Period 8 U.S History 

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Rosa

________ parks- arrested for refusing to give up her seat.

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NAACP

________- used the courts to pursue civil rights improvements.

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Soviet Premier Khrushchev

1961- ________ built the Berlin Wall to stop East Berliners from fleeing to the West.

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Dr Martin Luther king

________ led the boycott of all buses.

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1959

________- Fidel Castro overthrew the American friendly dictator and established communism.

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SNCC

________- Student non violent coordinating committee started in 1960 to fight for equal treatment in public places and in voting.

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Hippies

________ fought "the establishment "through nonconformity.

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Betty Friedan

________ wrote the Feminine Mystique.

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SCLC

________- Southern Christian Leadership conference, started by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957 to mobilize black churches.

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Republican Richard Nixon

________ won the election.

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Vietcong

The ________- South Vietnamese who supported communism Gulf of Tonkin.

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Gerald Ford

________ was defeated in the 1976 election by Jimmy Carter Achievements.

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U.S

The ________ sabotaged reunification and put Ngo Dinh Diem in charge of South Vietnam.

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Rep Dwight D Eisenhower

________ won the 1952 election.

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