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Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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Who won the the election of 1960 and who lost?

A

JFK wins the election against Nixon

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2
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Know things about Kennedy

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He is the only Catholic president, a war veteran, and is known to be handsome

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3
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Who are the Green Berets?

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Army men

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4
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What is the Peace Corps?

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They send volunteers to Africa, Asia, and Latin America for economic aid

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5
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What is Alliance for Progress?

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It encouraged democracy and capitalism in Latin America. It aimed to establish economic cooperation, but was a complete failure

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6
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What is the Bay of Pigs?

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The event where U.S. trained anti-Castro Cuban refugees to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro

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7
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How long did the Bay of Pigs last?

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72 hours

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8
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What did the Bay of Pigs make America and JFK look like?

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Incompetent

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9
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What is the Berlin Crisis?

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Khruschev wants to intimidate JFK and demands NATO troops out of Western Berlin

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10
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Why does Khruschev want to build the Berlin Wall?

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To keep all the doctors and important people from defecting to Western Berlin

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11
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What is the height of the Cold War?

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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12
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Why does Cuba have nuclear weapons?

A

To prevent an invasion

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13
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What does the U.S. do when they find out Cuba has nuclear weapons?

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They put a blockade around Cuba and they won’t let any weapons through

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14
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Who is sending nuclear weapons to Cuba?

A

Soviet Union

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15
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Where was JFK killed?

A

Dallas Texas

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16
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Why was JFK in Dallas?

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He was campaigning

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17
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Who killed JFK?

A

Lee Harvey Oswald

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18
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How many bullets did it take it kill JFK?

A

3

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19
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Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?

A

Jack Ruby

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20
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What is the Warren Commission?

A

They were the committee that investigated JFK’s assassination

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21
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What conclusion did the Warren Commission come up with?

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Both Oswald and Ruby acted alone

22
Q

Where was LBJ sworn in?

A

Air Force One

23
Q

What three things does the OEO come up with to fight the war on poverty?

A
  1. Job Corps
  2. Head Start
  3. VISTA
24
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What does Job Corps provide?

A

It provides training and job opportunities for unemployment

25
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What is Head Start?

A

It is a preschool for underprivileged children

26
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What is VISTA?

A

It’s like the peace core of the U.S

27
Q

What was it called when LBJ wanted America to become a great community?

A

Great Society

28
Q

What is Medicare?

A

Financial medical assistance for senior citizens

29
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What is Medicaid?

A

Health coverage for underprivileged families

30
Q

Why did LBJ start funding for education?

A

He wanted to aid poor neighborhoods, so he put finding into education

31
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Where did we send 22,000 marines to put down rebellion?

A

Dominican Republic

32
Q

How much more money did we spend on the Vietnam War over the War on Poverty?

A

18 times more

33
Q

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

A

It is the court case that made blacks and whites separate, but equal

34
Q

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

A

The court case that made separate public schools for blacks and whites unconstitutional

35
Q

Who are the Little Rock Nine?

A

They are a group of nine black students that were the first to go to a desegregated school in the south

36
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What was the Little Rock Showdown?

A

It is when the national guard tried to prevent the Little Rock Nine from entering the school, but LBJ sent in federal troops to stop the national guard.

37
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Why did the Montgomery Bus Boycott start?

A

Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white person

38
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What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

A

it is when 50,000 blacks in Montgomery boycotted for months. The boycott was a success.

39
Q

What kind of protesting did MLK Jr. encourage?

A

Nonviolent protesting

40
Q

Who are the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

A

They were a nonviolent resistance led by MLK Jr.

41
Q

Sit-Ins

A

Where protesters would sit and refuse to move

42
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What are Freedom Riders?

A

They are charter buses full of civil right activists that traveled through the south exposing violations of civil rights laws and decisions

43
Q

What happened in Albany?

A

People were protesting and they peacefully arrested them to make less media buzz

44
Q

What did protectors do differently at the protests in Birmingham?

A

They let young adults join the protest so they could get more attention if it got violent

45
Q

March On Washington

A

MLK Jr speech, Lincoln Memorial

46
Q

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

A
  1. Banned discrimination in employment
  2. Enforced school desegregation
  3. Equal voting
47
Q

What did the 24th Amendment do?

A

Banned payment of polling taxes

48
Q

At what place were people protesting and the protestors got trampled on?

A

Selma

49
Q

What did the Voting Rights Act do?

A

It gave the feds the control of voting registration

50
Q

How did schools try to integrate students?

A

Busing

51
Q

Affirmative Action

A

It gives preference to ethnic minorities & women in hiring & admition

52
Q

University of California v. Bakke (work in progress)

A

Reserved a fix number of openings for certain groups

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