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the plan for US forces in Vietnam to stand down and South Vietnamese forces take over the fighting.
What was Vietnamization?
100
LBJ's pushed for the passage of Medicare, wealfare, headstart, etc..
What were the Great Society programs?
100
one of the main reasons JFK defeated Nixon in the 1960 election.
What was the TV debates?
100
Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat inspired this action
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
100
He was the lead NAACP attorney during the Brown case and was the 1st African American on the Supreme Court.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
200
The lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18.
What was the 26th Amendment?
200
this incident, the firing on a US warship, was the catalyst for the United States entry into the Vietnam War
What was Gulf of Token of Incident?
200
JFK domestic program
What was the New Frontier?
200
A large gathering people protesting segration, heard MLK's "I have a Dream" speech.
What was the March on Washington?
200
the Governor of Alabama that opposed segregation and once said "segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever".
Who was George Wallace?
300

US & Soviets agree to destroy certain nuclear weapons

What was the SALT 1 treaty?

300
congress gives LBJ a blank check to fight the Vietnam War
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
300
Tension created by the placing of missiles 90 miles away from the coast of the United States in 1962.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
bans segregation in public places
What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
300
Organized farm workers using non-violent methods
Who was Cesar Chavez?
400
the relaxing of tensions between the US/ Soviet Union/ China in the early 1970s.
What was Detente?
400
The Vietnam War was fought in part because of this theory, if Vietnam falls so will other countries.
What was the domino theory?
400
the CIA plan to send Cuban exiles into Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro, the plan failed.
What was the Bay of Pigs?
400

The ruling that ended school segregation

What was Brown vs The Board of Education?

400
removed barriers from voting, like poll taxes
What was the 24th Amendment?
500
The scandal that involved the breaking into the Democratic National Committee Office.
What was Watergate?
500
The draft, the Tet Offensive, and the media coverage of the Vietnam war
What caused anti-war protest?
500
JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis
What was a quarantine or blockade of Cuba?
500
Two student led groups that fought for intergration at lunch counters and interstate busing.
What was Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides?
500
was the Co-Founder of NOW (National Organization for Women) and wrote the Feminine Mystic.
Who was Betty Freidan?