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30 Cards in this Set
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Describe John F Kennedy’s political and personal style.
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Witty, sophisiticated, born into wealth and politics
Continued the New Deal ideas of America’s social welfare system. Avoided controversial subjects like civil rights. Endorsed the Cold War policy of containment Supported social revolution in 3rd world countries |
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Trace Cuban-American relations from 1959 to 1062 and explain the causes and consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The soviets were currently helping Cuba, which made us mad. The US planned to overthrow Castro by rising up the Cuban people and revolting with them, but once we got there no one wanted to revolt with us. We got embarrassed by this and planned to kill Castro instead. Meanwhile the Soviets were working very closely with the Cubans to keep them safe by bringing missiles to the island. This presence of these weapons were meant to prevent US attacks. Kennedy ordered for them to leave and the Cubans agreed as long as the US promised never to attack them again.
After this the US and Soviet relations improved and they became more friendly towards each other. They took steps towards disarmament and signed a treaty that said that nuclear tests would stop. |
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Describe the goals, tactics, and achievements of the civil rights movements in the early 1960’s
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Goals-for the laws to be put into practice and continue passing laws that would desegregate.
Tactics-peaceful sit-ins, protests, publicity which lead to awareness and change, voting registration. Achievements-awareness and national recognition of the issue-> created pressure for Kennedy and government to do something, Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
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SNCC
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The student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Helped orchestrate the growing sit in movements, committed to nonviolent means, Many ricked their lives in attempt for social justice. |
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SCLC
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Started by Martin Luther King
Lead the campaign in Birmingham, Alabama |
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Ended legal discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex.
Also created a way to enforce the act, giving the government the authority to withhold federal funds from agencies that discriminated. |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Outlawed the practices that prevented blacks in the south from voting
Provided federal oversight of elections in cities that had discrimination. |
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Hubert Humphrey
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Vice president-cautioned against getting too involved in Vietnam. Thought that we had “Americanized” the war too much.
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Counterinsurgency
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During the time of Kennedy this was used to defeat revolutionaries who challenged pro-American third world governments.
Suppresses rebellion and disagreement. |
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Watts Riots
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In response to the Civil Rights Act-predominantly black section of LA called Watts faced heighten discrimination.
Crowds battled police, burned, looted. Police tried to arrest blacks for drunken driving, 34 people died and 1,000 were injured |
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Describe the social and political activism of African Americans in the 1970’s
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Shifted from wanting to be equal and treated the same as white to emphasizing their distinct black culture and society.
Wanted respect for their traditions. |
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Describe the social and political activism of Mexican Americans in the 1970’s
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Created groups like “brown power” to demand equal rights and recognition of their distinct cultures.
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Describe the social and political activism of Native Americans in the 1970’s
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Created groups like “red power” to demand equal rights and recognition of their distinct cultures.
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Affirmative action
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Nixon initiated the first gov. affirmative action program to promote equal rights-wanted to meet the goals of increasing minority employment and set goals/quotas for the employers.
People saw it as a way to end discrimination for women and minorities |
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Chicano
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The Mexican American movement that fought for equal rights through integration, respect of their culture, distinct ethnic background, etc.
Wasn’t as big as African American movement, but made improvements on the local level and created basis for political action. |
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Red Power
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Native Americans demanded reform in policies involving them, wanted to return to their “old ways”, and demanded land (Alcatraz) be returned to them for an Indian cultural Center.
Aimed for a collective ‘Indian’ identity-bridged the gaps between tribes Strengthened Indian culture. |
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Roe V. Wade
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1973--Ruled 7-2 that privacy rights protected a women’s choice to end a pregnancy.
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Iranian hostage crisis
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mobs stormed the US embasy, took americans as hostage and demanded the return of the shah for a trial (has been exiled-went to the US for medical treatment)
52 remained under iranian guard,suffered confinement, beating and mock executions. froze iranian assets in the US carter ordered for a rescue mission-we failed miserably and were embarassed once carter left the office, we unfrose assets and promised to not meddle with internal affairs in return for out people |
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Oklahoma City Bombing
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April 19, 1995-bombing of the federal building in downtown Oklahoma city-killed 168 people.
The man responsible, Timothy McVeigh was a Persian gulf war veteran-seeking revenge for the people killed in the Branch Davidson religious sect. He though the FBI had deliberately killed them. |
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Ross Perot
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Part of the reform party, ran for office in 1992
Attracted many who were fed up with government and politics Got 20% of the vote-highest third party vote in 80 years, but did not carry a state. |
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GATT
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1994-General agreement on tariff and trade
Lowered tariffs for 70 nations which accounted for 80% of the world’s trade. Endorsed the World Trade Organization |
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NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement-1993
Lowered trade and investment barriers between Canada, Mexico, and US |
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Los Angeles Riots
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Spring 1992
No immediate cause Four white police officers had been caught beating a black man->caused an uproar due to the continued racism 53 people died and many others were injured. |
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Explain President Reagan’s approach to the nation’s economic problems
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Didn’t believe that social problems could be solved by bog government
Cut funding for welfare by 25 billon Shifted the budget from welfare and social problems to building up the military |
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Describe the new conservative coalition that emerged in the late 1970’s and its impact on the election of 1980.
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Appealed to middle class white people by talking about towering their taxes.
Appealed to Democratic labor unions and urban ethnic groups United groups with the religiously based ‘New Right’ which appealed to social conservatives Through this he reached many different types of people->carried 51% of the popular vote |
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Reagan Doctrine
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The claim that the US would support anticommunist movement -whether they were battling Soviets or Soviet back governments (Caribbean, central America, Cuba, Grenada)
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Moral Majority
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Founded in 1979 by Jerry Falwell
Sought to create a “Christian America” Supported local and national politics that followed their thinking Condemned feminism, pornography, homosexuality, and abortion and endorsed “family values” |
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INF Treaty
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force treaty
Banned all land based nuclear missles in Europe 2,800 missiles were destroyed |
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Iran-contra scandal
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Nation security advisor, marine lieutenant and the CIA director sold weapons to Iran to try to win the release of hostages.
Meanwhile the US was condemning Iran as terrorists and demanding that trade be cut off with them Turns out Iran used the money they received from the deals to fund the contras(which the US refused to fund) One big messy circle of lies between the US, Iran, and the CIA director =bad news |
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Clarence Thomas
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Bush nominated him for Supreme Court in 1991
Anita Hill Charged him with sexual assault-> big messy public trial increased the gender gap in American politics |
