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54 Cards in this Set
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Radical and Liberal Perspectives on Race in America
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RADICALl: race is essential to structure and success of US
LIBERAL: country was always founded on equality. racism is un-american because it contradicts the constitution. |
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Civil Rights Act 1964
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-seemed as though it was only passed to get the world off our backs about the racial brutality at home.
-it ended racial segregation in schools and public places -did not enforce the law very well |
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Voting Rights Act 1965
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signed by Lyndon Johnson
-did not allow states the put a voting qualification or prerequisite in order to vote -only passed so then whites could have power over voting |
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Mississippi Summer Project
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-call white college students to set up voter training workshops
-hoping it will spark media attention and shows segregation -train students in ohio to help register black voters -back workers and students felt as though they were being replaced by the white college kids |
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Schwerner, goodman and Cheney
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Chaney was the old black man the other two where white college students.
-they were investigating the fire bombing of black church -put in jail for speeding and when released they disappeared -bodies were later found |
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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)
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-different from other democrats because their segregationist party.
-party ran by blacks and whites who wanted to challenge to all white racist democratic party - |
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Fannie Lou Hamer
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-got kicked out of land because owner found out she tried to vote
-spoke in national TV about her situation then got cut off by Johnson because then he would not get reelected. |
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Malcolm X
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-first memory was of his house getting burnt down by the klan and father was killed by Klan
-a muslim spokesman -malcolm believed a world-wide system of white domination -got kicked out of islam nation for talking bad about kennedy's assassination. |
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Humphrey's Compromise
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made a compromise to get all of the MFDP party to vote for Johnson.
-voted for him to keep the fundings for civil rights movement |
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Great Society
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-set of domestic programs set by Johnson to eliminate poverty and discrimination
-huge funding and spending on programs |
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March Against Fear
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James Meredith states he can walk around the state of Mississippi without getting hurt or threatened
-he got shot and others finished for him -the guards protecting the walkers got called off and marchers got attacked |
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Stokley Carmicheal
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Went on the march with Martin Luther King and got arrested.
-gave up on the non-violence and made BLACK POWER -"for racism to die a new american must be born" -black are treated bad because white people have the power |
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Black Power
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racism still exists because white people have the power
-in order for blacks to get stuff they have to go through whites which keeps them having the power. "in order for racism to die american must be reborn" |
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Black Nationalism
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white people have the power all over the world. Racism is a global thing
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Harlem and Watts
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Harlem: a riot where white policemen killed young blacks
Watts a gruesome and bloody riot |
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Black Panther Party
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Huey Newton was the founder
-in california -made sure police stayed within the law when with blacks -went to DC to protest legislation and then became global |
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Detroit and Newark
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the bloodiest riots and the truth came out in life magazine calling the out of how white police men were unnecessarily violent
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George Wallace
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in the presidential election
-for the power of the south and killings of blacks -by having states be allowed to accept integration is affecting his freedom. - in wallace's campaign speech he discussed segregation forever |
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Hubert Humphrey
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-made a compromise to MFDP
racist democrat in presidential election -know he can get blacks vote because he is the better option out of the 3 racists -therefore went for white north labor |
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Richard Nixon
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Agnew and Nixon were good bad cop
-secretly made COINTELPRO and got busted for cheating |
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Richard Nixons Southern Strategy
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get south and industrial whites on his side.
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COINTELPRO
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-a government black hater group
-goal is to take down black panther party -arrested the black panthers because of a "conspiracy theory" made by COINTELPRO |
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Nixons Secret Plan to End the War
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-take out troops and increase bombing
-decrease amount of young troops sent to lower the anti-war movement -Operation Phenix: exterminate anyone who disagrees -Madman Theory: convince north Korea he is a mad man who will do anything and make them scared. |
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NY Panther 21
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the group put in jail by COINTELPRO on accounts of a "conspiracy theory"
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Law and Order
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meant putting black people in their place.
-many of the men in the election preached this idea. -idea is to use law and order to put american back together by putting blacks back in their place |
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Nationalism
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-huge pride for your own country
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Arbenz
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2nd democrat elected for Guatemala
-had the goal of making economy independent from US -Eisenhower sends in CIA to replace him |
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Mossadegh
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leader of Iran that decided to take complete control over the oil company.
-take control from US |
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United Fruit Company
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US would put dictators in control of certain countries in order to keep control of the resources.
-controlled guatemala because it had great agricultural land. |
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Anglo-Iranian Oil
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a huge oil company that British lost control of in WW2
-US wanted complete control and killed off Mossadegh who wanted to get control over company to get money for Iran. |
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Vietminh
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Vietnamese people attacked the wearhouses in Vietnam the Japanese controlled to get rice.
-they then declared independence |
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Vietnams Declaration of Independence
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-they declared equality and freedom.
-did not sound communist - |
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Ho Chi Minh
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the leader of vietnam at the time of their revolution against the french
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Dominio Theory
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the theory that the victory of Vietnam means the rest of europe will fall to Communism.
-Eisenhowers |
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Geneva Accords
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A document that end to reign of French in Vietnam
-it temporally divided the country and states they will reunite in 2 years. |
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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American puppet leader that took control of South Korea
-but was then murdered because he wanted to bring in military leaders -made him put high land taxes and kill anyone with political opposition |
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National Liberation Front (VC)
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an armed resistance against Diem that caused problems for US
-opposed the US |
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ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam)
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This is the group the US backed and supported
-created armed forces |
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Flexible Response
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ability to respond to vietnam at whatever cost is necessary.
-3 steps: special, limited and total -Kenney |
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Special War
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US military advisors train the souths army
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Limited War
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Our own troops begin to fight
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Total War
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Bombing
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Strategic Hamlet Program
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US war tactic to destroy villages and build them back up so they have no relations or connections to help the GORILLAS.
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My Lai
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when US troops came into village and killed the villagers. They tried to cover up and say killed troops but new photography told the truth
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Napalm
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A bomb that creates fire.
The "jelly sparks" hits the body and lights up. No explosion but it burns through the skin |
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Agent Orange
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poison to kill the trees to vietnamese men wouldn't be able to hide under them from planes.
-helps see in the jungle from the air -caused cancer to US troops and caused deformities in children. |
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National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
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recognizes what the source of how black people live in society is
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Tet Offensive 1968
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Series of attacks from the north against the south koreans and the US
-they attacked during a time period that there was supposed to be cease fire |
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Columbia Student Rebellion
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a riot and campaign against the government being in the war.
-became violent |
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Freedom of information act
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made it so documents and info could be accessed on government spending
-could now obtain COINTELPRO documents |
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Salvador Allende
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president of latin american
-views were very nationalist and independent |
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Watergate
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nixon had guys break into the democratic national headquarters
-nixon was then reelected in the biggest "landslide" -McCord won't take the fall and get caught -nixon then resigns and gets charged with COINTELPRO |
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Saturday Night Massacre
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Nixon orders the firing of Cox because he refuses to go and delete things from the tapes.
Richards, another got fired for not firing cox -finally a guy fires cox |
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War Power Acts
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result from the watergate
-president must inform 48 hours before that he is going into war. -also must get permission from congress |
