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Crime in America Final
Crime post 1960
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History
Undergraduate 2
12/11/2008

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Term
Civil Rights Crime
Definition
- 1963 clans men blow up church with 4 little black girls
- MARCH ON SELMA 1962
- Mississippi Killings College White
Term
Lydon Johnson Governments
Definition
Right to settle integration cases
Term
Watts Riots
Definition
Tanks in the streets of LA
Police kills a black man
Term
Radical Youth
Definition
sit-ins, take over buildings, protesting ROTC and Campus Military support
Term
Black Thursday
Definition
Peoples Park Riot. Berkley becomes conservative hero
Term
Assasinations
Definition
MLK and Kennedy, riots ensue
Term
Post- War Prosperity
Definition
industrial workers now in middle-class ( even upper middle-class)
Term
Conservative Air
Definition
1950s conservative. moderate Eisenhower Republicans
1.willing to spend federal money; tax to spend
2.general populace willing to spread prosperity/opportunity to less fortunate
Term
Kennedy Election
Definition
Social Progress atmosphere
Term
Chicago 1966
Definition
Hard to integrate, King says was the most racist
Term
Ronald Reagan, 1966
Definition
Restore civility and rule of law. Democratic Congress
Term
Nixon
Definition
"law and order" attacks lefts
Term
South Bronx 1974
Definition
"White Flight" Middle Class Leaving, Urban Crumbling
Term
Crime and Punishment
Definition
Vicious Cycle. 1980 Overcrowded, drugs and crime. No neighbor. No national mission
Term
Kitty Geovese Murder 1964
Definition
38 people heard her screaming and did not do anything
Term
Time Square
Definition
1974 Porno District
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