APUSH ch.29 – Flashcards
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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Request to Congress from Johnson to authorize "all necessary measures" to protect American forces from further N. Vietnamese aggression
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Operation Rolling Thunder
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campaign of intensifying air attacks against North Vietnam
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J. William Fulbright of Arkansas
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critic of Johnson's war policy; wanted a negotiated withdrawal from a neutralized Southeast Asia
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
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leading student organization of the New Left
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Free speech movement
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(1964) student movement at UC Berkeley formed to protest limitations on political activities on campus
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Counterculture
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alternatives to mainstream values that became popular in the 1960's (drugs, communal living, Asian religions, art)
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Summer of Love
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(1967) youthful counterculturalists gather in Haight-Asbury district in San Francisco
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Woodstock
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gathering in New York where 400,000 counterculturalists gathered for a 3-day rock concert
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Warn on poverty
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Johnson's programs designed to help poverty by job training, community development, nutrition, and education
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Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)
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Fed. Agency that coordinated War on Poverty programs (employment and education) between 1964 and 1975
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Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
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domestic Peace Corps that brought volunteers into poor communities for social service work
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Community Action Program (CAP)
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program that invited local communities to establish community action agencies
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Legal Services Program
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helped millions of poor people in battling housing authorities, police, and slumlords
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Comprehensive Community Health Centers
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provided medical services to poor patients
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Medicare
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(1965) provided basic health care for the aged
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Tet Offensive
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(Jan 30, 1968) offensive launched by the N. Vietnamese and Vietcong allies into southern Vietnamese cities up to Saigon (US embassy)
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Robert F. Kennedy
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NY senator, Democratic candidate with a strong civil rights record and anti-war mindset
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Eugene McCarthy
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Democratic candidate who was known for his "children's crusade"
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Vice President of Kennedy who was a war Democrat (supported the V. war)
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Youth International Party
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known as Yippies, organization of hippies led by Abbie Hoffman
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Black Panther
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adopted armed self-defense and wanted an end to police brutality
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National Organization for Women (NOW)
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women's rights group that wanted full participation
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Women's liberation
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movement with slogan "The Personal is Political"; included "counsciousness-raising groups" and established women's studies programs
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La Raza Unida Party (LRUP)
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Texas-based group that increased Mexican American representation in local gov. and established social and cultural programs
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Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO)
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student-led group that helped Mexican Americans take political power in Crystal City, Texas
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American Indian Movement (AIM)
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Native-American political activists who used confrontations with the fed. Gov.
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Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA)
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pan-Asian political org. that encouraged Asians to cliam their cultural identity and protest the Vietnam War
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Trail of Broken Treaties
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(1972) event staged by AIM that culminated in an week-long occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
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My Lai Massacre
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killing of 22 Vietnamese citizens by US forces during a 1968 search-and-destroy mission
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Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
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(1972) treaty signed by the US and Soviets to slow the nuclear arms race
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Fed. Agency created to oversee environmental and cleanup programs
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Pentagon Papers
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Defense Dept. documents about the history of US' involvement in Vietnam
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Watergate
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scandal involving attempts to cover up illegal actions taken; led to resignation of Nixon in 1974
