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Prior to Kennedy's election and during the early 1960s the American economy was _____________.
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sluggish, with low GNP growth
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During the 1960 presidential campaign, HE promised to get the American economy moving again.
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John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy appeared to be more polished than Nixon when the two appeared on the first televised _____.
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presidential debates
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Some people questioned if Kennedy was ready to be president because of his _____.
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age
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John Kennedy was the first person of this faith to be elected President.
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Roman Catholic
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Won the 1960 presidential election by a very slim margin.
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John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy's victory in the 1960 presidential election was ____________.
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narrow
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Kennedy inspired a generation of young people by asking them to put patriotism before ___.
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personal interest
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Kennedy's program became known as the ______.
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New Frontier
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Kennedy proposed cutting taxes to end the continuing __________.
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recession
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In his first two years as president Kennedy, hoped to help the poor by _____.
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stimulating the economy
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In a book titled "The Other America" Michael Harrington revealed that one fifth of the American population lived below the _____.
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poverty line
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After the first two years of his presidency Kennedy became convinced that the poor needed direct ____.
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federal aid
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In domestic affairs, Kennedy rarely succeeded in pushing _____________.
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legislation through congress
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Kennedy's lack of success with his domestic policies was largely due to his lack of support in ____.
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congress
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Cutting taxes, providing aid to the poor, and promoting the space program were all parts of Kennedy's ______.
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New Frontier
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The economy, poverty, and the space program were all addressed by Kennedy's __________.
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New Frontier
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In 1961, President Kennedy committed NASA and the nation to the goal of _________.
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landing a man on the moon within the decade
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On November 22, 1963 President Kennedy was ___.
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assassinated
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Declared that Kennedy's assassination was the work of a lone assassin.
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The Warren Commission
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The Warren Commission had decided that Kennedy had been assassinated by ___________.
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one man who worked alone
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As a senator, this President was famed for his ability to accomplish his political goals.
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Lyndon Johnson
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Included major poverty relief, education aid, healthcare (especially for the elderly & the poor), voting rights, conservation and beautification projects, urban renewal, and economic development in depressed areas.
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Johnson's Great Society
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After the 1964 election President Johnson, unlike Kennedy after the 1960 election, had a ________.
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strong mandate
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Part of the reason for Johnson's landslide victory in 1964 was Goldwater's __________.
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radical views
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Healthcare legislation was a major part of President's Johnson's program known as the ______.
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Great Society
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This program of President Johnson won passage of several of Kennedy's New Frontier goals and added to them.
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the Great Society
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Like Kennedy, Johnson believed that budget deficits could be used to stimulate the economy, but to get support for his tax cuts he had to also agree to cut _____.
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government spending
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What did President Johnson get congress to pass that actually caused the GNP to rise?
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tax-cuts
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Some people feared that Johnson's tax-cuts would cause the deficit to rise, but because of the increased GNP, tax revenues actually went up and the deficit ______.
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shrank
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Increased expenditures on public welfare programs from 1965 to 1975.
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Johnson's "War on Poverty"
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In 1964 President Johnson launched the "War on ___."
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Poverty
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Provided low-cost health insurance for poor Americans of any age who could not afford their own private health insurance.
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Medicaid
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Provided hospital and low-cost medical insurance for most Americans age 65 and older.
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Medicare
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was intended to eliminate quotas restricting immigration from certain countries.
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Immigration Act of 1965
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Under this Chief Justice the Supreme court passed several important decisions protecting the constitutional rights of citizens accused of crimes.
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Earl Warren
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Required that suspects be informed of their rights.
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Miranda Rule
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Ruled that evidence seized illegally could not be used in trial.
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Supreme Court
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The way seats of a legislative body are distributed among electoral districts.
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apportionment
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Supreme court decisions on apportionment ruled that electoral districts had to be based on "_____."
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one person one vote
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Supreme court case that declared that congressional districts had to be apportioned on the basis of one person, one vote.
