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History Vocabulary
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11th Grade
05/01/2006

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betty friedan
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wrote THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
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equal pay act
Definition
gave women equal pay to men
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national organization for women
Definition
influenced elected officials equality for women
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national women's political caucus
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started by gloria steinem to encourage women to run in politics
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education amendments act
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outlawed sexual discrimination in higher education
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phyllis schlafly
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opposed feminism and ERA
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Bella Abzug
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supporter of women's issues in Congress
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shirley chisholm
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1st afro-american elected in Congress
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dolores huerta
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helped chavez found NFWA and the United Farm Workers of America
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La Huelga
Definition
Delano grape strike
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united farm workers
Definition
NFWA formed this (chavez) which wasnt for just Mexicans yet inspired Mexicans to fight discrimination
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Alianza Federal de Mercedes/
Federal Alliance of Land Grants
Definition
worked to regain lands once owned by Mexico
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Reies Lopez Tijerina
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led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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Brown Berets
Definition
Mexican group like black panthers
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Rodolfo Gonzalas
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led chicano movement.
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crusade for justice
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a group that promoted mexican american nationalism
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rodolfo gonzales
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led chicano movement. founded crusade for justice.
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Mexican american youth organization (MAYO)
Definition
Mexican activist group formed by college students in San Antonio
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Jose Angel Gutierrez
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founded Mexican american youth organization (MAYO)
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La Raza Unida Party
Definition
mexican political party formed by gutierrez
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American Indian movement
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organization formed to fight for american indian rights
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Russel Means
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Sioux member from South Dakota who was prominent in American Indian Movement
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ed roberts
Definition
young californian w/ polio who wanted taxes to build handicap-accesible buildings
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rehabilitation act
Definition
forbade discrimination according to disabilities
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA)
Definition
required public schools to provide education for disabled kids
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American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Definition
largest lobbying group of senior citezens
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Maggie Kuhn
Definition
founded gray panthers
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Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
Definition
leading children's rights organization that helped poor and minority children
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Marian Wright Edelman
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director of Children's Defense Fund (CDF)
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mario savio
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student activist helped organize protest
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counterculture
Definition
alternative lifestyle
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le loi
Definition
Vietnamese military leader who used guerrilla warfare to defeat the Chinese.
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Vietminh
Definition
League for the Independence of Vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
Definition
former government official under the French.
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Robert S. McNamara
Definition
1963 Secretary of Defense who advised Johnson that he would have to increase the US military commitment to S.Vietnam to prevent a Communist victory.
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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gave Johnson authority to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the US.
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operation rolling thunder
Definition
a bombing campaign against military targets in the North.
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defoliants
Definition
chemicals that strip the land of vegetation
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search-and-destroy missions
Definition
attemped to drive the Vietcong from they hideouts
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pacification
Definition
moving refugees to secure locations and burning their villages
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pacification
Definition
moving refugees to secure locations and burning their villages
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Definition
broad range of people in protest against the war
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J. Willian Fulbright
Definition
Arkansas senator who criticized Johnson/against war.
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tet offensive
Definition
to bring down S.Vietnam's govt. as the people rallied behind their liverators.
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Eugene McCarthy
Definition
senator of Minnesota who challenged Johnson for democratic nomination.
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Richard J. Daley
Definition
chicago mayor who ordered helmeted police to clear out the protesters
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Richard Nixon
Definition
Republican candidate from Miami
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George Wallace
Definition
alabama governer/independent party
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Vietnamization
Definition
turning over the fighting to the S.Vietnamese while gradually pulling out US troops
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Le Duc Tho
Definition
Kissinger met with this revolutionary secretly in Paris
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Kent State shootings
Definition
National guard killed 4 protesting students
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george mcgovern
Definition
senator of South Dakota in 1972 for Democratic candidate
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le ly hayslip
Definition
survivor of nam war
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Family Assistance Plan
Definition
provide families w/ a minimum income
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southern strategy
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plan to woo conservative southern white voters away from Dem. party
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