History 1302 Lee College (Last Set Of Notes- Still In Progress)

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Cold War America

Who occupied all of East Europe?

Back 1

the Soviets

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Cold War America

Which countries became communist and created a buffer zone btwn west and east Europe?

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Poland and Czech

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Cold War America

Who were the Western Allies?

Back 3

Soviets and Eastern Europe

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Cold War America

What happens during the Race to Berlin?

Back 4

Soviets and Western allies split Germany and its capital Berlin

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Cold War America

What is the Soviet Block?

Back 5

Communist regimes greated throughout Eastern Bloc nations:

Hungary, Turkey, Czech, Greece

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Cold War America

Who wanted to keep Greece and used US help to succeed?

Back 6

British

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Cold War America

Harry S. Truman

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Wanted to stop the spread of communism and believed in containment

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Cold War America

Define Containment

Back 8

stop spread of communism at all costs

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Cold War America

Truman Doctrine

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Choose between tyranny and liberty

Good vs Evil

(politics)

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Cold War America

Marshall Plan

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-12 billion dollars to aide 16 countries to rebuild after WWII (economics)
-hoped to prevent communism
-they must purchase USA goods
-called for revival of German Inds
-offered to Soviets who declined

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Cold War America

What was the Berlin Airlift?

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-Soviets blockaded Berlin hoping to starve the Western powers out
-Am flew in supplies
-splits into W controlled and Soviet controlled

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Cold War America

Who is in Nato and what did they agree too?

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US, Canada, and Western Europe

agreed to mutual assistance

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Cold War America

Warsaw Pact

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Eastern Europe's response to NATO, their own Military pact

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Cold War America

Chiang Kaishek and the Chinese Nationalists

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-fighting communist take over from Mao Tse-Tung and the communists
-were provided with supplies from US

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Cold War America

What did Chiang Kaishek do?

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-kept supplies to himself and was forced to flee by his own ppl

-China becomes Communist

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Cold War America: Korean War

After the defeat of Japan, what did US and Soviet Union Agree to?

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Joint occupations at 38th parallel

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Cold War America: Korean War

What do N Korea do?

Back 17

invade S Korea and cross boundary

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Cold War America: Korean War

Why couldn't US declare war?

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b/c Soviets would join in

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Cold War America: Korean War

Who fought the war for US?

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United Nations (Police Action)

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Cold War America: Korean War

What do the UN troops mainly consist of?

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US troops led by Mac Arthur

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Cold War America: Korean War

McArthur: the good

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able to push the Communists back

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Cold War America: Korean War

Mc Arthur the bad:

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disobeys orders and continues to China where he faces overwhelming forces and many Am casualties

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Cold War America: Korean War

Truman's response to McArthur

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fired him which did not please Americans

"Soft on China"

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Cold War America: Korean War

Truman vs Eisenhower

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War hero Eisenhower gains presidency claiming he will end Korean War

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Cold War America: Korean War

Korean Armistice Agreement:

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ends Korean War

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Cold War America

22nd Ammendment

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limited presidency to two terms or 10 years

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Cold War America

Adlai Stevenson

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Dem nominee, very intellectual

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Cold War America

Eisenhower

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Rep nominee, supreme commander in WWII

defeats Stevenson again next term

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Cold War America

John Foster Dulles

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Eisenhower's Secretary of State

Cold War Warrior

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Cold War America

Deterrence

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we must deter the soviets from acting by J....

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Cold War America

Massive Retaliation

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if they send one missle, we send 10

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Cold War America

Result from Massive Retaliation

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-soviets try to keep up with us by buliding nuclear arsenal
-Am responds by bulding bomb shelters and practicing civil defense drills

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Cold War America

Who came in to power after Stalin dies?

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Nikita Krushchev

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Cold War America

Nikita Kruschev: Key points?

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-moderate communist- didn't agree w/stalin's animosity
-Russia enters a period of reform and begins to excel in many areas...

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Cold War America

Sputnik

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-1st satellite to orbit earth
-terrified AM b/c they assumed Soviets could spy on them and that they were taking the lead
-Eisenhower knew otherwise

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Cold War America

Eisenhower: U2 Spy Planes

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-secret spy planes illegally flying over Soviets for our defense

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Cold War America

What was created in Response to Sputnik?

