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What were the reasons for protest by the New Left?
Influenced by the Black Civil Rights Movement
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What were the means for protesting by the New Left?
College Campuses/music, protests, marches, sit-ins
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What were the reasons for protest by SDS and what does SDS stand for?
- (Students for a Democratic Society)
- disenchanted with traditional politics
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What were the means for protesting by the SDS?
Campus activities/anti-war protests
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What were the reasons for protest by the Free Speech Movement?
- Started at Berkely
- Rights denied by the university
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What were the reasons for protest by the Feniminsts?
equal rights for women
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What were the reasons for protest for the Counterculture?
rejected traditional values
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What were the reasons for protest by the Native Americans?
- Control over reservations
- AIM wanted land back
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What were the reasons for protest by the Hispanics?
Cesar Chavez - United Farm Workers - right to form Unions
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What were the reasons for protest for Gay Rights?
Stonewall June, 1969 wanted civil rights
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What were the reasons for protest by the Handicapped?
people with disabilities
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What were the means for protesting by the New Left?
College Campuses; music, protests, marches, sit-ins
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What were the means for protesting by the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)?
campus activities; antie-war protests
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What were the means for protesting by the Free Speech Movement?
Increase students rights
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What were the means for protesting by the Counterculture?
- long hair, wild clothes
- -increased individual styles
- -increased drug use
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What was the name of the first atomic bomb that was dropped and why was it dropped?
- "Little Boy"
- To show our power to Russia
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What did Einstein mean when he said, "The war that comes after WWIII will be fought with stones"?
There won't be anything left to fight with; no more technology to develop
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Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
They were captured, tried, and executed for stealing the a-bomb and selling it to Russia (Ethel was actually innocent)
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What did Winston Churchill mean by the "iron curtain"?
Refers to how the Soviet Union blocked out all electronic communication & controlled the media. They had an iron curtain of control over Europe.
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What was the Marshall plan?
- pumping money into European countries to help rebuild them.
- US put $13 billion into restoring the economies of 16 Western European nations from 1948-1953
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Where was a demonstration of the A-bomb recommended?
Tokyo harbor
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