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Chapters 26-30 Flashcards

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United Nations

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50 nations, peacekeeping, establish the UN

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Joseph Stalin

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Leader of the Soviet Union, supported allies after Hitler invaded, world power, secret police labor camps

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Harry S Truman

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Loyal friends better enemies, responsibility atomic bombs, after Roosevelt

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Potsdam conference

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Big three, Starlington keep promise of free elections

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Satellite nations

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Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Poland, dominated by Soviets

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George Kennan

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Diplomat, containment

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Containment

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Prevent communist rule

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Iron Curtain

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Division of Europe

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Cold War

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United States and the Soviet Union, direct confrontation, public affairs and US policy

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Truman doctrine

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Aid Greece and Turkey, support free people, reduce communist

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10
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Marshall plan

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Help struggling Europe, communist lost appeal

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Berlin airlift

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Food supply to Berlin, busted prestige

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NATO

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Western Europe formed defensive military, help each other

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Chiang Kai sheck

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Nationalist Government, US supported, resisted Japanese

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Mao Zedong

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Communist, gain strength, peasant support, red Army

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15
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Korean War

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South Korea versus North Korea

went across line

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38th parallel

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Japanese troops north surrendered, South two Americans

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Douglas MacArthur

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Led counterattack, West Coast, troops fled, saved from defeat but was later fired

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18
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HUAC

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Investigate communist influence in movie industry

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19
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Hollywood ten

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Unfriendly men called to testify, hearings are unconditional, set to present

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20
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Blacklist

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Condemned for having communist background

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21
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Alger hiss

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Accused for spying on Soviet Union, document on typewriter

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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg

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Minor activist, denied charges

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Joseph McCarthy

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Senate, ineffective legislator, McCarthyism, U.S. Army, lost public support

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H-bomb

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Hydrogen bomb, 1,000,000 tons of TNT, race the Soviet Union

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Dwight D Eisenhower

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Resident, anti-Communist

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26
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John foster Dulles

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Vice Pres., anti-Communist, all of its force

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27
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Brinkmanship

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All out war, expanded Air Force

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28
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CIA

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Gather information

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29
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Warsaw Pact

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Germany’s military alliance, seven eastern countries

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30
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Eisenhower doctrine

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Defendant middle east by communist country

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31
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The Hungarian uprising

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Against Soviets, new government created, Soviets brought tanks in, took over new government

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32
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Nikita Khrushchev

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Communism would take over the world, peace

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33
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Sputnik

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First artificial satellite, Soviet technology

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34
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Space race

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The US had to catch up to the Soviet technology

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35
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U-2

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Fly without detection, seeker among press, Soviets know

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36
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Francis Gary powers

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U2 pilot, last flight

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37
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GI Bill of Rights

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Easy return, unemployment benefits

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38
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William Levitt

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Mass produce houses,suburbs

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39
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Suburbs

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Small residential communities around the city

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40
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Dixiecrat’s

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Protest civil rights, Southern Democrats, own Democratic Party

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Fair deal

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Extension of the new deal, health insurance crops subcity, $.40-$.75

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42
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Richard Nixon

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Running late, checkers speech

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43
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Brown versus the Board of Education

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Schools are rationally integrated

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44
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Franchise

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Similar product or service in many locations, fast food

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45
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Baby boom

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Soldiers came back more population, largest generation, reunited decreasing marriage age large families economic medicine

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After Benjamin spoke

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Childcare book, didn’t punish talk

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47
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Interstate highway

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Nationwide highway network, new suburbs, Hall trucking, more Americans on the road

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48
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Consumerism

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To you good equals success

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49
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Planned obsolescence

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Made products become outdated in short times, discard buy more

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50
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Pop-culture

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Mostly white portrayals, rock ‘n roll

51
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Beat movement

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Social, literacy nonconformity, beats, beatniks

52
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Alan freed

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First to play music, rock ‘n roll

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Rock ‘n roll

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Both black and white music, heavy rhythm simple melodies, love cars Yum, Elvis Pressley

54
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Jack Kerouac

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On the road, season for authentic

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White flight

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Middle-class went to suburbs to isolate

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Urban renewal

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Decent home and living for families, natural house act, HUD

57
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Braceros

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Hired hands, harvest crops, after payment go back

58
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Felix Longoria

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Mexican-American war hero, killed in the Philippines

59
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John F. Kennedy

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Wealthy 43 Catholic, first TV debate

