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29 Cards in this Set
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Stonewall Inn uprising begins gay liberation mvmt
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1969
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Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong=1st person to walk on moon
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1969
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National Chicano Liberation Youth Conf
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1969
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Indians of All Tribes occupy Alcatraz
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1969
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Nixon administration begins affirmative action
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1969
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US invades Cambodia
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1970
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Students at Kent State and Jackson State U shot by Nat'l Guard
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1970
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1st Earth Day celebrated
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1970
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Environmental Protection Agency created
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1970
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Pentagon Papers published
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1971
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Nixon visits China and USSR
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1972
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CREEP stages Watergate break in
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1972
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Congress approves ERA and passes Title IX which creates growth in women's athletics
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1972
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Peace agreement in Paris ends US involv in Vietnam
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1973
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OPEC increases oil prices, create US energy crisis
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1973
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Roe v Wade
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1973
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Agnew resigns; Ford named VP
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1973
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Nixon resigns; Ford becomes Prez
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1974
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Recession: unemployment hits 8.5 %
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1975
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NYC saved from bankruptcy by fed loan guarantees
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1975
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Indian Self-Determination and Edu Assistance Act is passed in response to N.A. activism
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1975
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Carter elected as prez
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1976
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Regents of U.C. vs. Bakke outlaws quotas but upholds affirmative action
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1978
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CA approves Proposition 13
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1978
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Three Mile Island nuke accident raises fears
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1979
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Camp David accords signed by Israel and Egypt
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1979
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Iranian Hostage crisis
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1979
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USSR invades Afghanistan
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1979
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Consumer debts double from 1975 to hit $315 billion
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1979
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