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  1. New Left
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political movement consisting of educators who wished to create reforms on things like Gay rights and drug

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  1. Student for a Democratic Society
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founded in Michigan 1962; radical organization wanted to rid American society of poverty, racism, and violence; embraced liberal reforms

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  1. Free Speech Movement
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student protest that took place at UC Berkeley where students wanted a ban lifted, the police attacked them

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  1. Counterculture
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Youth movement of the 1960s characterized by nonviolent anarchy, concern for the environment, and rejection of Western materialism

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  1. Woodstock
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Woodstock 3 day rock concert in upstate N.Y. August 1969, exemplified the counterculture of the late 1960s, nearly 1/2M gather in a 600 acre field

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  1. Hippies
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a person of unconventional appearance, typically having long hair and wearing beads, associated with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values

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  1. Haight-Ashbury
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the place of origin of Hippie counter culture

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  1. National Congress of American Indians
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was formed to try and organize tribes to be able to deal with government

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  1. American Indian Movement
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the Native American attempt to try and achieve equal rights

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  1. Indian Civil Rights Act 1968
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guarantees of the Bill of Rights applicable within the tribes

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  1. Wounded Knee Occupation
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200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota

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  1. Cesar Chavez
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American Farm worker who arranged hunger strikes to help bring awareness to Mexican suffering

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  1. United Farm Workers
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a labor union for farm workers in the United States of America

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  1. Stonewall Riot
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police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular hang-out for gays in Greenwich Village in 1969.

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  1. Gay Liberation Movement
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homosexuals began an effort to win social and legal acceptance and to encourage gays to affirm their sexual identity

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  1. New Feminism
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philosophy that emphasises that men and women are equal

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  1. The Feminine Mystique
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Book that stated that women who had college degrees and were stuck at home were like in concentration camps

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  1. National Organization for Women
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formed to work for economic and legal rights of women. acted from the liberal tenet that women and men are alike in important respects

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  1. Equal Rights Amendment
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four amendments that gave freedom of voting rights and equal protection under the law to women and minorities

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  1. Roe v. Wade
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legalized abortion in the first trimester of a woman’s pregnancy

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  1. Silent Spring
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book that stated the effects that chemicals had on the environment and the animals in the Environment

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  1. Ecology
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scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

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  1. Environmental Protection Agency
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agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

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  1. Clean Air and Water Acts
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restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters by preventing point and nonpoint pollution

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25. Earth Day
celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally
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26. Vietnamization
reduce United States troop strength in Vietnam and train the South Vietnamese to take over the fighting themselves
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27. Henry Kissinger
National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
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28. Kent State
Ohio college where an anti-war protest got way out of hand, the National Guard was called in and killed 3 students
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29. My Lai Massacre
American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai, also led to more opposition to the war.
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30. "Peace with Honor"
Nixon phrase used to describe the Paris Peace accords to end the Vietnam
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31. Fall of Saigon
communist forces marched into Saigon, shortly after officials of the Thieu regime and the staff of the American embassy had fled
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32. Multipolar War
reality of the world in which there were several great powers, not just two
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33. SALT 1
treaty made between the U.S.S.R. and the United States to limit the nuclear missiles that each had
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34. Nixon Doctrine
US doesn't fight every war, teams up with other governments around the globe to achieve ends
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35. Salvador Allende
communist dictator of Chile until 1973
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36. Six-Day War
Short conflict between Egypt and her allies against Israel won by Israel; Israel took over the Golan Heights
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37. Yom Kippur War
a coalition of Arab forces launched a surprise attack on Israel.
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38. Arab Oil Embargo
gas shortages caused by Arab refusing to allow U.S. oil supply because the U.S. helped Israel
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39. Engel v. Vitale
unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools.
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40. Roth v. United States
redefined the Constitutional test for determining what constitutes obscene material unprotected by the First Amendment.
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41. Gideon v. Wainwright
states to provide defense attorneys to criminal defendants charged with serious offenses who cannot afford lawyers themselves.
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42. Escobedo v. Illinois
that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment
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43. Miranda v. Arizona
is a right to silence warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody
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44. Baker v. Carr
deciding that redistricting issues present justiciable questions
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45. Furman v. Georgia
Court decision that ruled on the requirement for a degree of consistency in the application of the death penalty
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46. Bakke v. Board of Regents of California
It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy.
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47. George McGovern
ran for president against Nixon in 1972 helped reform democratic party
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48. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil on the world market
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49. Watergate Cover-up
break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up
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50. United States v. Richard Nixon
It resulted in a unanimous 8–0 ruling against President Richard Nixon and was important to the late stages of the Watergate scandal.

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