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LBJ did not want to tell about realities of Vietnam War--

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feared losing support for domestic programs

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1960s generation were

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highly educated

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"Trilogy of the counterculture" of 1960s—

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sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll

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Operation Rolling Thunder—

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LBJ's attempt to keep ground troops out of Vietnam

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Composition of the military during the Vietnam War—

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soldiers were young & minorities were disproportionately represented

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Most likely to be a soldier in Vietnam were

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high school dropouts, working-class African-Americans, poor males. Least likely: college students

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19 was average age of

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US soldier in Vietnam

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Upon return to US, veterans had to deal with

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physical injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, & feelings of betrayal

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Big city mayors opposed Office of Economic Opportunity—

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could not completely control funding

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*Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)—

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Helped college students realize political power, encouraged poor to take action, & popularized new style of activist politics. Started by Tom Hayden in the mid-1960s.

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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley—

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undercover cops outside '68 Dem. Conv.

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Hubert Humphrey—LBJ's V-P—

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1968 Dem. nominee for Pres.—Lost in bid against Nixon largely because of reputation as Cold War Democrat

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Changing residential patterns in 1960s caused housing values in many cities to

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decline. "Exurbia"—desire to live in a small town

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By time of his death in 1968, MLK, Jr.

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openly opposed Vietnam War

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After unexpected, successful Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese,

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public support for war declined, Congress refused troop increases, & LBJ w/drew from re-election campaign

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Results of Vietnam War—

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10% tax increase, tapping of SS fund, & inflation

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Dow Chem. Co. faced

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student protests for Napalm manufacture

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After MLK, Jr's assassination,

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blacks in US developed deep feelings of mistrust for whites

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Nixon's most dramatic foreign policy move—

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People's Republic of China visit (1972)

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Failure of nuclear reactor @ Three Mi. Is. (1979)

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led to shutdown of new construction of nuclear plants

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Oil crisis, 1973,

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caused economic downturn

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Oil embargo of mid-1970s—

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lower speed limits, extension of DST, & 10% reduction of air travel

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"Stagflation"—

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high prices, high unemployment, low economic growth

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N-C-R era,

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Am. industrial productivity lagged behind because Am. manufacturers failed to update machinery

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"Outsourcing"—

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assembling products in US from foreign-made parts

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Committee to Re-Elect Pres. (CREEP) hired

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Watergate break-in team

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*Ronald Reagan—

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former Hollywood actor and Gov. of CA who became 40th Pres. of US (1981-89)—Republican—supply side economics—"Star Wars"—"Great Communicator"

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Unfavorable decisions by the NLRB made

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org. of new unions difficult during N-C-R years

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Bakke v. Univ. of CA (1978)—

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a blow to Affirmative Action

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Until 1980, wage-earning women

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lost ground relative to men in wages; Afr.-Am women in N earned almost same as white women; and no. of Hispanic women in labor force increased

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Issue of school integration in cities—moot issue (N-C-R era)—

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"white flight"

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Feminization of poverty was caused by

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divorce and illegitimacy

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New Right included

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Protestant supporters of traditional morality--Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson (Jesse Helms)

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Both US & USSR experienced

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decline in power, escalating costs in 1970s

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*Camp David Accords (1978)—

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agreement brokered by Carter between Anwar Sadat & Menachim Begin—set formal terms for peace in M.E.—Egypt became 1st Arab nation to recognize Israel's right to exist (Both Sadat was assassinated in 1981).

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1979 followers of Ayatollah Khomeini

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stormed US embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 52 American hostages in protest over Carter's allowing deposed Shah to enter US for cancer treatment

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Gerald Ford

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pardoned Nixon for Watergate involvement

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An advocate of supply side economics ("Reaganomics") would

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support tax cuts & giving investors greater incentives

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Perestroika --

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Gorbachev's plan for restructuring USSR (late 1980s)

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US stock market crash October 13, 1989,

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signaled beginning of major economic recession

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After 1994 & for most of rest of 1990s,

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Americans enjoyed record profits, low unemployment, & unsurpassed prosperity

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Corporate "Downsizing"

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became a tool to manipulate stock values

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By 1990, largest Hispanic minority in US were

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Mexicans

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Spring of 1992, social unrest rooted in (mostly black/white) racism &poverty

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resulted in riots in Los Angeles, CA

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Racial profiling—

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targeting of suspects because of ethnicity

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Rev. Jesse Jackson—

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advocated for black-owned businesses in black neighborhoods

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2000 census concluded that racial divide was again widening:

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Segregation on rise, both urban & suburban Segregation more pronounced in schools Gains from civil rights era of 1960s diminishing

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ARPANET (early 1970s)—

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Defense Department's prototype of Internet

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1980s—

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twin arrivals of cable TV & videocassette recorder (VCR) helped redefine power of TV Silicon Valley, CA—microelectronics capital of US

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Beginning of 21st century, Census Bureau estimated:

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>40% of US households connected to Internet, Nearly 85% of classrooms in US public schools online, Americans spent avg of nearly 21 hours per week at work on Internet

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1989—

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Poland held 1st open elections since before WWII

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After collapse of former Soviet Union (Dec. 25, 1991)

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Pres. George H. Bush called end of Cold War an event of biblical proportions

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August 2, 1990,

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over 120,000 Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait

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Pres. George H. Bush sent US troops to Persian Gulf 1990 & 1991 to

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protect US interests in Saudi Arabia, to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait, & to prevent Saddam Hussein from becoming another Hitler

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Gulf War of 1991 & aftermath entailed

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oil fires burning out of control in Iraq, a catastrophic toll on Iraq (including nearly 100,000 deaths), & an economic embargo on Iraq

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Balkans—

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ethnic & religious civil war, 1980s & 1990s

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*Dayton Accords—

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1995 agreement brokered by Clinton admin. with Slobodan Milosevic (Pres. of Yugoslavia), calling for a federated, multi-ethnic state of Bosnia

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*Osama bin Laden—

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Saudi Arabian leader of worldwide terrorist network, Al-Qaeda, resp. for 1993 bombing of WTC, 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, & 9/11/2001 attack on WTC and Pentagon

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