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Baker vs.. Carr
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Erupted in poor areas of major cities from 1965 to 1968.
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race riots
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In response to the Great Society, some Americans complained that too many of their tax dollars were being spent on ______.
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poor people
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Ever since the Great Society, people have argued as to whether or not antipoverty programs have helped the poor or have encouraged them to become ___.
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dependent upon government
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Critics of the Great Society believed it gave too much power to the ___________.
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federal government
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Johnson's Great Society did cut the number of people living below the poverty line in _____.
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half
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LBJ's inability to contain this conflict undermined and finally ended the Great Society.
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Vietnam
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Stopping the spread of communism was the guiding principle behind the foreign policies of both _______________.
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President Kennedy & President Johnson
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A failed attempt by U.S. backed Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro's communist government.
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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When Kennedy's advisors urged him to provide air cover to the Cuban exiles attacking at the Bay of Pigs he ______.
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refused
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When the Soviets sought a treaty to make the division of Berlin permanent in an attempt to stop the flow of East Germans escaping to West Germany, Kennedy feared it was part of a larger effort to take over the ________.
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rest of Europe
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President Kennedy asked for huge increases in military spending because he was afraid that the Soviet Union would ___________.
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take over Europe
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After Kennedy authorized a military buildup to show that the U.S. would not be bullied by the Soviet Union, the Soviets began ____________.
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construction of the Berlin Wall
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The Soviets built IT in order to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
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Berlin Wall
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Standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that could have led to nuclear war.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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By positioning missiles on Cuban soil, the Soviets provoked Kennedy to ______________.
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quarantine Cuba
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As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets ________.
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removed their missiles from Cuba.
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When the Cuban Missile Crisis was over, Kennedy and Khrushchev established a _______ between their two nations.
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"hot line"
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An agreement between Kennedy, Khrushchev and Great Britain that was the first nuclear treaty since the development of the Atomic Bomb.
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Limited Test Ban Treaty
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Banned nuclear testing above the ground.
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Limited Test Ban Treaty
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Kennedy believed he could encourage stability in Latin America by promoting _________.
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economic stability
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Cooperative effort to produce economic and social reform in the Western Hemisphere.
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Alliance for Progress
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Was established by Kennedy to discourage the spread of communism in the Western Hemisphere.
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The Alliance for Progress
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Program in which volunteers served in developing nations.
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Peace Corps
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This group of volunteers initiated by Kennedy worked to raise the standard of living in poor areas.
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Peace Corps
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Johnson sent Marines to this Latin American country in 1965 in order to protect American citizens.
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Dominican Republic
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Like Kennedy, Johnson was determined to stop the spread of Communism in ______.
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Vietnam
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Movement that pushed for the absolute equality of men and women.
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feminism
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The feminist movement of the 1960s was the ____.
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women's movement
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The women's movement of the 1960s grew out of women's frustration with various forms of __.
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job discrimination
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Borrowed legal tools and inspiration from the civil rights movement.
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women's movement
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As a result of their experience in the civil rights movement, many women learned the importance of taking advantage of ________.
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legal tools
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Author of The Feminine Mystique.
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Betty Friedan
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To explore important issues, women formed consciousness-raising _____________.
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support groups
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A group of activists who wanted to bring women into the mainstream quickly.
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National Organization of Women (NOW)
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Founder of Ms. Magazine, a new magazine for women.
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Gloria Steinem
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The change in women's career goals was a result of the change in attitudes produced by the ____.
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women's movement
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The Supreme Court case that legalized abortion.
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Roe vs. Wade
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"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
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Equal Rights Amendment
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This Amendment passed Congress in 1972 but failed in the ratification process.
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Equal Rights Amendment
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Law that would make discrimination based on a person's gender illegal.
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Equal Rights Amendment
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The equal rights amendment did not become law because it was not __________.
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ratified by the states
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Many of the women who rejected the women's movement did so because they preferred _____.