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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Agency

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Cold War America

Nasa

Back 38

-National Defense Act
-creates the norm of science geeks

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Cold War America

What did Kruschev call W Berlin and what did he want?

Back 39

"showcase of W democracy"

wants W forces out of Berlin

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Cold War America

U-2 Summit

Back 40

Francis Gary Powers' U-2 Spy Plane is shot down over Soviet territory and he survives

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Cold War America

Eisenhower and Soviet Discovery of Spy Plane

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rather than denying it, Eisenhower stands up to Khrushchev and explains US has spy planes b/c it is in our interest of security to spy on them and he would have to be forced to stop

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Cold War America

whats happening in Cuba

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Castro's pro communist regime takes over and trades sugar for soviet oil and machinery

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Cold War America

Happening in Cuba, US response

Back 43

cut of off all diplomatics

CIA authorized to train Cuba refugees to take on Castro

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The 2nd Red Scare

What was Joseph McCarthy doing?

Back 44

hunting commies from a list of 200 in Fed govt

List was not real

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The 2nd Red Scare

House of Un-American Activities

Back 45

-anyone could be brought before it
-if brought before this, you were comm
-accused armies of "coddling comm"

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The 2nd Red Scare

Whitaker Chambers and Alger Hiss

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Chambers accused Hiss of passing info to Russian Spies

He is sentenced to prison for 5 yrs based only on words

Front 47

The 2nd Red Scare

The Rosenburgs

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-brother and sister shared Manhattan Project Secrets w/Soviets
-both executed for treason

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Post War Affluence: Prosperity of 1950's

Booming Economy Result:

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-Baby Boomers
-New Toys
-Suburbs grow 47%(commute to work)

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The 2nd Red Scare

William J Levitt

Back 49

-supplied the demand by home builders by turning to assembly line techniques and made all houses the same

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The 2nd Red Scare

Levitowns

Back 50

neighborhoods of Levitt houses

everything looked the same

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Cold War America

Eisenhower and Soviet Discovery of Spy Plane

Back 51

rather than denying it, Eisenhower stands up to Khrushchev and explains US has spy planes b/c it is in our interest of security to spy on them and he would have to be forced to stop

Front 52

Cold War America

whats happening in Cuba

Back 52

Castro's pro communist regime takes over and trades sugar for soviet oil and machinery

Front 53

Cold War America

Happening in Cuba, US response

Back 53

cut of off all diplomatics

CIA authorized to train Cuba refugees to take on Castro

Front 54

The 2nd Red Scare

What was Joseph McCarthy doing?

Back 54

hunting commies from a list of 200 in Fed govt

List was not real

Front 55

The 2nd Red Scare

House of Un-American Activities

Back 55

-anyone could be brought before it
-if brought before this, you were comm
-accused armies of "coddling comm"

Front 56

The 2nd Red Scare

Whitaker Chambers and Alger Hiss

Back 56

Chambers accused Hiss of passing info to Russian Spies

He is sentenced to prison for 5 yrs based only on words

Front 57

The 2nd Red Scare

The Rosenburgs

Back 57

-brother and sister shared Manhattan Project Secrets w/Soviets
-both executed for treason

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Post War Affluence: Prosperity of 1950's

Booming Economy Result:

Back 58

-Baby Boomers
-New Toys
-Suburbs grow 47%(commute to work)

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Post War Affluence: Prosperity of 1950's

William J Levitt

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-supplied the demand by home builders by turning to assembly line techniques and made all houses the same

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Post War Affluence: Prosperity of 1950's

Levitowns

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neighborhoods of Levitt houses

everything looked the same

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Post War Affluence: Prosperity of 1950's

Cookie Cutter Approach

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criticized by many b/c everyone was like everyone else

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Post War Affluence: Prosperity of 1950's

What becomes popular in the 1950's

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Television

Rock N Roll (rebellious Music/Elvis Presley)

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Radical 60's

Election?

