Hist

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THE BEATLES

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

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Happend in Oct 1962. It was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Col War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict.

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APOLLO 11

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The first spacecraft to land on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin landed on July 20, 1969. Primary objective was to complete a national goal set by President JFK.

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DETENTE

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A French word meaning release of tensions. It was the name given to improved relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union that began in 1971. Whether or not this was successfully is still currently debated.The Contras / CH- / / CH- /

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THE CONTRAS

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MALCOM X

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Frustrated with civil rights moderates, spoke sharply against racism and called for African Americans to defend themselves against whilte fiolence. In 1964, he founded the organization of Afro-American Unity, which was socialist in nature.

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THE LITTLE ROCK NINE

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A group of African American students who enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Arkansas Governor refused and sent the National Guard to keep any black children from entering the school.

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HUEY P. LONG

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S.A.L.T.

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Stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. These 2 agreements were aimed at stopping nuclear missiles from being mfg'd. Signed by the U.S. and Soviet Soviet Union in 1972 & 1979 (LBJ. They were intended to restrain the arms race

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HIPPIES

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A counterculture movement that rejected mainstream American life. It originated on college campuses in the U.S.

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THE VIET CONG

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A political organization with its own army in South Vietnam. They fought against South Vietnam & The U.S.

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THE NEW LOOK

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LITTLE BOY

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THE ISLAND HOPPING CAMPAIGN

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DISCO

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JOHN HINKLY

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LEE HARVEY OSWALD

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On November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated JFK in Dallas, TX.

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THE IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL

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A scandal in the Reagan administration, in the mid-1980's, that revealed the U.S. secretly sold weapons to Iran in return for promises of Iranian assistance in securing the release of American held hostages in Lebanon.

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REAGANOMICS

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The economic policies of Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity.

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FLAPPERS

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A generation of young Western women in the 1920's who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. They wore excessive makeup, drank excessively , had lots of casual sex.

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THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS

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A peace treaty signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Sept 17, 1978 in Washington D.C., wjhich called for peace between Israel and Egypt within 3mths. Bagin was later assassinated by Islamic extremists due to their outrage over the decision to make peace with Israel.

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THE CHECKERS SPEECH

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MCCARTHYISM

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YURI GARGARIN

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STALINGRAD

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OPERATION OVERLORD

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THE WAGNER ACT

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THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY

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An African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, CA, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Their original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. They had 4 desires Equality in education, housing, employment and civil rights.

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THE TET OFFENSIVE

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A huge attack that took place in late January 1968 during the Lunar New Year(TET) by the Viet Cong in various cities of South Vietnam. It completely took the U.S. and South Vietnam troops by surprise.

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EMMETT TILL

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A 14yr old African American boy who was murdered August 1955 and shocked the nation. This was a catalyst for the emerging civil rights movement. The boy was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi when he was accused of harassing a local white woman and called her "baby". The men who murdered him were acquitted.

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NSC-68

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A 58pg Top Secret policy paper by the U.S. National Security Council presented to President Harry Truman on April 14, 1950. It was one of the most important statement of American policy that launched the Cold War.

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HO CHI MINH

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A Vietnamese Communist and revolutionary leader who, throughout much of the 20th century, sought to free his nation from colonial influence. He led Vietnamese insurgents against Japanese, French and American occupying forces, as well as against factions of Vietnamese.

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BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION

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A case in the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously (9-0) that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th amendment, which prohibits states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person within their jurisdictions.

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ROSA PARKS

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Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." after being arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama on Dec 1, 1955.

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THE PLUMBERS

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THE WARREN COMMISSION

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This was the President's Commission on the Assassination of JFK. It was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on Nov 29, 1963. The investigation stated Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

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THE NEW FRONTIER

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A slogan used by JFK to describe his goals and policies. He maintained that, like the Americans of the frontier in the 19th century, Americans in the 20th century had to rise to new challenges, such as achieving equality of opportunity for all.

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BEATNIKS

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was a media stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950's to mid 1960's that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950's.

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LSD

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the quest for oneness with the universe led many youths to LSD. Hippies used this a lot. a psychedelic drug

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THE GREAT SOCIETY

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A set of domestic programs in the U.S. launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964-1965 that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty and transportation. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice.

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FIRESIDE CHATS

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Fireside chats were radio addresses by President Franklin Roosevelt. They were an important means for him to inform the public about his programs and to ease their worries of the problems caused by the Great Depression.

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ELVIS PRESLEY

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THE WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE

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Also called the Washington Arms Conference was a military conference called by US President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington D.C. from 12 Nov 1921 - 6 Feb 1922 outside the League of Nations.

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BOOTLEGGERS

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A term used to describe individuals who illegally mfg'd and sold liquor. Bootlegging and prohibition contributed to the rise of criminal activity.

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CHARLES LINDBERG

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An American aviator, made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21, 1927. Other pilots had done this before, but Lindbergh was the first person to do it ALONE NONSTOP.

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SPUTNIK

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The world's first artificial satellite, launched Oct 4, 1957, by the Russians. It became the first man-made object to reach space.

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NATO

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Stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was formed in 1949 by the U.S., Canada and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the U.S. entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.

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THE NIRA

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National Industrial Recovery Act. It was a law passed by the US Congress in 1933 to authorize the President to regulate industry in an attempt to raise prices after sever deflation and stimulate economic recovery. In 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously declared NIRA as unconstitutional, ruling that it infringed the separation of powers under the US States Constitution.

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BUYING ON THE MARGIN

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Buying on the margin became so popular by the 1920's. 90% of the purchase price of the stock was being made with borrowed money and the U.S. economy had comne to depend on that activity. Before the crash, nearly forty cents of every dollar loaned in America was used to buy stocks.

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ELVIS PRESLEY

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THE PALMER RAIDS

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THE 18TH AMENDMENT.

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Established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. by declaring the production, transpiration and sale of alcohol illegal. Although consumption or private possession wasn't.

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THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE

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The last major German offensive campaign of WWII.

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MEIN KAMPF

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Meaning "My Struggle". An autobiography by Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. It was publishedin 1925.

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OPEC

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. A group of 12 of the world's major oil-exporting nations. OPEC was founded in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members and to provide member states with technical and economic aid.

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PUNK ROCK

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STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

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A student activist movement in the U.S. that ws one of the main representatives of the New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960's before dissolving at its last convention in 1969. Their purpose was to defend equality, economic justice, peace and participatory democracy.

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SEATO

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NATRO

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