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traditional roles
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Conservative political activist who opposed the women's movement.
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Phyllis Schafly
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Felt undervalued by the women's movement, disapproved of feminists' goals, and opposed the Equal Rights Amendment.
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women who preferred the traditional role of homemaking
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Person whose family origins are in Spanish-speaking Latin America.
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Latino
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Latinos in the US come from different countries but generally speak the ____________.
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same language
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Person who moves from farm to farm planting and harvesting crops.
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migrant farm worker
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Group founded by Cesar Chavez to organize Mexican farm workers.
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United Farm Workers (UFW)
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Co-founder of the United Farm Workers.
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Cesar Chavez
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A nationwide consumer boycott was a successful strategy used by _______.
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Cesar Chavez
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Jobs, education, and legal matters, were all areas where, in the 1960s, Mexican Americans fought ___.
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discrimination
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Led the political party La Raza Unida.
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Jose Angel Gutierrez
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La Raza Unida was an organization that represented Latino ___________.
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political interests
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Group that worked for compensation for Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
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Group that spoke out against Japanese American property losses during their wartime internment.
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Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
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During the 1960s and 1970, Asian Americans made economic gains but continued to face
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discrimination
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Dennis Banks and George Mitchell were active in the American _______.
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Indian movement
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Dennis Banks and George Mitchell focused on the problems for Native Americans living in _____.
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cities
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Dennis Banks and George Mitchell fought for legal rights for ______.
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Native Americans
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Chippewa activist and member of the American Indian Movement.
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Dennis Banks
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Group that fought for Native American treaty rights and self-government.
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American Indian Movement (AIM)
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Restoration of lands illegally taken, autonomy of native Americans, and control of natural resources were all goals of the _.
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American Indian Movement (AIM)
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Group that valued youth, spontaneity, and individuality.
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counterculture or hippies
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Name for members of the counterculture.
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hippie
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Promoted peace, love, and freedom.
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hippies
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By rejecting conventional customs, the counterculture (hippies) drew on the example of the ____.
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Beat Generation
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Many female hippies chose to wear ____.
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loose-fitting dresses
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Cultural changes in the 1960s led to more open discussion of ______.
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sex
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People who lived in communal groups rejected traditional ______________.
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marriage
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Many young people sought to escape from reality by ____________.
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using drugs
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The most serious danger posed by abuse of drugs.
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overdosing
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Growing long hair and wearing nontraditional clothes were both parts of the 1960s ________.
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counterculture
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The increase of the student population of the 1960s was largely the result of the _____.
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"baby boom"
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Popular 1960s rock music group.
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the Beatles
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In the 1960s the Beatles performed a new kind of ___.
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rock music
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Social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, centered in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, included psychoactive drug use, sexual freedom, and creative expression.
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Summer of Love
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400,000 people gathered for a peaceful concert of major rock bands in the summer of 1969.
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Woodstock
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What shocked most Americans about Woodstock was the amount of __________.
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drugs & sex
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Most hippies were children of the comfortable ____.
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middle class
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When the counterculture fell apart, most hippies melted right back into the _______.
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mainstream
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The use of harmful chemicals such as DDT was exposed by the book ________.
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Silent Spring
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Author of a book detailing the effects of pesticides on the environment.
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Rachel Carson
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Rachel Carson published a book in 1962 that started the _____________________.
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environmental movement
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A major theme of this book was that humans are part of nature, and all parts of nature interact.
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Silent Spring
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Radioactivity being released into the air was the greatest threat posed by _____.
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Nuclear power plants
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Worked to ensure the safety of nuclear power plants.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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Senator from Wisconsin who helped organize the first national Earth Day.
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Gaylord Nelson
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In response to environmental activists the government created the ________.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Combined federal agencies concerned with air and water pollution.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Enforced national pollution control standards
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Controlled pollutions caused by industry and car emissions.
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Clean Air Act
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Regulated wastewater discharges.
