1950s - 1970s Flashcards
(27 cards)
What is the explosion of population alled after WWII?
Baby Boom
What are Levitt Towns?
Small Towns designed for fast and cheap building.
Where were four students killed?
Kent State
How does a Buddhist Monk protest?
Burning himself.
Who refused to fight even though he was drafted?
Muhammad Ali
What did Vietnam use against us?
Guerilla Tactics, hid in innocent civilian towns,
What is prevalent among troops?
Drug Use
What was something other than the Vietnam War Protest?
Civil Rights Movement for rights of women and minorities
Who supported non-violence?
MLK
What did Marcus Garvey support?
Black pride
Malcolm X supported…?
Violence
What was the name of the militant black revolutionaries?
Black Panthers
“Make ___, not ____.”
Love, War
What was significant about San Francisco and Haight-Ashbury Intersection?
HQ of hippies
Two important events in the 1960s?
Land on Moon (1969) and Woodstock (1969)
Most important Riots?
Ole Miss, Harlem, New Jersey, Watts, Detroit, UC Berkeley
Order of Assassinations?
JFK, Malcolm X, MLK, RFK
What did UC Berkeley riot about?
Vietnam War
Where is Watts located?
Los Angeles
What dance style in 1970s?
Disco
Iran-Contra?
Hostage Situation
What product/utility has shortage?
Oil
What was the Watergate Scandal?
Nixon bugged his opponents room.
What happens to Nixon after Watergate Scandal?
He resigns.
