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22 Cards in this Set
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JFK
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35th president; cold warrior who projected youthful dynamism
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Cuban missile crisis
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Brinkmanship between the US and the Soviets over nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962 that nearly led to a nuclear war
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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Youth auxiliary of the broader civil rights movement; involved in rallies, sit-ins, and voter registration drives
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Baptist minister whose leadership galvanized the modern, grass roots civil rights movement in the 1960s
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civill rights act
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Major legislation that created equal employment opportunity commission
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voting rights act
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Law that allowed federal government to protect the right of blacks to vote; transformed southern politics
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black power
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Militant movement for black autonomy and self-respect; rejected the goal of integration
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LBJ
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36th president; champion of civil rights legislation and the “war on poverty”
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war on poverty
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Centerpiece of LBJ’s Great Society
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Great Society
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LBJ's dream of an American society of equality and opportunity
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Barry Goldwater
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Arizona Sen. and Republican whose loss in the 1964 presidential election unified conservatives
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Medicare
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Government health insurance for the elderly
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Medicaid
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Government health plan for the poor; along with Medicare, a key component in Johnson's Great Society
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Immigration Act of 1965
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Did away with the national origins quotas and increased legal immigration
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Miranda v. Arizona
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Supreme Court ruling protecting the rights of the accused
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American Indian Movement
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Group that attracted attention to problems facing Native Americans by occupying Alcatraz
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Cesar Estrada Chavez
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Leader of the United Farm Workers
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Chicano and Chicana
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Once pejorative terms for Hispanic men and women; reclaimed for general use by Hispanic activists
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National Organization for Women
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Leading feminist group; lobbied for equal opportunity, filed lawsuits against gender discrimination, and mobilize public opinion
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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“Blank check” for LBJ to wage war in Vietnam
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'hawks"
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Those who supported American goals in the Vietnam War
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'doves'
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Opponents of American military involvement in Vietnam
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