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civil rights act 1968
equal oppurtunity housing
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geography north and south vietnam
split at 17th parallel
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ho chi minh
leader of north vietnamese
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viet cong
guerilla fighters on the communist side
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dien bien phu
viet minh surrounded and destroyed the french fortress
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geneva conference 1954
divided vietnam at 17th, minh in the north, diem in the south.
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NLF
official title of viet cong
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gulf of tonkin resolution
gave president powerr to send troops to vietnam
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DMZ
aree both militaries have to stay out of as buffer
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domino theory
if one country fell to communism, others could
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tet offensive
viet cong attacked capitals and even took the embassy
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kent state incident
national gaurdsmen opened fire on vietnam protesters
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daniel ellsberg
pentagon papers were top secret study of vietnam war, government had lied to citizens
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my lai, lt. Calley
american unit destroyed my lai village
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hanoi, haiphong
declaration of independence by vietnamese
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senator fullbright
anti vietnam war
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bombing of laos and cambodia
US bombed NV in cambodia and laos
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vietnamization
effort to build south vietnamese troops while withdrawing americans
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paris accord
signed peace treaty with NV, NV attacked, breaking the treaty
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election of 1960, "missile gap"
kennedy, dem, won over nixon, rep, and byrd, ind. missile gap issue was claim that USSR had more missiles
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impeach earl warren
he used the courts authority to support civil rights and individual liberties
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miranda decision, escobedo decision
right to remain silent, right to assert the rights at any time
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baker v. carr
one person, one vote. must be at state and national levels
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gideon v. wainwright
all defendants in serious criminal cases entitled to legal counsel
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rachel carson, silent spring*
about ddt effects
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new fronteir *
kennedys expansion of space porgram
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kennedy and steel price rollback
kennedy angry for cutting wages and raising prices, activated antitrust laws and FBI
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peace corps, vista
developed under kennedy, desinged to teach third world countries how to improve life
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berlin wall
soviet union erect the wall between east and west berlin
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common market
name for european economic community
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