US History Ch. 26 – Flashcards
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nuclear arms race was growing between US and __________.
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Soviet Union
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US experienced rapid increase in enrollment at ____________.
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colleges
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formed by young people that said a few wealthy elites controlled politics, and wealth itself was unfairly divided
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New Left
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group that called for an end to apathy and urged citizens to stop accepting a country run by big corporations and big government
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Students for a Democratic Society
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led the Free Speech Movement at University of California at Berkeley
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Mario Savio
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sparked by university's decision to restrict students' rights to distribute literature and recruit volunteers for political causes on campus
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Free Speech Movement
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promoted virtues of flamboyant dress, rock music, drug use and free living
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Counterculture
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also known as counterculture, rejected Western civilization traditional values of the middle class
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hippie
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believed in flower power, not gun power
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flower children
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ideal of a society that was freer, close to nature, full of love, tolerance and cooperation
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Utopian Ideal
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group living arrangements where members shared everything and worked together
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communes
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popular hippie destination in San Francisco
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Haight-Ashbury District
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groups that tried to dominate others and control their lives, arranged marriages
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Cults
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known as Moonies, after their founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon
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Unification Church
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spiritual lineage to a Hindu sect; tried to emulate Hindu practitioners of another time and place
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Hare Krishna
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derived its subject matter from elements of popular culture
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Pop Art
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men used this as a symbol of defiance
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long hair
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most famous pop artist; used images of famous people; put images on soup cans
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Andy Warhol
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one of the most famous rock groups of 1964
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Beatles
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1st label for black singers
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Motown Records
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famous folk music singer; songs addressed social and political issues
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Bob Dylan
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popular rock singer, played electric amplified guitar
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Jimi Hendrix
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event when thousands of people got together to celebrate the new music in New York
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Woodstock
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belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially
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feminism
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group that promoted laws to protect women and children
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League of Women Voters
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group that opposed protective legislation for women; reinforced workplace discrimination
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National Women's Party
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outlawed paying men more than women for the same job
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Equal Pay Act
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outlawed job discrimination by private employers not only on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin, or gender
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Title VII
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federal agency charged with administering Title VII
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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wrote The Feminine Mystique; said most woment had everything but still felt unfulfilled
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Betty Friedan
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National Organization for Women
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NOW
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author and public figure who was one of the women's movements leading figures
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Gloria Steinem
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prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against girls and young women
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Title IX
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not allowed to be on the swim team in St. Paul, MN
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Kathy Striebel
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Supreme Court ruling that state governments could not regulate abortion during the 1st three months
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Roe vs. Wade
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members who considered abortion morally wrong and advocated for its total ban
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Right-to-Life Movement
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protect women against disrimination, failed in 1982
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Equal RIghts Amendment
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organized to stop Equal Rights Amendment campaign
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Phyllis Schlafly
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called for companies and institutions doing business with the federal government to recruit African American, other minorities, and women
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Affirmative Action
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1st African American Mayor in Atlanta
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Maynard Jackson
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sued University of California Medical School because he was denied entrance so minorities could attend
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All Bakke
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campaigned to ban a state from giving preferential treatment on the basis of race, gender or national origin
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Proposition 209
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Court ordered an end to segregated public schools
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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whites that transferred to parochial schools to get away from Hispanics, Africans, and other minorities
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White flight
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founded People United to Save Humanity
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Jesse Jackson
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African American members organized to more clearly represent the concerns of African Americans
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Congressional Black Caucus
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largest growing population
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Hispanic American
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guides who charged large sums of money to help Mexicans across the border
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coyotes
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Hispanics who started 2 groups to fight for farmworkers
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Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
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boycotted table grapes until growers agreed to a contract to raise wages and improve working condidtions
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United Farm Workers
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practice of teaching immigrant students in their own language while also learning English
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bilingualism
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smallest minority group
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Native Americans
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what AIM stands for
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American Indian Movement
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AIM occupied this town demanding radical changes in government on reservations
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Wounded Knee
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pushed for self-determination
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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powerful pesticide
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DDT
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marine biologist who wrote Silent Spring ; discussed the increasing use of pesticides
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Rachel Carson
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celebration that was devoted to addressing the country's environmental concerns
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Earth Day
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Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
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established emissions standards for factories and automobiles
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Clean Air Act
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restricted the discharge of pollutants in the nation's lakes and rivers
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Clean Water Act
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established measures for saving threatened animal species
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Endangered Species Act
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housing development built on top of an old toxic waste dump
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Love Canal
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supporters hailed it as cleaner and less expensive
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nuclear energy
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one reactor overheated after the cooling system failed and low levels of radiation escaped
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Three Mile Island
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saved many lives by killing disease spreading pests with DDT
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World Health Organization
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lawyer from Conn. said there were alarmingly high number of car fatalities; wrote Unsafe at Any Speed
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Ralph Nader
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set mandatory safety standards and notified car owners about defects.
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National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
