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34 Cards in this Set
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James McCord
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head plumber
admitted to lying under oath |
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Vietcong
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S. Vietnam communist combined with N. Vietnamese
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Marshall Plan
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proposed by Sec. of State to aid all European nations
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vietnamization
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Nixons plan to bring U.S. troops home
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Brown vs Board of Education
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ruled that separate but equal was unequal in education facilities
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news of arrest sparked a boycott of buses led by King
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Rosa Parks
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iron curtain
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imaginary divide that divided communist eastern Europe and capitalist western Europe
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dealt solely with attitude rather than law
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de facto segregation
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suburbia
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created demand for automobiles
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SALT1
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marked a turning pt. in U.S.-Soviet relations during the cold war
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WIN
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Ford's plan to help the economy rebound
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Watergate
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scandal during Nixons campaign
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U.S. policy of containment
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created alliances to supporting weaker nations
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the Berlin Airlift
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was succssful keeping the Soviets from overtaking W. Berlin
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reasons A.A. believed they had a real argument for civil rights
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*filled jobs during the war
*700,000 fought in war for U.S. *civil rights organizations campaigned for voting rights and challenged the Jim Crow laws |
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before being assassinated Kennedy ___
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intended to withdrawal troops from Vietnam
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impact of Vietnam as a "living room" war
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being the first war ever televised...it damaged U.S. support
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The Tet Offensive
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*major military victory for U.S.
*brought more oposition to the war *ended with nearly 10 times more deathsfor the communists tha the Ammericans |
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white flight
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caused deterioration of city neighborhoods known as slums and ghettos
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Truman Doctrine
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adopted to help ensure the policy of containment stating the U.S. would support free people around the world
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white collar
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higher paid positions such as clerical, managerial, and professional positions
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President Eisenhower
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signed the Interstate Highway Act of 1956
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Rock n Roll
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new type of music which followed the themes of Love, cars, and teenage problems
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War of Attrition
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utilizing the number of troops by relying on the fact that you can afford to have more killed than your opponent
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Roe vs Wade
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court case which was a victory for womens rights giving them a choice to have an abortion
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ERA - Equal Rights Amendment
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guarantees the equality of rights undr the law shall not be denied by any state on the account of sex
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reasons for the increase in leisure activities
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*people had money to spend
*people worked a 40 hr work week and had vacation time |
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reasons Americans felt we were behind in the Cold War
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*economy was in recession
*the development of long range missiles put fear that the U.S. military power was behind *allignment of Cuba with Soviet Union *Sputnik was launched by Soviets |
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Plessy vs Ferguson
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Supreme Cr ruled that separate but equal was not a fourteenth amendment violation
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why did U.S. declare war on North Korea
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felt that they needed to stop the spread of communism
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prompted Dr. King to become the major voice for Civil Rights activism in the South
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*he was chosen to be the leader for the Montgomery Bus Boycott
*his spirituality captivated other blacks |
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In 1972 Nixon wanted to gain election by doing ___
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*had a committee perform illegal activities to gain information on the Democratic Party
*slowed integration in the South to appease and gain southern democratic votes |
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Wis. Senator who claimed to have information of communists but never gave names
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Joseph McCarthy
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when Nixon's attorney General resigned and he fired his deputy Attorney General all for not firing prosecutor Archibald Cox
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Saturday Night Massacre
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