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  1. what was president Johnson's social welfare program
    Great Society
  2. what act prohibited discrimination in renting or selling housing
    Fair Housing Act
  3. prominent black separatist leader was assassinated in 1965
    Malcom X
  4. which amendment outlawed poll taxes in national elections
    24 Amendment
  5. first black American cabinet officer
    Robert Weaver
  6. first black associate justice of the Supreme Court
    Thurgood Marshall
  7. what important civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
  8. resolution of Congress passed August 1964 provided legal justification for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
  9. general in charge of the U.S. troops in South Vietnam
    General William C. Westmoreland
  10. what was the name of the three-man space craft that landed on the moon
    Apollo
  11. who were the three men on the Apollo space craft
    • Neil A. Armstrong
    • Edwin E. Aldrin
    • Michael Collins
  12. who won the election of 1968
    Richard Nixon
  13. which amendment lowered the age of voting from 21 to 18 years of age
    26th Amendment
  14. when were the final troops pulled from Vietnam
    1973
  15. the spokesman for détente during Nixon's administration
    Henry Kissinger
  16. when was abortion legalized
    1973
  17. what court case legalized abortion
    Roe vs. Wade
  18. name the supreme Court case which banned school prayers and Bible reading, even if they were voluntary
    Abington School District vs. Schempp
  19. Scandal that caused President Nixon to resign
    Watergate affair
  20. what year was the first civil rights act passed
    1964
  21. when did the first astronaut walk on the moon
    1969
  22. where did the Six Day War take place
    Israel
  23. Vietnam war
    1965-1975
  24. Who killed Robert F. Kennedy?
    When?
    Sirhan Biashara Sirhan
  25. when did American involvement end in the Vietnam War
    April 30, 1975
  26. what area did president Carter negotiate to surrender in 1977
    Panama Canal Zone
  27. where did the Soviet Union invade after the signing of the SALT II agreement
    Afghanistan
  28. which President helped negotiate the Camp David Peace Accord
    President James (Jimmy) Carter
  29. what was the highlight of the 1970's
    Bicentennial Celebration of 1976
Author
Rayna
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339836
Card Set
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Description
A Beka 11th grade history
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