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22 Cards in this Set
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geneva accords
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agreement of france withdrawal from vietnam
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SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
defend cambodia, Laos, and S Vietnam from communism
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Suez crisis
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nasser takes suez canal
israel attack egypt us support nasser -->french leave |
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eisenhower doctrin
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economic and military aid for those requresting that are against communism
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national defense education act
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money to students persuing math, science, and language
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U-2 incident
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plane disrupts peace agreements in moscow
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affluent society
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wartime prosperit
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sun belt
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area for research and production of weapons in cold war
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operation wetback
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deport undocumented agricultural workers
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hernandez v texas
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mexicans are distinct group
need equal protection |
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national association for the advancement of colored people
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leader: E.D Nixon
lawyer: Thurgood Marshall |
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brown v board of education
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integrate blacks in all white schools
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women's political council
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led by jo ann robinson
call for bus boycott black professional women |
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montgomery buss boycott
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blacks refuse public transport becasue of laws
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southern christian leadership conference
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coordinate protests in segregation and disfranchisement
MLK heads |
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Fannie Lou Hamer
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daughter of sharecroppper
civil rights activist |
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john f kennedy
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"New Frontier"
african american vote running mate: Johson |
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lyndon johnson
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"great society"
president after JFK assassinated |
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lee harvey oswald
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assassinate jfk
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barry goldwater
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republican opponent for johnson
want nuclear weapon expansion |
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medgar evers
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leader of NAACP in Miss
shot down as an activist in voter education project |
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elain noble
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openly gay canidate to win state office
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