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Tale of 2 60s

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How the early 60s differed from the late 60s

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Warren commission

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Tried to find who was responsible for JFK assasination (government and three bullets)

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Entrapment

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When a police officer goes undercover and tries to put someone in a situation where they are pressured t commit a crime

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Expended rods from nuclear power plants

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Items are buried in the desert

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New left

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The name of advocacy groups during the early 60s

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CBD

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Central business district-

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Cools the rods

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Water

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Nuclear disaster in the US

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Three mile island

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Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine

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Chernobyl

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From the devil

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Devils music

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Images on TV

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Showed pictures of what was happening to Vietnamese civilians

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Anita Bryant

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Famous pop singer who stood against the homosexual movement and said they were turning our kids gay

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Barbra Gittings

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Organized DOB, edited the Ladder, and reversed classification of gay as a mental disorder

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Frank Kameney

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Gay rights activist, DC Mattachine society, government offical kicked out

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Daughter of Bilitis

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First lesbian civil rights group, worked with Mattachine, created the ladder

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Terroism

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Had multiple definitions

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1950s-60s

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Time of change and freedom, turblualnce

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Mainframe

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Stores data for computers

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Baby Boomers

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Born between 1946-1964, Cuban Misael crisis, were in college during JFK

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Ideal 1950 family

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Mom dad, kids, dad working

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Malls

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Established to deal with boom of subrurban growth

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Swanson

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Created TV dinners

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Location of SB

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-proximity to Philadelphia and NY (major cities)
-great jobs
-good schools
-land

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Importance of turnpike to SB

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Allows access to SB which will impact migration

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Eisenhower
Wanted the street thingy and warned of the military industrial complex
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Modernity/Progress
Movie cars
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Golden Age
Cars
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Turbulent
Not controlled or calm, lots of disorder and conflict; late 1960s America
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Abortion Commitee
Located at hospitals and made decisions about reproduction
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Kendall Park
First SB suburb-
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JFK/Nixon debate
First televised debate, showed how the felt and how they can speak in picture form
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Mattachine society
Founded by harry hay to give homosexual people a community Came after knights of the clock and VBA Started one magazine
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American culture
Cars
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Skyjacking
Huge problem during the decade, equivalent to hyjacking today
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Single Bullet
Claims one bullet hit JFK in multiple areas
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New Left
Groups advocating for social change in the 60s
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TV dinner
Changed family values
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Why LBJ decides not to accept the Democratic Party nomination in 68
Vietnam and the Civil Right movement
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Warren commission
How the government investigates JFK assasination
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Abbie Hoffman
Protested the vietnam war
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How LBJ becomes president
JFK assassination
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Anti War mov emerge
Caused by events like the My Lai massacre
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Weathered Underground
“terrorist” organization anti-US imperialism, anti-Vietnam War and for racial equality
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Images on TV
Changed perception of race in American for some
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CONTIELPRO
How the FBI targeted radical groups in he US during the 60s
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Nixon and JFK
1st televised debate
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People lisetening to the debate felt he won
Nixon
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My Lai Masacre
Killing of Vietnamese children
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What was the only color of the model T
Black
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Car manufactures make muscle cars for speed for who
Youth market
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SB as a suburb lacks this but SB has pleaty of mall strip malls
Main street
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Shiny option on cycles mostly from te 50s
Chrome
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Result of easing up on migration from certain parts of teh world (for SB)
Migration from Indian to NJ
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Possibly caused by cars, more roads and returning WWII Vets
Suburban growth
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Created to deal with increased suburban growth
Shopping malls
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Cylinder
Determines car engine size
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Still ring fought in 2024 y cancel and woke culture
Civil Rights and the turbulent 60s
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Syed Qutib
Did not want what he felt was a corrupt American way of life to influence Muslims
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The late 60s ere associated with
Angry
60
The 1950s were associated with
Happy
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Result of the violence of the late 60s
Tale of two 60s
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The early 60s were associated with
Meh
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The picture of Nixon blowing his nose
Voters were persuaded by television
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What was not an issue during the homophile movement
Elected office
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T OR F During the 1950s, omen were allowed to obtain abortions
True under certain circumstances
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T OR F During the golden age of cars, motors were usually 8 cylinders
False
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Led to the decline of neuclear energy power plants
3 mile island
68
Who ran the DC Mattachine society
Frank Kameney
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Similar to 911 but for JFK
Warren Comission
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What did the Weathered underground, SDS, and the anti war movement do?
Protested the Vietnam war
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Results in increased population boom
Importance of turnpike to SB
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Outcome of US nuclear diaster
Less support
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Move cars
Modernity/progress
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Concluded that JFK got shot with 3 bullets
Warren Comission
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Cars
American Culture
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Reversed classisfication of gay as a mental disorder
Barbara Gittings
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Revere see classification of gay as a mental disorder and also was removed from government job
Frank Kameney

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