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17 Cards in this Set
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Caused when US discovered Soviet offensive missile sites in Cuba; closest encounter with a nuclear war
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Counterculture
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"Hippie" youth culture in the 60's which rejected the values of the dominant culture in favor of drugs, communes, free sex, and rock music
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Great Society
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Term by Pres Johnson where he proposed legislation to address problems of voting rights, poverty, diseases, education, immigration, and environment
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Griswold v. Connecticut
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Court decision that, in overturning Connecticut law prohibiting the use of contraceptives, established a constitutional right to privacy
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National Organization for Women (NOW)
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By writer Betty Friedan bushed for abortion rights, nondiscrimination in the workplace, and other forms of equality
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Goal was to coordinate civil rights sit-ins and other forms of grass-root protest
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Authorized federal protection of the right to vote and permitted federal enforcement of minority voting rights in individual countries, mostly in the south
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Vietnam War
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Longest war in which US has been involved, communist victory. US was giving money to France who tried to overtake part of Vietnam
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War on Poverty
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By President Johnson, programs like Head Start, VISTA, and the Job Corps created for students, farmers, and businesses to try to eliminate poverty
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
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Led by Freedom Summer, pushed for civil rights in Mississippi. Challenged the all-white official democratic Mississippi party but fought for black rights
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Watts Riot
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A 6 day riot in LA, Cali b/c LAPD was not being fair to blacks with housing and jobs
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Malcolm X
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Insisted that blacks must control the political and economic resources of their communities and rely on their own efforts rather than working with whites.
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The Feminine Mystique
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By Betty Friedan that pay discrimination against women workers and racism in the workplace
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Cesar Chavez
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Latino that led a series of nonviolent protests, including marches, fasts, and national boycott of Cali grapes
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Red Power
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Young Indian Americans trying to get noticed as citizens
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Silent Spring
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By a marine biologist that talked about the effects of DDT, an insecticide widely used by home owners and farmers against mosquitoes
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