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17 Cards in this Set
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What did President Johnson call his social welfare program? |
"The Great Society" |
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What acts were passed by legislation to improve education and combat poverty? |
The Higher Education Act of 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 Medicare Act of 1965 Appalachian Development Act |
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The Fair Housing Act |
Prohibited discrimination in renting and selling houses |
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24th Amendment |
Outlawed poll taxes for national elections |
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Martin Luther King Jr. |
The important civil rights leader assassinated in 1968 |
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The first US combat troops sent to Vietnam |
March 6, 1965. |
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How many troops were send in 1967? |
500,000 troops were sent |
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Who were on the Apollo II? |
Astronauts: Neil A. Armstrong Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Michael Collins They traveled to the moon in the largest, heaviest spacecraft launched to that date. |
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26th Amendment |
Lowered the voting age to 18 |
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Date the last US troops withdrew from Vietnam |
January 1973 |
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Henry Kissinger |
Spokesman for détente during Nixon's administration |
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What caused the increase in crime? |
When the court ruled against capital punishment |
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President Carter's policy |
built his foreign policy on human rights |
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Camp David Peace Accord |
A treaty that promised peace between Egypt and Israel, signed by Carter, Begin and Sadat |
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63 Americans were taken hostage in 1979 |
In Iran |
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Secretary of Energy |
the new cabinet position created during the Carter Administration |
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Highlight of the 1970s |
Bicentennial celebration in 1976 |
