U.s History

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JFK

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John F. Kennedy-president of u.s.
was assasinated in 1963 during first term.
very professional

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LBJ

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Lindon B. Johnson was the VP to JFK and became president upon his assasination.
was a layed back country man

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Great Society

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LBJ's motto and a reform system that he set up. It set goals and achieved the majority of them all.

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Medicare and Medicaid

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part of the "great society". provided basic health care for the elderly or pays for all health care if your income is so low when youre over the age of 60

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OEO

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Office of Economic Opportunity. This helped education, employment,housing and health-care programs.

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Headstart

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program created for children in pre-schools that need care. Gives the opportunity for children that do not come from well off families to read and learn.

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Non- violent resistance

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the act of sitins, lunch ins without violence, but informing.

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James Meredith

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integrated the university of mississippi in 1962. She was 35 years old when she was the representative to challenge desegregation at u.miss

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"freedom rides"

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students who rode on busses and sat where only white people sit. Ate/drank where white people do. travelled throughou the south doing this.

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march on Washington

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largest protest rally demonstrating civil rights. "i have a dream" speech

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"freedom summer"

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during the summer of 1964 civil rights workers produced a campaign that produced a violent response from some white. Was a summer of change

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voting rights act of 1965

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provided federal protection to blacks atteming to exercise ther right vote.

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affirmative action

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recommends that hiring practices change.

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malcolm x

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A true muslim. was a part of the black pathers

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black panthers

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group of students in Californiaqho protested radically

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Thurgood Marshall

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appointed to the supreme court

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Bay of Pigs

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exiled cubans return to Cuba with the intentions of over throwing Castro, but are caught in the act and are defeated by the Cuban army

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Berlin Wall

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divided east and west germany. lasted 28 years and thousands of people died and lost families

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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summer of 1962 when the US discovered the Soviet Union had missles in Cuba. in October Kennedy recieved a message saying that they would be moved if America pledged not to invade Cuba.it was done.

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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authorized the president to "take agression" in southeast asia.

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"domino theory"

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if one country becomes communist the surrounding countries will follow in a domino effect.

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Ho Chi Minh

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leader in south vietnam

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Viet Cong

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south vietamese people that believed in communisium in the north. the faught for the north,but looked like civilians.

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'escalation'

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to widen the war in the means of people

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Tet Offensive

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tet is the first day of the vietnamese new year. and on this day they launched an attack on american stronholds throughout south vietnam

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MLK jr. and his assasination

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april 4th- by James Earl Ray on the balcony of a motel in Memphis.

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Robert F. Kennedy and his assasination

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was assasinated after he won the california vote, and was the leading candidate.

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george wallace

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a leading spokesman for the denfense of segregation. was the governer of AL.

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richard nixon

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ran and was elected president. "peace with honor"

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SDS

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students for democratic society formed in 1962 in Michigan.preformed radical protests

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hippies and the counterculture

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peace, love and hippies

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haight ashbury

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in san fransisco.summer of love in 1967--where alot of young people went to hang out

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indian militancy

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1960'sIndiannt rights where to live

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cesar chavez

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created an effective union of largely Mexican itinerant farm workers: the United Farm Workers

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gay liberation

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1960's- to get political,economic and social acceptance. helped a lot of gay and lesbian people to come out during this time.

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betty friedan

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wrote "The Feminine Mystique"in 1963. premoted women's liberation

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new feminism

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rejected he whole notion of marriage, family and even heterosexual relationships.

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roe v. wade

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prohibite abortion during the "first trimester" of pregnancy

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ERA

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Equal Rights Amendment-

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earth day

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april 22 1970

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my lai

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massacre when soldiers went into a village and sensed there was vietcongs there and killed everyone in the villiage. It was kept a secret and came out 5 years later. some soldiers were tried after in court and served time.

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agent orange

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a strategy to wipe out vegetation along the roads. it was a chemical powder that was dropped from the sky and killed vegetation. it also was later found out that it was a cause of cancer.

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cambodian incursion

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the destruction of bases in cambodia. this restored the dwindling antiwar movement to chaos.

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kent state and jackson state

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open firing at these colleges killed a total of 6 people and injured 9 students.

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"peace with honor"

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nixon turned over the majority of the fighting over to the south vietnamese instead of the U.s fightting all the time. brought troops home.

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the fall of saigon

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april 1975- south vietnam fell to northern communism vietnam.

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detente and Nixon's visit to China

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china and america are at peace.

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the watergate crisis

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building complex n DC. burglers broke into it the democratic national headquaters. they then covered the break in up that was known about by Nixon's staff. they were found out and nixon was going to be impeached, but was given the option and quit. his case will be pardoned later by Ford.

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OPEC oil embargo

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Arab memebers said they would not ship petrol to countries that are at peace with Israel. this included the US

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Henry Kissinger

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a harvard professor whom nixon appointed as his special assistant for national security affairs.

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Gerald Ford

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was president. pardoned nixon

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jimmy carter

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president of 1980