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war on poverty
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The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during hisState of the Union address on January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate of around nineteen percent. 
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franklin mccain
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The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in 1960 which led to theWoolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.
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tet offensive
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 It was a campaign of surprise attacks that were launched against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place. Instigated by North Vietnamese
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loco parentis
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The term in loco parentisLatin for "in the place of a parent""[1] refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent.
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nixon doctrine
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This doctrine meant that each ally nation was in charge of its own security in general, but the United States would act as a nuclear umbrella when requested.
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tonkin gulf resolution
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It is of historical significance because it gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of "conventional'' military force in Southeast Asia.
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equal rights amendment
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A proposed amendment to the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of one's sex.
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jupiter missiles  
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PGM-19 Jupiter was a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force
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malcolm x
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He campaigned for black rights, initially advocating the use of violence.
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rollbacking
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A reduction, especially in prices or wages, to a previous lower level by governmental action or direction
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carl bernstein and bob woodward
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Help start the Watergate trials, journalists
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freedom riders
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A person who challenged racial laws in the American South in the 1960s, originally by refusing to abide by the laws designating that seating in buses be segregated by race

 

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shuttle diplomacy
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Negotiations conducted by a mediator who travels between two or more parties that are reluctant to hold direct discussions

 

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civil rights act of 1964
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outlawed major forms of discrimination
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george ball
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opposed the escalation in the vietnam war
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Ho chi minh
Definition
deployed his forces in the guerrilla struggle that became the Vietnam War
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dien bien phu
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A village in northwestern Vietnam. It was the site of a French military post that was captured by the Vietminh after a 55-day siege in 1954

 

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robert mcnamara
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The US Secretary of Defense during the battles in Vietnam. He was the architech for the Vietnam war and promptly resigned after the US lost badly
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