60
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Flexible response

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Military ability to fight nuclear weapons, balance of nuclear power

61
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Fidel Castro

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Revolutionary leader, communist

62
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The Bay of Pigs

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Secretary train to invade Cuba, overthrow Castro, Air Force didn’t work distraction never reached shore, blue up in Kennedy’s face

63
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Cuban missile crisis

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Moscow Defense Castro, no tolerate the weapons, removal missile sites, Cuba attack, US removes from Turkey

64
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Berlin wall

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Concrete wall with barbed wire to split city and two

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Hotline

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White House communication

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Limited test ban Treaty

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Band nuclear testing in the atmosphere

67
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The new frontier

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New board vision of progress, medical care for aged, rebuild urban progress, eight education

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Peace corpse

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Volunteer assistance to the developing nations and even Africa Latin America

69
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Lee Harvey Oswald

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Killed Kennedy

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Warren commission

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Investigated Oswald act, conspiracy

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Lyndon Johnson

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Resident after Kennedy, ambition drive

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Great Society

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Vision for America, and poverty and social injustice

73
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Plessy versus Ferguson

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Separate but equal, did not violate the 14th amendment, passed Jim Crow laws

74
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NAACP

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Fought to end segregation, Charles Hamilton Houston

75
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Thurgood Marshall

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Law students, law cases, Morgan versus Virginia equals buses, sweat versus painter schools

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Little Rock nine

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Nine students who helped integrate the schools

77
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Rosa Parks

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Refused to leave seat

78
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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Organize boycott, help gain freedom

79
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Southern Christian leadership conference

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Nonviolent crusades, protect, earns support

80
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Didn’t nonviolent coordinating committee

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National protest, too slow, college students

81
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Sit ins

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Stay at lunch counters until served, refused to leave

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Core

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Congress of racial equality

83
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Freedom riders

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Provoked violent reaction to get attention

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James Meredith

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Air Force veteran, enrolled and refused to leave school

85
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Bull Conor’s

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Police commissioner, segregation

86
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Civil rights act of 1964

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Prohibited discrimination because of race

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Freedom summer

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Campaign to convince Congress to pass voting acts

88
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De facto segregation

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Aggregation because of practice accustom

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De jure segregation

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Segregation by law

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Malcolm X

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Jailed for burglary, nation of Islam, Islamic minister, black should separate, armed self-defense wake up Nation of Islam

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Nation of Islam

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Black Muslims

92
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Stokey Carmichael

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SNCC, better over violence, arrested, AA pride

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Black power

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Call for people to define their goals

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Black Panthers

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Political party, height police brutality in ghettos, self defense

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Affirmative action

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Special effort to help people reverse discrimination

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Ho Chi Minh

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Sentenced to death leader of North Korea

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Vietminh

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Win Vietnam independence

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Domino’s theory

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liking the countries on the bank of communism

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Dien bien phu

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French loss in North east Vietnam

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Genova accords

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Temporary divide on the 17th parallel

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Ngo dinh diem

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South Vietnam president, strong anti-Communist, military aid from US

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Vietcong

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Communist opposition group

103
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Ho Chi Minh trail

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Arms to Vietcong through network paths

104
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Golf of Tonkin resolution

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Johnson brought military powers

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Robert McNamara

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Secretary of defense

106
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William Westmoreland

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Cmdr. in SV, request more troops, World War II Korea

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ARVN

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South Vietnamese army

108
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Napalm

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Gasoline bomb

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Agent orange

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Leaf killing toxic chemical

110
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Search and destroy missions

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Uprooting civilians with suspect ties to Vietcong

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Credibility gap

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The Johnson administration was reporting what was really happening

112
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New left

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The growing youth movement

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SDS

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New left organizations, Tom Hayden, Al Haber

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Doves

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United States should withdraw from work

115
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Hawks

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US should unleash higher military powers

116
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Clark Clifford

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Supported presidents Vietnam policy

117
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Democratic nation convention

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Riots helped by fracturing party causing Republican win

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Tet Offensive

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Asian new year

119
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Henry Kissinger

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Secretary advisor and involvement in Vietnam

120
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Vietnamization

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Gradual withdrawal of US troops

121
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My Lai

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US platoon massacred innocent citizens, looking for enemy

122
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Kent state university

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Massive student protest, burning buildings

123
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Pentagon papers

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Defensive secretary, revealed government draw up to the war, no plans to end the war

124
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War Powers act

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Inform Congress in 48 hours before sending forces without declaration of war

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