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Unit 6 Vocab

Published on Apr 27, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Unit 8 Vocab

William Henderson period 6

Stonewall Inn Riots

Gay Bar that was raided by police offers and they fought back  

American Indian Movement

Movement for Native Americans to have equal rights, they were treated the worst
Photo by The U.S. Army

Cesar Chavez

Wanted equal rights for Mexican farm workers and used non-violent tactics
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United Farm Workers

Immigrant farmers united to protest against the harsh conditions they faced
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Feminine Mystique

A book written by Betty Freidan that stirred up women
Photo by Lieven SOETE

UC v Bakke

Alan Bakke challenged UC Davis' policy on accepting students  
Photo by Lotus Carroll

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin

24th Amendment

Made it so there was no poll tax on votes  

Brown v Board of Education

Linda Brown was denied admission to her neighborhood school, this was happening with many children so they took it to the Supreme Court

Little Rock 9

9 African American students won the decision to attend Central High School  

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Boycotted the use of buses and people had to walk long distances
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James Farmer

Co-Founder of CORE and it sought to end segregation with non-violence

Malcolm X

Civil Rights leader like MLK but believed in violent way  
Photo by Thomas Hawk

Thurgood Marshall

Lawyer that helped with MLK and will later be the first black Chief Justice
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Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights leader, Preacher and he was very influential believed in non-violent ways and will later be assassinated  
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Title IX

Basically no being sexist

Immigration Act 1965

New Immigration act that allowed immigration for work

NASA

Made by JFK for space exploration

Medicaid

Gives low income families medical care

Warren Court

Earl Warren was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and he handled all of the cases
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Medicare

For older people to provide health care for those who cant afford it  
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Great Society

Like FDR's new deal a set of programs to help Americans and America  
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Miranda Rights

From Miranda v Arizona this is what cops tell you when they arrest you  
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Berlin Wall

Built to divide East and West Berlin built buy Russia  
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Cuban Missile Crisis

 
Photo by Gene Hunt

Bay of Pigs

A failed invasion of Cuba to get Fidel and the nukes  
Photo by StripeyAnne

Job Corp

Give people a certain skill to do if they have no where else to go  

Peace Corp

Volunteer to help third world countries  
Photo by Leo Reynolds

Nikkita Khrushchev

Leader of the USSR and worked out the nuclear problems with JFK  

Lyndon B. Johnson

JFK vice president and became president when JFK was assassinated
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Richard Nixon

Running against JFK in the presidential race and lost to him  
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John F Kennedy

He was our president during the 60s and he worked out many problems with the USSR and was assassinated in 63  
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