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Repubs:Richard Nixon
Dems: JFK

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Radical 60's: Election

JFK challenges:

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-too young (inexperience)
-Catholic
-too conservative for liberal paty

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Radical 60's: Election

1st televised Debates:

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-JFK looked presidential
-Nixon looked terrible and lost

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Radical 60's: Election

Television vs Radio

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Television: JFK won on looks

Radio: Nixon won on issues

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Radical 60's: Election

Results

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close race, JFK won

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Radical 60's

Allegations of Voter Fraud

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-Nixon believed mob bought election for JFK
-graveyard votes (dead ppl)
-Nixon does not challenge vote

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Radical 60's

JFK's New Frontier

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proclaimed that a new generation of US citizens had taken over the country

(baby boomers)

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Radical 60's

JFK: Age of Camelot:

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Him and his family almost thought of as royalty

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Radical 60's

JFK's Foreign Policy

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-hoped to abandon containment
-wanted to sweet talk Khrushchev out of Cold War
-Wanted to stop Arms Race

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Radical 60's: JFK

Bay of Pigs Fiasco

Back 72

-failed US sponsored invasion to overthrow Castro
-Castro received help from soviets

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Radical 60's: JFK

Cuban Missile Crisis

Back 73

-US discovers missiles on Cuba
-Castro claims they are to deter, not for use

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Radical 60's JFK

his response to Cuban Missile Crisis

Back 74

-goes on tv and announces quarantine of Cuba and exposes the Soviets

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Radical 60's JFK

Soviets Response to Quarantine:

Back 75

-backed down and agreed to remove missiles
-Am removes missiles from Turkey and vows not to invade Cuba

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Radical 60's

Berlin Wall

Back 76

built to stop their ppl from fleeing

Guards ordered: shoot to kill

Am Does nothing

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Radical 60's: JFK

His Goals:

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-Civil Rights (black voter appeal)
-go to the moon

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Radical 60's: JFK

Tragedy in Dallas

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Zapruder film: Assassination of Kennedy

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Radical 60's

Who took office after JFK assassination?

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Lyndon Banes Johnson

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Radical 60's

What did he to do to honor JFK?

Back 80

Civil rights Act and voting rights act

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Radical 60's

Election of 1964, who's up?

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Rep: Barry Goldwater
Dem: LBJ
-Large majority of Dems in house and senate

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Radical 60's

What was LBJ's plan?

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Great Society: war on poverty

even though US was rich, poverty, poor education and racism still existed

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Radical 60's

What were LBJ's successes?

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-Higher Ed Act *college affordable*
-Medicare Act *for elderly*
-Dept of transportation *for rds*
-Dept of Housing *HUD*

Front 84

Radical 60's

What overshadowed LBJ's achievements?

Back 84

Vietnam War

*vowed not to run for another term*

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Radical Students: New Left

1960's baby boomers go to _________

Back 85

college

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Radical Students: New Left

What is the Youth Revolt

Back 86

students against assimilation

they were democratic and Liberal: the New Left

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Radical Students: New Left

What did these college students form?

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SDS: students for a Democratic Society

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Radical Students: New Left

What did most of SDS issue center on?

Back 88

Issues related to the university

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Radical Students: New Left

What did they begin doing in 1968?

Back 89

Campus demonstrations and riots

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Radical Students:Counterculture:

was everyone into radical politics?

Back 90

no, some activists were led away from radical politics all together

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Radical Students:Counterculture:

What are Hippies

Back 91

-they cast off everything they grew up with

-promoted LSD and collective living

Front 92

Radical Students:Counterculture:

who said "turn on, tune in and drop out"

Back 92

Harvard Prof. David Leary

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Radical Students:Counterculture:

What idea was promoted by hippies?

Back 93

enlightenment (used drugs to achieve feeling)

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Radical Students:Counterculture:

what did they want to break away from?

Back 94

rural communes, break away from Betty cleaver style

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Radical Students:Counterculture:

what happened to this culture?

Back 95

died out as many of the flower children grew tired of their riches to rags existence, must go back to college
(being poor sucks)

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The Sexual Revolution:Feminism

Sexual revolution:

Back 96

make love not war

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The Sexual Revolution:Feminism

what were the two major changes?

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-society became more tolerant of premartial sex
-women became more sexually active
-birth control pill
-challenge cult of society

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The Sexual Revolution:Feminism

Betty Friedman

Back 98

wrote "the feminine mystique"

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The Sexual Revolution:Gay Rights

at first being Gay was

Back 99

unspoken about and believed to be an illness, crime to be gay

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The Sexual Revolution:Feminism

Gay Liberation Front:

Back 100

politcal group to make being gay ok

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The Sexual Revolution:Feminism

How was the progress?

Back 101

slow and sporadic over the next 30 yrs