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41 Cards in this Set
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"The voice" |
Barbra Jordan 1st black female elected to US house of representatives apart of the Nixon-watergate trial |
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"Lottery" Draft system |
men between 18-36 normally chosen 366 balls with a number if your birthday# was selected you were possibly up for the next draft 1st (1/3) (2/3) were safe for rest of the year lots of ways around being drafted |
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Max Yasgur |
600 acres of dairy farm allows Woodstock to be on his property |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions |
Gave power to LBJ to use conventional military in SE asia without formal declaration of war from congress Used to put more US involvement in s.vietnam |
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Search And Destroy |
unknown exact location of hiding enemy patrols locate then alert the rest who send in helicopters to bomb them |
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Extra terrestrial Exposure Law |
after returning from space, astronauts must be quarantined and can not touch anyoneor anything for 3 weeks possible threat of bringing something bad |
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Betty Friedan |
Women's rights leader wrote "feminine mystique"-women don't want to be house wives NOW- national organization for women 1966 against work discrimination provide childcare for working women fund legal assaults- let more women work in public places |
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Cesar Chavez |
Hispanic American- worked in agriculture founded National Farm Workers Union "stoop&pick" union - coined from picking cotton Led the grape boycott Cali 1968 17 mil stopped buying grapes workers wanted higher wages 1970- mexican workers got higher wages |
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Pentagon Papers |
Daniel Ellsberg worked for govt during LBJ took documents about vietnam tries to expose LBJ's real plans Nixon tries to prevent this |
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TET offensive |
1968 70k N.vietcong surprise attack on more than 100 cities s.viet 39/44 providence capitals hit US tries holding them off but north wins |
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Malcom X |
started "african American" phrase rejected interrogation seeked biracial solutions to social change he was black muslim assassinated by Thomas Hagan 1965 "preached" racism and violence but in a dif way |
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Roe v. Wade |
Make abortion legal 3months or less into pregnancy 1973 it was previously illegal |
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AIM |
american indian movement Pine ridge s.Dakota 1890- violence between indians and white at wounded knee river 1973- they take over the reservation, kicking out federal government army surrounds pine ridge battles and standoffs btw indians and US An actor from Godfather sends up an indian girl to receive his academy award to protest and prove a point |
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CREEP |
committee to re-elect the president James McCord- one of watergate burglars |
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Gerald Ford |
Michigan next press after Nixon resigns bad mouths and pardons Nixon, US not forgiving of this runs against jimmy carter 1976-loses vetos 39 bills in first 48 months his congress is majority democrates |
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Carter and Gas |
middle eastern countries not on good terms arabian nations increase oil 400% large impact; prices of everything else must rise too Gasstastrophy: gas rationing only get gas on certain days according to license plate number Us is not longer a main exporter of oil, must import |
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Carter and Conservation |
wants to lead by example control thermostats in govt places 68 lowest 75 highest encourages carpooling and driving less inflation rates go up installs solar panels on roof of white house for energy usage removed later on |
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Camp David Accords 1978 |
Carter had a nice little place: Camp David invited Sadat(egypt) and Begin (israel) agreement between E and I was formed similar to peace treaty |
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ERA |
equal rights amendment Alice Paul- pushed for equal rights in 20's she's back again in the 60's both houses of congress pass it takes 7 years to get ratified carried out from Nixon to Reagns presidency |
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Iran Hostage Crisis |
63 americans at Us embassy in Iran are held hostage by 300 students they want the previous dying shah (who is being nurtured over in america bc he has cancer and we have an agreement) to come back and face his trials of the people 444 days only 52 still remain they are not released until the inauguration day of President Reagan (slap in the face to Carter) Carter had a failed mission that clouds his re-election |
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Phyillis Schafly |
key person to derail ERA (against) believes it will -repeal alimony -lose gender roles -lose child custody -put women in front line duties during war ERA never approved, lacked 3 states |
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Oliver north |
Lt wants to stop communism national security advisor fund and support contras in nicaragua creates a secret and illegal fund operation |
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fall of communism |
thanks to reagan berlin wall falls nov 1989 |
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star wars |
arms race between us and soviets for space technology reagan and gorbachev meet and negotiate nuclear missiles eliminated |
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strategic defense initaitive |
missles in space incase of attack us and russia |
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Iran contra affair |
central america nicaragua communists want to take over el salvador US funds contras (anti communists in nicaragua) secret illegal operation to sell guns to iran for money becomes a scandal oliver north convicted 3 counts |
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Apollo mission |
explosions on launching pad kills 3 astronauts next 5 missions remain unmanned apollo 8 first time circling the moon |
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Reagenomcis |
economic policies cutting taxes keeps $ in peoples pockets stimulate economy stimulates business growth lower tax rate more taxes coming in |
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Laugh in |
rowan and martins comedy series similar to SNL |
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Reagans presidency |
oldest pres previously a movie star gov of cali attempted assassination by john hinkley jr who wanted to impress jodie foster |
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economic recovery act |
from 70 t 50 % cut on personal income taxes begin of economic recovery more people go back to work |
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regans legacy |
better economy more debt reduce nuclear threat kept social programs help bankrupt USSR national confidence boosts |
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Title IX (9) |
eliminate sex discrimination in schools if schools did not offer sports for women they would not get federal funding womens gradute admissions rates quadrupled |
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Kent state |
protesting on ohio campus 4 killed anti war protests |
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1968 summer olympics |
tommy smith john carlos 1st and 2nd place winners for track and field hold up black power symbol while on podium |
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blue marble |
first picture of earth from space most reproduced picture ever earth is fragile and not indestructable |
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crosby stills nash and young |
70s rock band |
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students for a democratic society |
student activist movement democratic nominating convention-mass chaos and violence leder tom hayden |
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LBJ and vietnam |
cold war culture- spies, communism puts troops in vietnam tv broadcasts dont filter anything not getting closer to peace continue kennedy program without dramatically escalating war |
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Vietnam and Nixon |
wants to end war tactics increase protests train s vietnamese so don't need us soldiers(vietnamization) more large scale coming less search and destroy Fall of s vietnam disengage from war still support but not send anymore of our troops |
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Hector garica |
mexican american war vet and doctor treated patients free of charge in three rivers helps mexican americans gain rights and be voted |