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Clean Water Act
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In Alaska during the 1970s, the federal government attempted to balance _____.
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jobs and the environment
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Man most responsible for the development of the consumer movement of the 1960s.
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Ralph Nader
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Wrote a government report exposing the hazards of the automobile.
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Ralph Nader
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The passage of automobile safety legislation was the result of a __________.
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government report
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Conquered Indochina in the 1800s and controlled it until it was overrun by Japan in WWII.
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French
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During WWII the Japanese faced stiff resistance in Indochina (especially in Vietnam) from _______.
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guerrillas
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Small groups of loosely organized soldiers who make surprise raids.
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guerrillas
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After the Japanese were defeated they set out to re-establish authority in Indochina.
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French
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League for the Independence of Vietnam.
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Vietminh
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Leader of the Vietminh.
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Ho Chi Minh
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Ho Chi Minh was both a nationalist and a ______.
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communist
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Vietnamese victory over the French in 1954 that convinced the French to leave Vietnam
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Dien Bien Phu
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After 1954 the struggle for Vietnam became part of the _______.
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Cold War
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After Dien Bien Phu representatives of Ho Chi Minh, Bao Dai, Cambodia, Laos, France, the U.S., the Soviet Union, China, and Britain arranged a peace settlement.
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Geneva Accords
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As a result of the Geneva Accords, Vietnam was _____.
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divided
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After Vietnam was divided, Ho Chi Minh's communists controlled North Vietnam and South Vietnam was controlled by noncommunists led by
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Ngo Dinh Diem and the South Vietnamese were supported by the ______.
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United States
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The agreement to divide Vietnam included an agreement to hold elections to reunite Vietnam, these elections were never held because _______.
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Diem and the U.S. feared the communists would win
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The majority of South Vietnamese actually supported ___________.
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Ho Chi Minh
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Catholic and pro-French Vietnamese favored ___.
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South Vietnam
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The U.S. supported Ngo Dinh Diem's regime because they feared the _________.
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spread of communism
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Ngo Dinh Diem's dictatorial regime alienated many Vietnamese because of its __________.
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corruption and brutal tactics
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Many Vietnamese believed South Vietnam was under the foreign domination of the ____.
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U.S.
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By the early 1960s many South Vietnamese communist guerrilla fighters, with the support of North Vietnam were fighting against the ____.
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South Vietnamese forces
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The fear that if one nation falls to communism, its neighbors will soon follow.
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domino theory
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Theory or principle, described by President Eisenhower, that became associated with U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia.
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domino theory
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The U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War out of fear that the __________.
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communists would take over
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President Eisenhower pledged his support to South Vietnams' Diem and by 1960 about 675 U.S. _____________.
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military advisors were in Vietnam
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President Kennedy supported the government of Ngo Dinh Diem because he feared
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communists would take over
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His policy in Vietnam was to increase the number of military advisors.
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President Kennedy
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Diem increased the opposition to his government by forcing Buddhist to obey ______.
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Catholic laws
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When monks burned themselves to death, in opposition to Diem's rule, the U.S. encouraged the South Vietnamese military to
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overthrow Diem
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Military leaders in South Vietnam overthrew HIM because he lost American support.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Diem's successors were not popular and were not successful in fighting the ______.
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Viet Cong
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National Liberation Front, the South Vietnamese communist rebels trying to overthrow the government of South Vietnam.
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Viet Cong
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Ho Chi Minh determined to unite Vietnam supported the _____.
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Viet Cong
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Communist guerrillas who fought to gain control of South Vietnam.
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Viet Cong
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President Johnson's objective in Vietnam.
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Prevent a communist takeover
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The first attack on an American destroyer by the North Vietnamese, was provoked by a South Vietnamese raid on the North, the second attack didn't actually happen, it was only a false sonar reading.
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Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Claimed that both the first attack in the Gulf of Tonkin and the second (which didn't happen) were both unprovoked.
