Vietnam War |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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College-educated black who played a prominent role in organizing the
Montgomery Bus Boycott |
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Arthur Vandenberg
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supported Truman Doctrine to stop communism; Rep. Senator who in
1947 advised Truman to “scare hell” out of American public to get support for expensive military and economic assistance to Greece and Turkey |
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Edward Stettinius
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Edward Stettinius - 1940 Chariman of US Steel Corp., appointed to National Defense
Advisory Committee to coordinate industry mobilization; coordinated Lend-Lease; 1944 Secretary of State; attended Yalta with FDR; 1945 leader of American delegation to UN |
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Daniel Ken Inouye
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US Senator from Hawaii; Asian who was an injured hero in WW2
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Dean Rusk
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1949 Under Secretary of State for Truman, supported Chiang’s
National Chinese government on Taiway, moved US focus to Japan for a Pacific ally; 1960 “unassertive” Secretary of State for Kennedy and later for “inexperienced” LBJ |
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Walther Reuther
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1940s labor leader (United Automobile Workers)
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Phillip Murray
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1940s labor leader (Steel Workers Organizing Committee)
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George Meany
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president of AFL-CIO in 1955 when they merged
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John Gunther
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journalist and author who wrote Inside Europe in 1936; Inside Asia in
1939, Inside USA in 1947 |
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John Connally
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Republican President Nixon’s Democrat Secretary of Treasury; in 1971
improved balance of trade by devaluing the dollar and charging a 10% surtax on all imports |
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Leonard Bernstein
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conductor and composer; 1943 NY Philharmonic; 1944 Fancy Free;
1945 On The Town (song “New York, New York”); 1950 Peter Pan; 1957 West Side Story |
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Eugene McCarthy
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Democrat from Minnesota, challenged LBJ for presidential nomination 1968, intellectual, Catholic, opposed to Vietnam War, apealed to youth, lost nomination to Humphrey
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Alan B. Shepard
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First American in space (1961) and the 5th astronaut on them oon in
1971 |
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Neil Armstrong
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Astronaut, 1st to step on moon, 1969
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Edward Brooke
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1st black US Senator in 1966 since Reconstruction (Mass.)
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Walther Reuther
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1940s labor leader (United Automobile Workers)
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Phillip Murray
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1940s labor leader (Steel Workers Organizing Committee)
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George Meany
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president of AFL-CIO in 1955 when they merged
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John Gunther
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journalist and author who wrote Inside Europe in 1936; Inside Asia in
1939, Inside USA in 1947 |
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John Connally
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Republican President Nixon’s Democrat Secretary of Treasury; in 1971
improved balance of trade by devaluing the dollar and charging a 10% surtax on all imports |
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Leonard Bernstein
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conductor and composer; 1943 NY Philharmonic; 1944 Fancy Free;
1945 On The Town (song “New York, New York”); 1950 Peter Pan; 1957 West Side Story |
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Eugene McCarthy
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Democrat from Minnesota, challenged LBJ for presidential nomination 1968, intellectual, Catholic, opposed to Vietnam War, apealed to youth, lost nomination to Humphrey
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Alan B. Shepard
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First American in space (1961) and the 5th astronaut on them oon in
1971 |
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Neil Armstrong
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Astronaut, 1st to step on moon, 1969
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Edward Brooke
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1st black US Senator in 1966 since Reconstruction (Mass.)
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Louis Munoz Marin
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Puerto Rican statesman who served as governor from 1952 – 1964,
advocated independence |
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H.R. “Bob” Haldeman
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Nixon White House Chief of Staff and closest aide; convicted in
Watergate coverup of 1972 |
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Janis Joplin
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White blues singer from Port Arthur who started in Austin and died
of drug overdose in 1970 |
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Bing Crosby
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singer (1920’s), actor in Road to Singapore (1940) and Going My Way
(1944) |
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Humphrey Bogart
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post WW2 movie star, portrayed hero with no special training and no
resources except his hard inner core; glorified right of creative professional to discard society |
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Frank Sinatra
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Sung for Harry James’ band in 1939; “old Blue Eyes”
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Jimi Hendrix
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Popular American guitar player; performed at Woodstock festival; died
in accident in 1970 |
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Elvis Presley
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y Rock performer; his country and Rhythm & Blues style proved
controversial; sund “Hound Dog” |
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H. Rap Brown
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replaced Stokely Carmichael as leader of Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee, told blacks he advocated violence |
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Eldridge Cleaver
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Preached the doctrine of Black Power in 1960’s; wrote Soul on Ice
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Pearl Bailey
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opular black performer of 1960’s starred in black version of Hello
Dolly! with Cab Calloway |
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Jessamyn West
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author of Friendly Persuasion (1945) which described Quaker life in
1800’s |
