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30 Cards in this Set
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Gunnar Myrdal |
Economist/Sociologist. Swedish, so seemed impartial when talking about race issues in America. Wrote An American Dilemma, which was influential in Brown v Board |
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Billy Graham |
Evangelical consensus preacher. Used broadcast media and big rallies. Political and religious consensus builder. Anti-segregationist. Advisor to Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon. |
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Nikita Khrushchev |
Leader of Soviet Union after Stalin: '53-'64. Cold war, space race, Cuban Missile Crisis. |
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LBJ |
Lyndon B Johnson. VP under Kennedy. Assumed presidency when JFK assassinated. "Great Society" and Civil Rights. Increasing involvement in Vietnam |
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Timothy Leary |
"Turn on, tune in, drop out." Counterculture leader and Psychologist. Experimentation with LSD. |
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Merry Band of Pranksters |
Early hippies, took a bus trip across the US, LSD and counter-culture behavior. Led by author Ken Kesey. |
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Betty Friedan |
Author, feminist. Wrote The Feminine Mystique (early second wave). First president of NOW: "fully equal partnership with men" |
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ERA |
Equal Rights Amendment |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency. Established by Nixon by executive order. |
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Barry Goldwater |
Arizona Senator (R). 1964 Presidential nominee against LBJ. Opposed New Deal. Early resurgence of conservatism. |
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Second Wave Feminism |
1960s and following. Expanded feminist movement from suffrage and equality to include sexuality, workplace issues, violence against women, etc |
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Pauli Murray |
Lawyer, worked with Notorious RGB, Legal challenges to inequality, especially within legal profession |
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Iron triangle |
Congress <--> Bureaucracy <--> Interest Groups Hard to access power, decision makers |
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Kent State (1970) |
During Vietnam/Cambodia protest, Ohio National Guardsmen shot unarmed protesters and bystanders. |
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Southern Strategy |
Republican efforts to gain support in the South by appealing to racism |
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Vietnamization |
Plan to reduce US involvement in war by increasing training and equipment for S Vietnam's forces |
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Saturday Night Massacre |
Nixon fires special prosecutor and basically causes Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General to resign when special prosecutor is getting too close on Watergate investigation. |
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Yom Kippur War |
Egypt and Syria attack Israel. Russia supports/supplies Arabs, US supports supplies Israel. Relationships normalized in Camp David Accords |
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Hubert Humphrey |
LBJ's vice president. Democratic nominee against Nixon. Anti-segregation, heavily involved in creation of the Civil Rights Act '64 |
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Stagflation |
Stagnant + inflation. Usually there is an inverse relationship between stagnation and inflation, but in certain circumstances inflation is high and economic growth is slow. This is called stagflation |
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Sony Walkman |
Introduction of miniaturized, high quality, reasonable priced, mass-produced items to US. Early example of high-tech production being done better outside the US. Major challenge to US manufacturers |
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The End of History |
by Francis Fukuyama. History is conflict and change. The success of western liberal democracy (over communism) is the culmination of ideological evolution, therefore the end of history. |
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Yuri Andropov |
Head of Soviet Union for short time, including at the start of the Soviet/Afghan War. Hardliner. |
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SALT II |
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (2). Carter and Brezhnev agree to reductions in strategic nuclear weapons |
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Paul Volcker |
Economist, Chairman of Federal Reserve under Carter and Regan. Policies helped end the severe inflation occuring in early 80s. |
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Evil Empire |
Reagan's description of the Soviet Union. He insisted that we needed to increase our military to counter the USSR |
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Port Huron Statement |
Political statement by SDS (Students for a Democratic Society). Called for greater participation in democracy, civil disobedience where necessary, disarmament, and racial non-discrimination |
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Big Four (of Great Society) |
LBJ's legislative goals: Education Aid Medical Care (Medicare, Medicaid) Immigration Reform Voting Rights |
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Summer of Love |
1967. Young people (hippies and other counter-cultural) travel to San Francisco (Haight-Ashbury). Started out as free-love and drug festival, but was soon afflicted with high crime rate |
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Rachel Carson |
Marine biologist, conservationist, author of Silent Spring which challenged pesticide policy and spurred the conservationist movement. Eventually, this led to the establishment of the EPA. |
