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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans |
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| protest in 1955-1956 by African Americans against racial segregation in the bus system of Montgomery, Alabama |
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| Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
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| SCLC, civil rights organization that advocated nonviolent protest, formed in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders |
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| form of protest in which protesters seat themselves and refuse to move |
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| 1961 event organized by CORE and SNCC in which an interracial group of civil rights activists test southern state's compliance to the Supreme Court ban of segregation on interstate buses |
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| Congress of Racial Equality |
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| CORE, organization founded by pacifists in 1942 to promote racial equality through peaceful means |
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| Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
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| SNCC, an offshoot of SCLC, a student civil rights organization founded in 1960 |
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| amendment which outlawed poll taxes, ratified in 1964 |
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| affirmative action programs |
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| policies that give special consideration to women and members of minorities to make up for past discrimination |
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| National Organization for Women, organization formed in 1966 to promote the full participation of women in American society |
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| The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan |
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| book about the problems women faced in modern society |
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| theory favoring the political, economic and social equality of men and women |
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| American Indian Movement, organization formed in 1968 to help Native Americans |
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| Silent Spring by Rachel Carson |
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| book that started the environmental movement |
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| failed invasion of Cuba by a group of anti-Castro forces in 1961 |
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| 1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over a Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba |
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| federal program established to send volunteers to help developing nations around the world |
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| barrier built by the East German government to separate Communist and non-Communist Berlin |
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| President Lyndon Johnson's reform plan which wanted to end povery and help the less fortunate in society |
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| President Lyndon Johnson's proposals for aid to public education, voting rights, conservation and beautification projects, medical care for the elderly and elimination of poverty |
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| federal program that provides hospital and lost cost medical insurance to most Americans age 65 and older |
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| federal program that provides low cost health insurance to poor Americans of any age |
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| a relaxation in political tensions between nations |
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| a steady increase in prices over time, reducing the ability to buy |
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| documents that showed that previous Presidents had deceived Congress and the American people about the real situation in Vietnam |
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| gave 18 year olds the right to vote, ratified in 1971 |
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| scandal involving illegal activities that led ultimately to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974 |
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| the idea that the President does not have to hand over all information to the public for national security purposes |
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| to charge a public official with wrongdoing in office |
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