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President Lyndon Johnson
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Used the Gulf of Tonkin Incident to get congress to authorize his enormous escalation of U.S. forces in Vietnam.
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President Lyndon Johnson
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In August of 1964 IT was passed by Congress, giving President Johnson the authority to use whatever force he thought necessary in Vietnam.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Number of U.S. men sent to Vietnam from 1964 to 1973.
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2.5 million
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A large percentage of the men who served in Vietnam and often as high as two thirds of the men who served in combat were______.
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drafted
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About 80% of the soldiers who served in Vietnam came from the ______.
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working and lower classes
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U.S. Soldiers in Vietnam were generally not trying to take more territory, their primary objective was to increase the _______.
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body count
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Because they came from Vietnamese peasants, the U.S. soldiers had a great deal of difficulty finding and identifying the
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Viet Cong
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Because many Vietnamese villagers gave refuge to the Viet Cong, the villages themselves sometimes became
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military targets
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Though the Viet Cong lacked the sophisticated equipment of the U.S., they were highly effective at
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guerrilla war tactics
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An elaborate tunnel system was one advantage of the _________.
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Viet Cong
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Sniper fire and booby traps (including land mines) were techniques used by the _____.
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Viet Cong
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When American soldiers discovered that many South Vietnamese people did not appreciate their efforts, they were
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confused
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This technique used by Americans to destroy roads and bridges, hurt civilians in both North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
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saturation bombing
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In fighting the North Vietnamese, US. Forces used the technique of _______.
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saturation bombing
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Using B-52 bombers to drop thousands of tons of explosives over large areas.
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saturation bombing
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Many of the bombs dropped, in saturation bombing, threw pieces of their thick metal casings in all directions.
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fragmentation bombs
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Were used to expose Viet Cong hiding places.
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herbicides
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Most infamous herbicide used by the U.S. in Vietnam.
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Agent Orange
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Destructive chemical weapon used by Americans in Vietnam. Dropped from airplanes it splattered and burned uncontrollably.
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napalm
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After winning reelection in 1964, President Johnson began a gradual of the Vietnam War.
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escalation
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When the Viet Cong attacked Pleiku, within South Vietnam, and killed 8 Americans in 1965, President Johnson responded by authorizing the _______.
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bombing of North Vietnam
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Commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam.
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General William Westmorland
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Relentless bombing campaign against North Vietnam from 1965 to 1968.
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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Those who opposed the Vietnam war in the U.S.
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doves
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Those who favored the Vietnam war in the U.S.
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hawks
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Troops and supplies poured into South Vietnam from the North, via THIS supply route that passed through Laos and Cambodia.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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A coordinated attack against cities and bases in South Vietnam, by the Viet Cong & North Vietnamese in 1968.
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Tet Offensive
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Converted many Americans to the view that the Vietnam war could not be won.
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Tet Offensive
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Incident in which American troops killed from 175 to 400 Vietnamese villagers.
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My Lai massacre
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The brutality of American soldiers who killed Vietnamese villagers during this massacre shocked many Americans.
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My Lai massacre
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Officer in charge of the My Lai massacre.
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William Calley
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The heroics of an American helicopter crew prevented the My Lai massacre death toll from ____.
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being greater
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Pilot who along with his crew prevented the My Lai Massacre from being worse.
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Hugh Thompson
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Post World War II prosperity gave many young people of the 1960s freedom and opportunities unknown to previous _________________.
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generations
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In the early 1960s the generation gap ____.
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widened
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The student protest movement of the 1960s emerged from the ________.
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civil rights movement
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Organized by civil rights activists, it issued the Port Huron Statement and was influential in the formation of the "New Left."
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Students for a Democratic Society
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Written primarily by Tom Hayden it claimed "we would replace power rooted in possession, privilege, or circumstance by power and uniqueness rooted in love, reflectiveness, reason, and creativity."
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Port Huron Statement
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The SDS called for power to be rooted in love, reflectiveness, reason and creativity.
