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24 Cards in this Set
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Many historians believe the decisive element of the 1960 election was:
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the candidates appearance in a series of televised debates
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What was true about Ngo Dinh Diem?
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He was a Catholic leading a Buddhist country; He was educated in the US; He was selected by the US for leadership in Vietnam because he was an anticommunist
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Black Power leaders argued that African Americans should:
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act to gain control of political and economic power
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The decisions of the Warren Court focused on:
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strengthening individual rights
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What were results of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; removal of Soviet missile bases from Cuba; a "hot line" between the US and the Soviet Union
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Cesar Chavez
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led a labor union; practiced non-violence protest; worked to improve civil rights for Mexican-Americans
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Which Secretary of Defense was relieved of his duty when he reversed his position on the Vietnam War?
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Robert McNamara
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A way the US army measured its success in Vietnam was according to:
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the enemy body count
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Tet Offensive
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military defeat for the Viet Cong; shook American confidence; increased citicism of the war
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Who tried to hurt the Civil Rights Movement by ordering that police dogs and firemen with fire hoses attack demonstrators in Birmingham?
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Bull Connor
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Which of the following would be considered the biggest foreign policy failure John Kennedy?
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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Who urged blacks to use any means necessary to fight for their rights?
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Malcolm X
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5 Goals of the modern women's movemnent
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equal rights with men; higher job promotions; equal pay for equal work; the right to choose to have an abortion; longer maternity leave
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In what year were Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robret Kennedy assassinated? In the same year ws the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago and the Tet Offensive.
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1968
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Stokely Carmichael
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Coined the phrase, "Black Power"
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William Westmoreland
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Commander of US forces in Vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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South Vietnamese leader supported by the US that was assassinated
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Bao Dai
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puppet leader of Vietnam used by France and Japan
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George Wallace
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ran for president in 1968; "Segregation now. Segregation Forever."
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Neil Armstrong
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First man to step on the moon
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William Fulbright
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Led Congressional opposition to the Vietnam War
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Henry Kissinger
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Nixon's Secretary of State
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Robert Kennedy
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Led Congressional opposition to the Vietnam War; ran for US President in 1968
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James Meredith
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ran for President in 1968
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