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35 Cards in this Set
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Ho Chi Minh
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leader of a Vietnam Comunist nationalist group
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Domino Effect
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chair reaction named by Pres Eisenhower for providing aid to the French in Vietnam
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Dienbienphu
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fortress sieved by the Vietnam in 1954
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Saigon
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capital of S Vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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anti Comunist Catholic who was a premier of the French backed S Vietnam gov
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Vietcong
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guerilla forces that launched the Tet Offensive
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Tet Offensive
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suprise attack on several S Vietnam cities
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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gave Pres Johnson the authority to use military in SE Asia
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26th Amendment
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suffrage for those 18 and older
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SDS Tom Hayden
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Students for a Democratic Society, didnt like consumer culture or diff b/w rich and poor
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Che Guevera
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leader of Cuban revolution
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Pete Seegar
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folk singer who set the tone for the hippies' political idealism
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Joan Baez
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folk singer who gained fame due to his "We Shall Overcome"
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LSD
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'asid', a hallucinating drug, celebrated in popular music
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Woodstock
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3 day outside concert in 69
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Malcolm X
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figure of Black Muslims
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Stokley Carmichael
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called for black self reliance and racial pride under "Black Power"
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Kerner Comm
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National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
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Cesar Chavez
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labor leader who organized the United Farm Workers
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AIM
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American Indian Movement
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Grey Panthers
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old Americans who organized to demand better health, social security, and other benefits
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Stonewall Riot
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Patrons of a gay bar fought back against police harassment
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Wounded Knee
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where memebers of AIM staged a 71 day protest, in 1890 200 Sioux had been massacred by american soldiers
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NOW
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National Organization for Women
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Election 1968
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R: Nixon, D: Humphrey, Nixon won
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Eugene McCarthy
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senator of Minasota, anti war candidate
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Richard Daley
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Dem mayor of Chicago
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Henry Kissinger
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declared 'peace at hand'
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Vietnamization
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elimianted American combat deaths
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Khmer Rouge
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communist party that ruled Cambodia
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Kent Satte
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anti war activist
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My Lai
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village where atrocities were committed
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Will Calley
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was court martialed for the attrocities commited at My Lai
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SALT
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Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty
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Election 1972
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R: Nixon, D: McGovern, Nixon won
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