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- 3. Offensive a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities in early 1968.
- 5. pilot, Francis Gary Powers, survived and served eighteen months in a Soviet jail
- 7. Assured Destruction (MAD) if either US or the USSR was hit with a nuclear weapons they would respond with the same
- 8. Rights Amendment (ERA) constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender
- 9. Powers Act 1973. A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress or if America is already under attack or serious threat.
- 10. Deal An economic extension of the New Deal proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment. It led only to the Housing Act of 1949 and the Social Security Act of 1950 due to opposition in congress.
- 15. David Accords (1978) The meeting between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and the US President Jimmy Carter. They agreed that Egypt would never again invade Israel if Israel turned over the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt
- 17. Huerta Mexican American leader who worked to improve life for migrant farm workers
- 19. admitted to spying on the Soviets
- 21. The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) was an investigating committee which investigated what it considered un-American propaganda
- 24. shelter A place where people could go in the event of a nuclear war to be protected from radiation
- 25. Readjustment Act Popularly known as the GI Bill, legislation authorizing the government to provide World War II veterans with funds for education, housing, and health care, as well as loans to start businesses and buy homes.
- 26. Chisholm 1st African American woman elected to Congress (NY) and later made a bid for the Democratic nomination in the 1972 presidential campaign
- 27. IX A law that bans gender discrimination in schools that receive federal funds
- 29. of Tonkin Resolution 1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam
- 31. small group of writers and artists, in the 1950s and early 1960s, who were critical of American society
- 35. Berets Activist group formed in 1967 in response to police treatment of Mexican Americans.
- 36. Race Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons
- 37. President Richard Nixons strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces
- 40. shot down a United States U-2 reconnaissance plane in Soviet airspace
- 42. Amendment Amendment that created a 2 term limit on presidents.
- 44. and Anti-draft movement Campaign undertaken by activists to oppose the Vietnam War and to oppose the draft
- 46. Protection Agency (EPA) an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
- 47. of 2000 Bush v. Gore; Bush won although Gore won popular vote; controversy over the final vote count in Florida; settled by Supreme Court decision in favor of Bush
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- 1. A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries.
- 2. Parallel Line that divided Korea - Soviet Union occupied the north and United States occupied the south, during the Cold War.
- 4. Liberation Movement the renewed feminist movement of the late 1960s, which demanded political and economic equality with men
- 6. Ten ten witnesses from the film industry who refused to cooperate with the HUAC's investigation of Communist influence in Hollywood
- 7. The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the House Un-American Activities Committee.
- 11. a gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts
- 12. Chavez Organized Union Farm Workers (UFW); help migratory farm workers gain better pay & working conditions
- 13. Theory A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
- 14. zone A zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
- 16. of Homeland Security US federal agency created in 2002 to coordinate national efforts against terrorism
- 18. Aid Highway Act Largest federal project in U.S. history that created a national network of interstate highways.
- 20. Crisis of the 1970s caused major lines at the gas pump because OPEC refused to ship oil to the US
- 22. Orange a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
- 23. Chi Minh Trail A network of paths used by North Vietnam to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam
- 26. Red Scare Widespread effort to root out Communist spies after World War II that lasted for nearly a decade.
- 28. A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.
- 30. the belief that women should possess the same political and economic rights as men
- 32. Revivalism bringing back or giving renewed emphasis to religious beliefs and practices
- 33. Political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- 34. Richard Nixon Continued Vietnam; invasion of Cambodia; ended Vietnam War; detente with China and Russia (better relations); destabilized Chile ; expanded welfare state (social security, protect environment, expand food stamps); forced to resign after Watergate Scandal; end liberal reform; SALT 1; EPA, Clean Air Act
- 38. Lai Massacre (1968) Military assault in a small Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968, in which American soldiers under the command of 2nd Lieutenant William Calley murdered hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children. The atrocity produced outrage and reduced support for the war in America and around the world when details of the massacre and an attempted cover-up were revealed in 1971.
- 39. Spy Plane 1960
- 41. Papers Government documents that showed the public had been lied to about the status of the war in Vietnam
- 43. chad Reference to the when in the 2000 US presidential election, Florida votes punched card ballots where incompletely punched holes resulted in partially punched chads and voters could not be counted; aftermath of the controversy caused the rapid discontinuance of punch card ballots in the US
- 45. Farm Workers (UFW) A union of farmworkers founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta that sought to empower the mostly Mexican American migrant farmworkers who faced discrimination and exploitative conditions, especially in the Southwest.