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16 Cards in this Set
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Name for LBJ’s domestic program. Guns and Butter. Guns = Increased military spending to retaliate against USSR. Butter = Welfare (AFDC), Medicare (medical care for old people), and Medicaid (medical care for the poor).
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The Great Society
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Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Forbids racial discrimination in voting.
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Forbids racial discrimination regarding the use of federal funds in public facilities.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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March on Washington (1963)
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To pressure Congress to pass a civil rights bill.
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Explains his program of non-violence resistance to segregation.
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MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963).
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Black civil rights leader. Rejected integration and non-violence. Favored improving conditions for blacks "By any means necessary." Assassinated.
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Malcolm X
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The Vietnam War
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Like Korea, Vietnam splits into North (Communist) and South(capitalist). US backs south, kills many civilians, and leaves in defeat and disgrace.
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Soviet Union sends satellite into space, starting 'the Race for Space.'
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Sputnik
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U.S. discovers USSR nuclear missiles in Cuba and threatens war if not removed. USSR backs down.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis (1963).
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U.S.-backed overthrow of Castro fails.
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The Bay of Pigs (1962).
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Pres. Kennedy gives $$ to capitalist governments in Latin America.
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The Alliance for Progress (1961).
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Korea split into North (communist) and South (capitalist). Civil war, backed by superpowers (US vs. Communist China). US fights a 'limited war' to contain expansion of communism (No nuclear weapons, only $, military advisors, and a few troops. Result: stalemate; Korea remains split today.
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The Korean War (1950-53).
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U. S. Senator Joseph McCarthy leads a domestic witch hunt for communists (Reds). Communists were called traitors and fired. Results: American people fear Communist enemy and support the partnership between government and business.
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The Red Scare/McCarthyism
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U. S. army forces integration of public school
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Little Rock (1957)
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Black civil rights leader who favored non-violent resistance to racism. Assassinated.
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Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to back of bus. African-Americans boycott buses. MLK organizes a bus boycott. Supreme Court outlaws segregation on buses.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott (1954-55).
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