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Port Huron Statement
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Political movement which believed that problems of racism and poverty, called for radical changes in American society.
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New Left
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Sought broader and more democratic change than the old left.
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New Left
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When college professors gathered and expressed their opinions about the Vietnam War.
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teach-ins
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People who opposed fighting the war on moral or religious grounds were known as ____
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conscientious objectors
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Most of the people who refused to be drafted in the early 1960s were _______.
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conscientious objectors
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College students could postpone being drafted into military service by getting a __________.
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deferment
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Some American questioned the fairness of the draft because THEY could easily avoid the draft.
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college students
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Many young men avoided the draft by _________.
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going to Canada
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Due to opposition to the Vietnam war he chose not to run for reelection in 1968.
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Lyndon Johnson
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The success of the antiwar candidate Eugene McCarthy and the entrance of antiwar candidate Robert Kennedy into the Presidential race, contributed to Johnson not running for _____.
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reelection
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Republican Candidate in the 1968 Presidential election.
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Richard Nixon
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In 1968 the Democratic party was split by the same issues___.
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dividing the nation
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The split in the democratic party led to protests at THIS EVENT and the brutal suppression of those protests by Mayor Daley.
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democratic convention of 1968
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Democratic candidate in the 1968 Presidential election.
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Hubert Humphrey
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A third party candidate in 1968, he appealed to blue-collar voters in the North, who resented campus radicals and antiwar activists.
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George Wallace
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In an era of chaos and confrontation middle America turned to the Republican party for
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stability
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Winner of the 1968 Presidential election.
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Richard Nixon
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At the end of his presidency Johnson cut back on the bombing and called for _____.
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peace negotiations
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New policy in Vietnam announced by Nixon in 1969.
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Vietnamization
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Policy of replacing American forces with South Vietnamese soldiers.
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Vietnamization
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In 1970, President Nixon announced that the U.S. forces would invade _______.
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Cambodia
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Nixon was willing to intensify the war in order to strengthen America's position at the ___.
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peace talks
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Negotiations that ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Paris peace talks
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Term used by Nixon to refer to the large number of American people who he believed supported his Vietnam policies.
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silent majority
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Nixon's invasion of Cambodia reignited ________.
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student protests in the 1970s
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The primary focus of the protest movement of the 1960s was to demand _____.
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U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam
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Tensions between students who opposed the war and National Guardsman resulted in four deaths at _____.
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Kent State
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Brought the brutality of the Vietnam war into people's living rooms.
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Television
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As Nixon withdrew troops from Vietnam he resumed ______________.
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resumed bombing raids
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Under increasing pressure to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam he negotiated the Paris Peace Accord in 1973.
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Richard Nixon
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The U.S. agreed to withdraw its troops and North Vietnam agreed not to send any more troops into the South.
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Paris Peace Accord
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The seventeenth parallel would continue to divide North & South Vietnam, all prisoners of war would be released, and the U.S would withdrawal from Vietnam.
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Paris Peace Accord
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Year that the Vietnam Peace Treaty was signed.
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1973
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Two years after the U.S. had withdrawn from Vietnam the _______.
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North Vietnamese conquered South Vietnam
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The Vietnam war ended in 1975 when North Vietnam ____.
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gained control of all of Vietnam
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After the last Americans fled Saigon, the North Vietnamese completed ___________.
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their conquest of South Vietnam
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The year the Vietnam War ended.
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1975
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Also fell to communism after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam
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Cambodia & Laos
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Communist guerrillas who came to power in Cambodia.
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Khmer Rouge
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Ruler of the Khmer Rouge who oversaw work camps and the genocide of more than a million Cambodians.
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Pol Pot
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After Cambodia and Laos communism did not spread any farther in ______.
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Southeast Asia
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A flood of refugees to the U.S. from Southeast Asia was one _______________.
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legacy of the Vietnam War
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Was created to help heal the wounds created by the Vietnam war.
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Vietnam Memorial
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