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What was the 26th Amendment and when was it passed?
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, 1971
When did Nixon have all the troops out of Vietnam (but probably not all POW's)?
March 1973
Who was the 1969 presidential election?
Richard M. Nixon
While Robert Kennedy & Nixon were campaigning to be president, what happened?
 
Robert Kennedy was assassinated
 
The U.S. defeated the Communists in the Vietnam war
 
The Soviets gave up Communism
 
The U.S. paid off its national debt
How did some Americans show their disapproval of the Vietnam War?
Burning flags, dodging the draft, openly stating Communist beliefs
What effect did newspaper & TV coverage of the Tet offensive in Vietnam have in the U.S.?
The amount of deaths and the brutality of the war turned public opinion against it.
What sort of tactics did the Viet Cong use that the U.S. troops were unprepared for?
Guerilla warfare
Why did the U.S. get involved in helping South Vietnam?
Communists in North Vietnam fought against non-Communists in the South
What happened in 1968 to Martin Luther King Jr?
He was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, TN
Malcom X believed Black Americans should use what methods to gain equal rights?
 
any means necessary
 
only nonviolent means
 
only publishing articles and books
 
only marches through the streets of cities
What 3 acts/amendments were passed to be sure Black Americans could vote?
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 24th Amendment, and the Voting Rights Act
What are some of the negative effects of welfare in the U.S.?
People taking advantage of gov't handouts, higher taxes, higher debt/deficit
What does the term "welfare" mean and what is it supposed to do?
benefits for low-income people; goal is to eliminate poverty
How did the govern't treat prayer & Bible reading in public schools by 1962/1963?
 
Made it illegal
 
Made it legal
 
Allowed it as long as students weren't required
What were 2 ideas that John Dewey introduced into the classroom in the 1960's?
 
Evolution and humanism
 
Repentance and Salvation
 
Cellular phones and internet
 
Communism and Socialism
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
Vice president under Kennedy; became president after he was assasinated
Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald?
Jack Ruby
What happened on November 22, 1963?
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while traveling through Dallas
Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
 
John Glenn
 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
Jackie Robinson
 
Marian Anderson
What was one method of protesting segregation?
 
sit-ins
 
ghosting online
 
trolling
 
violent rallies
Who took Rosa Park's experience on a city bus and turn it into a boycott of the buses?
 
Martin Luther King Jr.
 
Malcom X
 
Billy Graham
 
John Glenn