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UIUC Hist 172
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History
Undergraduate 1
05/13/2014

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Voting Rights Act 1965
Definition
Reinforced 15th Amendment, outlawed literacy test
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Civil Rights Act 1964
Definition
Reinforced 14th Amendment, outlawed discrimination based on race or gender
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War on Poverty (date)
Definition
1960's (1964)
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War on Poverty
Definition
LBJ's policies aimed at reversing poverty, including Food Stamp Act, Medicare & Medicaid
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Brown vs Board of Education (date)
Definition
1954
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Brown vs Board of Education
Definition
Court case that ended legal segregation in schools
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Warren Court
Definition
expanded power of judiciary and federal government, ruled segregation illegal
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Reaganomics
Definition
Tax cuts for the rich, unregulated market
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The New Right
Definition
Christian values, earn your keep and keep what you earn
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Sandanistas
Definition
Screw 'em and hope you don't have to answer this one
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Detente
Definition
Easing strained relations;ending Cold War with Russia
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Ho Chi Minh
Definition
Aimed to reunite Vietnam as Communist country
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution (date)
Definition
1964
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Definition
Gave LBJ authority to command troops without consent of Congress
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Tet Offensive (date)
Definition
1968
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Tet Offensive
Definition
North Vietnamese attack on South in early morning on Tet holiday; turning point in war
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SALT Treaties
Definition
Limited number of missile launchers US and Russia agreed to have
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GI Bill (date)
Definition
1944
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GI Bill
Definition
Gave financial relief to returning war veterans, such as low-interest mortgages and paying for college education
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Benjamin Spock
Definition
Doctor who wrote a best-selling parenting book
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Levittowns
Definition
Suburbs filled with cheap manufactured housing
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Yalta Conference
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Agreement that Russia would help fight in Pacific in exchange for influence in Manchuria
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Potsdam Conference
Definition
Determined how to handle Germany and postwar Europe
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