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17 Cards in this Set
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The Peace Corps |
a volunteer agency that would let Americans share their experience and knowledge with people of less fortunate nations |
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Cold War |
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CORE |
Congress for Racial Equality |
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NAACP |
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an organization of blacks and whites formed to fight racial injustice |
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SCLC |
Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
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Sit-in |
tactic used by protesters who sat down in segregated establishments and refused to leave |
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SNCC |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
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New Frontier |
Kennedy's program to improve the economy and guarantee equality to all Americans. |
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ZIP code |
Zone Improvement Program number that tells the post office what area or place to deliver the mail |
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Great Society |
Lyndon Johnson's program to improve the lives of Americans |
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war on poverty |
Lyndon Johnson's plan to end poverty in the United States |
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guerrilla |
a soldier who fights by using surprise tactics to bring down the enemy |
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napalm |
jellied-gasoline explosives |
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My Khe [MEE-khair] |
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My Lai [MEE-liy]
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César Chávez [SAY-sahr CHAHV-ez] |
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Fidel Castro |
the communist dictator of Cuba |
