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Why limited war in Vietnam?
Fear of China or Soviets entering the war
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Nixon Vietnamization and Cambodia
Train the Vietnamese to fight; bomb Chiminh trail in Cambodia which results in Congress repealing Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave war power to the President
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Why Kennedy greatly increased the number of troops in Vietnam
Political damage of Communism taking over Vietnam (Truman with China and Korea)
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Problems faced by the South Vietnamese government
Corruption - buddhist reaction to discrimination
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Operation Rolling Thunder
Sustained bombing of North Vietnam
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Television's impact on the prosecution of the war
War is lost
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Pentagon Papers
Government lied to the public about the casualties and the war
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Port Huron Statement
Students for a democratic society; end vietnam was; poverty - Social welfare state
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Free Speech Movement
Distribute literature, recruit volunteers for political causes
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Religion in the 1960s
Authoritarian Leaders; (Jesus movement)- Anti-Establishment
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Feminine mystique
Women lived unfulfilled lives without careers. Families insufficient
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Three Mile Island
Near Melt down which led to question Safety of Nuclear Energy
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Rachel Carson
Wrote "Silent Spring" which began the Environmental movement
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Roe v. Wade
States cannot regulate abortion due to privacy rights
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Title VII (7)
Outlaws job discrimination by private employers by race, nationality, and religion
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Title IX (9)
Educational amendment protests sex discrimination in government funded program
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La Raza Unida
Mexican-American Political party
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Indian Civil Rights
Recognized the legitimacy of Reservation Law
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University of California Regents v. Bakke
Schools use race, but not quotas for admission
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Nixon and Law and Order
Nixon's promise to fight crime targeted war protesters
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Nixon and New Federalism
Revenue sharing - Tax Dollars to the states
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Watergate
Nixon ordered a cover-up. tapes are national security
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Spiro Agnew's Resignation
Having taken bribes are Governor of Maryland
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Postwar (1950s-1960s) prosperity
Access to raw materials and strong industrial base
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US Economy by the 1970s and the energy crisis
OPEC and increased regulation
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Carter Presidency
Inflation, interest rates, unemployment, communist aggression, Africa, Continental America, Afghanistan
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Panama Canal Treaty 1978
Panama now controls Canal
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Reagan Foreign Policy
Peace through strength, increase military spending
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Modern Conservative Philisophy of Government
Split power between state and federal gov't
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"Original Intent" vs. Activist Bench
Reagan = Conservative; Bush wants original intent
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Reagans approach to deficit spending and budget proposals
Cut social programs
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Supply-side economics and monetarists
Tax cuts investment; job creation; business expansion
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Iran Contra Scandal
Brutal about armed sales; but not necessarily sending money to Contras
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Tiananmen Square
May 1989 - Students (Chinese) held demonstrations against the gov't
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