Unit 5: 1/1964-12/1969

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Lyndon B. Johnson

democratic president from November 1963-january 1969

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

gave the president wide-ranging war powers without having to consult Congress

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FSM (Free Speech Movement)

college student organization formed to speak out against the government’s vietnam war policies

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Leonid Brezhnev

soviet communist party secretary from 1964-1982

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24th Amendment

banned the charging of a tax on the right to vote

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Freedom Summer

civil rights movement’s effort to register black votes during the summer of 1964

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

prohibited racial discrimination in public places, among other things

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Great Society

Johnson’s domestic platform that had tried to help blacks and the poor among others

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Job Corps

federal agency that helps high school dropouts find employment

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VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)

federal agency that assigns young Americans tow work in poor neighborhoods to help those residents

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Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965

gave federal aid to poor school districts

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Medicare and Medicaid

federal health care extensions of social security

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HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development)

federal agency that helps the poor with housing needs

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Immigration Act of 1965

abolished national origin quotas and established hemisphere quotas regarding this subject

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25th Amendment

provided for presidential disability and vice presidential succession in such cases

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Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali

flamboyant heavyweight boxing champion of the 1960s and 1970s

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The Beatles

extremely popular British rock music group of the 1960s

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Malcolm X

militant black civil rights leader that urged black racial unity

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NOI (Nation of Islam)

radical, yet religious, civil rights organization. its members were called black muslims

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Bloody Sunday

on this violent day in 1965, a civil rights march was brutally stopped by a lawmen

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

banned all discriminatory qualifying tests for voting registration

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Watts Riot

huge 1965, race riots in a district of la

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SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)

college student organization formed to organize demonstrations against the government’s vietnam war policies

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Black Panthers

most radical and militant black group of the 1960s. most of its members were eventually jailed

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Search-and-Destroy

us fighting method in vietnam that relied on superior numbers and firepower

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Guerrilla Warfare

communist fighting method in vietnam that used sniper attacks and booby traps

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Six-Days War

third arab-israeli war. it resulted in israel taking more arab land. the US supported israel

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Counterculture

social movement consisting of young americans that explored alternative lifestyles and rebelled against mainstream society

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Establishment

social group consisting of older americans which supposedly tried to force younger americans to go along with traditional norms

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hippies

non-comformists that explored alternative lifestyles. they embraced peace, love, and group harmony

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summer of love

summer of 1967 that was a time of great social and cultural experimentation for young american non-comformists

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Monterey Pop Festival

first big rock festival as the performers played for free and profits went to charity. it was a 3-day weekend concert in california

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Tet Offensive

massive and extensive communist attack on over 100 south vietnamese towns. it failed but it did totally turn americans against the war

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Robert F. Kennedy

new york senator that campaigned for democratic presidential nomination but was assassinated

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My Lai Massacre

us soldiers killed hundreds of innocent civilians suspected of being communists in this small south vietnamese village

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James Earl Ray

assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Poor People’s Campaign

civil rights discrimination in Washington DC that was a dismal failure

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Fair Housing Act of 1968

made the denying of housing based on race or religion

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Sirhan Sirhan

assassin of Robert F Kennedy

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Richard M. Nixon

republican president from january 1969-august 1974

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1968 Chicago Democratic Natinoal Nominating Convention

protesters outside and inside the convention hall badly disrupted the proceedings, severely hurting the party’s credibility and chances for election success

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Yippies

young and radical political and social protesters

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Warren Burger

chief justice of the supreme court form 1969-1986

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Woodstock

massive rock festival that was the pinnacle of the 1960s non-conformist social movement. it was a 3-day weekend concert in new york

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Hell’s Angels

violent motorcycle gang that worked as brutal security attendants for many 1960s concerts

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Charles Manson

cult leader whose followers committed several murders

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AIM (American Indian Movement)

militant organization that protested government policies regarding this ethnic group

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Fragging

killing of military officers by their fellow soldiers in the ultimate act of rebellion

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Apollo 11

first us space mission to have man land and walk on the moon

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Neil Armstrong

first astronaut to walk on the moon

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