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17 Cards in this Set
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Kennedy's legislative program |
Blocked by conservatives |
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Letter from Birmingham city jail |
Nonviolent protest to defy unjust laws |
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Michael Harrington |
The other America, blueprint for the Great Society |
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South Vietnam |
Kennedy increasing the number of military advisors |
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Stokely Carmichael and H rap Brown |
Massive integration |
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
Expanded African American voting in the south |
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Babe Pigs invasion |
Failed CIA invasion of Cuba |
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George Wallace |
Attempted to Halt integration of the University of Alabama, stood in the doorway, but encouraged to stand aside |
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Cuban Missile Crisis |
Soviets place missiles on Cuba to thrwart a feared American invasion |
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Barry Goldwater |
Republican candidate for president in 1964 |
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Tonkin Gulf resolution |
Blank check to escalate the war in Vietnam |
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Medicare |
Medical insurance for the elderly |
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James Meredith |
Attempted to integrate University of Mississippi |
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Immigration Law of 1965 |
Remove the quota system |
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Berlin Wall |
Escalated the Cold War tensions |
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Tet Offensive |
American victory in Vietnam, but negatively affected support for the war |
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
Outlawed segregation |
