History notes 8th grade

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1962

Year that Prayer was removed from public schools by Supreme Court

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1963

Year that Bible reading in public schools were banned by Supreme Court

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1965-1973

Years of the Vietnam War

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1969

The year that man first walked on the moon

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5

John Dewey

The Father of Progressive Education

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Madalyn Murray O’Hair

Atheist Mother that got mad that her son was having to read the Bible in school

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

Prohibited racial discrimination in public place

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Poll tax

Made you pay in order to vote

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24 amendment

Prohibited all poll taxes

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10

Voting rights act

It sent federal authority to make sure the poll taxes were banned

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Robert C. Weaver

First black American to be apart of the cabinet. He was also in Charge of the HUD (department of housing and urban development)

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Thurgood Marshall

Helped in the Brown vs Board Education case

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Fair housing act

Prohibited discrimination in renting or buying houses based on race, religion, or other factors

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Martin Luther King Jr

Had a dream that people would judge you by your character not the color of you skin

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Gulf of Tonkin

Where US ships were fired upon by north Vietnam

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Tet Offensive

One of the most crucial campaigns in the Vietnam war

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Daniel “Chappie” James

First black American to earn being a 4 star General

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Pantheism

Worship of nature

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19

Sam Walton

Known for profiting exceedingly from the chain stores

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Panama Canal Zone

Said that American no longer controlled the Panama Canal

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Sandinistas

Took over Nicaraguan for Communism

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Tiananmen Square

Revolt against communism in china that ended up with several imprisoned and dead

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