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100
Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
What is Miranda vs Arizona
100
The U.S. was suffering from 5.3% inflation and 6% unemployment. Refers to the unusual economic situation in which an economy is suffering both from inflation and from stagnation of its industrial growth.
What is stagflation
100
American attempt to overthrow the newly established communist government in Cuba by training and sending Cuban rebels. The coup ended up in a disaster due to the lack of support by the Americans.
What is Bay of Pigs
100
Was a Black Muslims orator and recruiter; his beliefs were the basis of a lot of the Black Power movement built on separate from whites to achieve true independence and equality.
What is Malcolm X
100
Act that grants emergency executive powers to president to run war effort.
What is War Powers Act
200
All state laws prohibiting abortions were made unconstitutional based on a woman's right to privacy.
What is Roe vs Wade
200
These policies combined a monetarist fiscal policy, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting. Their goal was to reduce the size of the federal government and stimulate economic growth.
What is Reaganomics
200
Made to prevent East Germans escaping to West Berlin. It was one of the most visible signs of the Cold War and the Iron Curtain.
What is the Berlin Wall
200
Led by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Believed the only way that things were going to change was if African Americans began protesting violently and not just with peaceful demonstrations.
What is Black Panthers
200
United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy
What is Lee Harvey Oswald
300
US court case in which Bakke was denied to University of California Medical School twice to people less qualified based on race. Case determined that affirmative action is legal as long as filling quotas is not used.
What is Bakke v Board of Regents
300
He promised to revitalize the stagnant economy and enact reform legislation in education, health care, and civil rights.
What is John F. Kennedy
300
An incident where Soviet missiles were placed in Cuba as a response for help. The event greatly increased tensions between the Soviets and the Americans. As a result, a hotline was established between the two nations to avoid any accidents.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis
300
This was an attempted amendment to the Constitution proposed by Alice Paul. It was to eliminate legal distinctions on the part of sex.
What is Equal Rights Amendment
300
Signed the civil rights act of 1964 into law and the voting rights act of 1965. he had a war on poverty in his agenda. In an attempt to win, he set a few goals, including the great society, the economic opportunity act, and other programs that provided food stamps and welfare to needy families.
What is Lyndon B. Johnson
400
Gives all defendents the right to legal counsel regardless of their ability to pay.
What is Gideon vs. Wainwright
400
Authorizes 1 billion for a war on poverty and establishes the office of economic opportunity to coordinate head start, upward bound, VISTA, the job corps and similar programs.
What is Economic Opportunity Act
400
Gave President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia.A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed in direct response to a minor naval engagement
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
400
Gave federal protection for blacks attempting to exercise their voting right.
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965
400
Negotiated with Israel and Egypt to seek a peace treaty over their wars; Israel will withdraw from captured Egyptian territories; Egypt will recognize Israel as a nation; peace means uninterrupted oil supply to U.S.
What is Camp David Accords
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