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16 Cards in this Set
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1948 Election
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• Truman (D)
• HenryWallace (Progressive) • StromThurmond(Dixiecrat) • Dewey (R) Truman wins. Between Truman and Dewey |
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1960 Election
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• Kennedy (D)
• Nixon (R) • Byrd (independent) Kennedy wins. Between Nixon and Kennedy. |
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1964 Election
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BarryGoldwater (R)
LyndonBainesJohnson (D) Johnson wins by land-slide |
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1968 Election
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• Humphrey (D)– Civil Rights
• Nixon (R)– “law & order” • Wallace (American Independent)– Segregation– Anti-WarrenCourt Nixon wins |
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Modern Liberalism
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– Civil Liberties + Economic Intervention
– White Working-Class + Minorities |
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Divisions grow in 1960s and 1970s over:
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– Johnson’s Great Society
– Supreme Court Decisions Simultaneously unite Traditionalist andLibertarian Conservatives |
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Supreme Court
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• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Red Monday (1957) • Baker v. Carr (1962) • New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) • Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) • Miranda v. Arizona (1966) • Loving v. Virginia (1967) • Swann v. Board of Education (1971) Roe v. Wade (1973) • Regents v. Bakke (1978) |
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Red Monday (1957)
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resumed by conservatives, when the court moved to rein in the anticommunist crusade. Overturned convictions of individuals for advocating the overthrow of the government, failing to answer questions before the House Un-American activities committee |
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Baker v. Carr (1962)
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Established the principle that districts electing members of state legislatures must be equal in population. Overturned appointment systems in numerous states that had allowed individuals in sparsely inhabited rural areas to enjoy the same representation as residents of populous city districts. |
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New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
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overturned a libel judgement by an Alabama jury against the nation's leading newspaper for carrying an advertisement critical of how local officials treated civil rights demonstrators. 1st amendment- allowed to criticize gov. |
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Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
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constitutional right to privacy. Overturned a state law banning contraceptives. |
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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
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individual in police custody must be informed of the rights to remain silent and to confer w/ a lawyer before answering questions. |
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Loving v. Virginia (1967)
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declared unconstitutional the laws still unconstitutional on the books in sixteen states that prohibited interracial marriage |
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Swann v. Board of Education (1971)
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from Warren burger. The justices unanimously approved a lower court's plan that required the extensive transportation of students to achieve school integration. |
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Roe v. Wade (1973)
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created a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy |
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Regents v. Bakke (1978)
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court overturned admissions program that set aside 16 of 100 places in entering medical school class, for minorities |
