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WHAT WAS BOB DILLONS NICKNAME AND WHY DID HE WRITE SONGS?

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TAMBOURINE MAN
SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONGS

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In 1964, what percent of AA’s were registered to vote Mississippi l?

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8%

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When was the pentagon peace demonstration?

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1967

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What happened in 1967 on College Campuses?

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Free speech movements (against Vietnam)

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How did students affect the use Napalm in Madison campus?

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They blocked the entrances and stood in front of the loading docs and scientists couldn’t get in.

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What did Timothy Leery invent?

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LSD to treat schizophrenia (turned into a party drug)

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What did Masters and Johnson figure out?

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They found out about pleasure positivity

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What is conspicuous under consumption?

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Buying under their means (buying cheap cars)

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What pivotal things happened in 1968?

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MLKs assassination,RFKs assassination, Vietnam tad offensive, medicare, Medicaid, food stamps,welfare started.

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Michael Harrington wrote what and what did he do?

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The book “the other Americans” and spread awareness to the invisibility of poverty.

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What was the purpose of resurrection city and where did it take place?

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To make poverty visible (cardboard village houses) Lincoln memorial, Washington D.C

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Johnson sent Hoover to spy on MLK why?

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Because MLK was voicing his opinion againist the Vietnam war.

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Which president did more troops die under? Johnson or JFK

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Johnson

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What happened to the black Memphis sanitation workers?

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They were killed by a truck due to segregation and not being able to come inside because of the rain.

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What did George Wallace call for in 1968 due to MLK riots (after assassination)?

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Law & Order

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What did Red scare mean?

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Accused of being a communist because of liberal takes

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What did lavender scare mean?

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Used being gay as Leverage

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What speculations did people have about MLKS death?

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That Hoover was behind it.

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What did Daniel Cohn Bendit protest against? (Communist)

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Against social rules and dress code (in Paris)

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What happened in Mexico City in 1968 during the Olympics?

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Trying to protest to show issues in Mexico but Mex government was trying to show how good Mexico was so the Massacre of Tiatelolco happened. 84 people killed.

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What took place in Madrid in 1968?

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Protesting led to force.

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What happened in Chec Shevacita?

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They got a new leader who encouraged freedom of speech, of press, ban restrictions on reading “flowering of freedom”

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What was encouraged In Beijing?

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To carry around a little red book to read all the time and to love their leader (communism)

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Why did Eisenhower drop out of running?

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Of pressure from the Ted offensive.

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What did McCarthy do after Bobby’s death?
He dropped out of the race and joined a monistary.
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What was the WM Buckley v Gore Vidal debate about?
Buckley called Vidal a queer because he sided with the protesters (Chicago 8), Vidal called Buckley a crypto Nazi because he sided with the police.
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What side was Nixon on during the 1968 presidential election?
Republican
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What side was Wallace on during the 1968 presidential election?
Independent
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What side was Humphrey on during the 1968 presidential election?
Democrat
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What did Nixon do while he was running for president?
Committed treason ( he called the south Vietiamese president to hold off on the peace agreement so he could get him a better deal
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How did Johnson know that Nixon committed treason?
He had wire taps in Vietnams embassy but that was a crime in itself so he let it go.
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John Lindsay tried to run for president to oppose what and why?
War. He thought that New York paid for war than any other state and used NY jets to advertise.
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What did Vice president Agnew do to manipulate the U.S about their attitude about the war?
Started the lottery system of the draft ? People whose numbers weren’t called will have less interest in war.
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The U.S public used the Chicago 7 to crush what?
Liberal Anti- war efforts
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What happened to Fred Hampton (Black panther founder) in 1969?
He was killed by the police in his sleep.
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Even if War wasn’t declared, what did Nixon do?
Promised to pull out of Vietnam war,expanded war efforts, bombed loas, sent troops to Cambodia to attack Vietnams supply lines.
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Describe Kent state.
1970 at the university during an anti war demonstration the national guard open fire on crowd wounding 9 killing 4.
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Describe Jackson state.
Days after Kent state, police fired in dorms killing 2 AA students.
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What happened at the Uni of Wisconsin?
One employee was killed because the building was blown up but was warned before hand. (Exposed that students were protesting for enjoyment)
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What happened in the Mylai massacre in 1970?
Intire village killed, photo published in U.S to spread awareness.
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What did Ronald Dellums and Bella Abzug do in 1970?
Elected into congress w/ liberal ideas. Aimed to cut funding for war and passed legislation against it.
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What did Daniel Ellsberg do ? And what was the reason behind it?
Release The pentagon papers to The NY Times revealed that the us gov lies to us. Exposed hidden info about Vietnam.
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What did Nixon do in response to Daniel Ellsberg?
Instead of bring him to court bc it was a crime he got people to break into his therapists office to get dirt on him to discredit him.
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What was Watergate complex?
A group of individuals that did a bunch of illegal things for Nixon. Tapped people. Bugged the democratic HQ
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What did Edmund muske do?
Published the “muske” papers. Revealed his wife’s psychiatric issues and attempted to normalize it.
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Why did George McGovern drop his running mate?
Because he got electric shock due to treatment for depression.
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What were the results of the watergate investigation by senate?
One person involved went to jail. Most had to resign including Nixon a year into his second term.
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What case was passed in 1973?
Roe vs Wade
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Why did Agnew have to resign as vice president?
When he was governor of Maryland he built a bridge that he provided steel for and pocketed the money for.
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In 1971, what used to be called the “Philadelphia plan” which deemed discrimination illegal and said that a certain number of aa’s needed to hired?
Affirmative action
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Results of white flight ?
Tax bases for cities drop , ex. Detroit. Decreased public funding poorer school systems.
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How did they try to help with poorer school systems ?
Unify suburban and city urban schools with school buses.
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What was the major concern of feminist movement in the 1970s?
The cost of daycare and fairness of divorce. Women would no financial history if they chose divorce.
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1970 demonstrations.
Wounded knee remembrance Stone wall (gay/trans rights)
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What happened in May 1975?
U.S ships was seized by Cambodians and 50,000 made it to the U.S.
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What was the Mayaguez incident?
Khlmer rouge forced evacuation of affluent Cambodians 1/3 died from 75-77 bc there wasn’t enough food and harsh treatment.
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What was the response of the Israeli/Palestine conflict?
4x higher oil prices, crazy inflation in the U.S, and rising unemployment.
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Who was the president after Nixon? And what did he do?
Gerald Ford. Known for being clumsy, having a wife with breast cancer, and having two woman kill him. Allowed his cabinet to debate and fired Bella Abzug.

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