U.S. III Review

This is a tactic used by congress where a congressmen would give long speeches to hold up legislative business.

This was the movement that upheld values different from those of mainstream culture.

Stokely Carmichael coined this term to be a battle cry and a message of strength for the African american community

This was legislation that proposed a amendment to the Constitution to guarantee gender equality, it did not pass

created by Nixon to close the economic gap between races by increasing African American rep in schools and jobs

This act banned segregation in public places and gave the federal gov the ability to compel schools to desegregate

This was Johnson policy to provide health care, job training and education to the poor.

This is the lack of understanding and communication between older and younger members of society.

Type of protest where students sat down on the stools at lunch counters.

 This is an organization established by Betty Friedan to combat discrimination against women.

She was an American biologist most famous for writing Silent Spring and a number of other works on environmental polluti

He was the Gov of Arkansas who opposed integration of schools and used the National Guard to keep the Arkansas nine out.

This labor union used nonviolent tactics, including a workers’ strike and consumer boycott of table grapes

Describe the crisis that occurred in Southeast Asia during Ford’s presidency, and discuss the role of the United States

This was a failed plan by the US to have a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles attack Cuba

How did the crisis in Little Rock spark a conflict between state and federal government

She was an American writer and political activist, and was a well-known and outspoken defender of the traditional family

 This is the theory that women and men should have political, social, and economic equality.

He is an American lawyer and consumer advocate who has been involved in a variety of issues, including car safety, land

These two acts where created to give health care to the elderly and the poor

This is when Supreme Court Justices expanded the Constitution’s meaning beyond the framers’ original intent.

emerged because the growing distrust between the public and the government because what the president said about the war

The people who broke with Johnson’s war policy and questioned it both morally and strategically where called Doves.

This act requires equal wages for equal work in industries engaged in commerce or producing goods for commerce.

The TET Offensive was the Vietnamese new year, and was a assault on 36 provincial capitals and the US embassy

This term was coined by JFK and described his plan to improve the economy, education, healthcare, and civil rights.

These were the North Vietnamese insurgents who assassinated government officials and destroyed roads and bridges.

This is a person who travels from farm to farm to pick fruits and vegetables.

This act created the Job Corps to train young men and women between the ages of 16 and 21 in the work skills they needed

She was an American feminist who wrote the influential book The Feminine Mystique in 1963 and co-founded the National Or

These are countries that are less economically advanced than developed countries such as the United States

This group was created and modeled after NATO. Its goal was to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia

Segregation is imposed by law is de facto segregation

SNCC called for a major campaign where they would flood Mississippi to register African Americans to vote.

the economic conditions created in the 1960s and 1970s by high inflation combined with stagnant economy

This Amendment Banned the poll tax.

This act banned literacy tests and empowered the fed to oversee voting registration.

The New York Times printed these classified government history of America’s involvement in Vietnam.

a group created in 1961 which sent Americans around the world on “missions of Freedom” to assist developing countries

agreement made in 1975 between world powers to respect and support civil rights was called

flexible diplomacy meant to ease tensions between the United States, the Soviet Union

He was a lawyer who worked with the NAACP to help promote civil rights legislation through the court system.

to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further

This term was used to describe the competition between the Soviet Union and the US to see who could land on the moon 1st

foreign policy based on concrete national interests instead of abstract ideologies

introduced by President Richard Nixon to refer to a significant number of Americans who supported his policies

Segregation that is unwritten or a tradition is de jure segregation

What tactics did some Civil Rights organizations use during the 1960s?

 In this city american troop frustration boiled over as they massacred civilians.