STAY AND STRAY 1960s REVIEW

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1.	CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964	833	impacted many areas of life, Title 1 ended different voter registrations for blacks and whites, Title II prohibited discrimination in public accommodations hotels, restaurants, and other arenas, Title VI withheld federal funds from public or private programs that practice discrimination, Title VII banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin by employers and unions, Title VII office of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate charges of job discrimination.
2.	CAMELOT	798	named because full of idealism and youth named after the play which told about famous King Arthur who wanted to transform England from a country of might makes right to one in which power would achieve right.
3.	FREEDOM RIDERS	827	groups of African Americans rode buses down to the southern states to test the new rights granted to them. These buses were met with terrible violence from Washington D.C. to Jackson, Mississippi. Where the freedom riders were looking for publicity, the Albany Movement also looking for publicity was stopped when the police would not sensationalize the situation.
4.	CAESAR CHAVEZ	853	during the 1960s, he banded together the migrant farm workers into the United Farm Workers union in California. When growers would not pay more or provide for medicine or health insurance, he led a nation wide boycott of grapes picked at non-union vineyards.
5.	NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN	847	in 1966 28 professional women joined to form the organization, which will strive to attain equality with men. This group led to the passing of the Equal Rights Amendment. Discrimination on account of sex was made illegal.
6.	EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENTS	849	this group led to the passing of the Equal Rights Amendment. Discrimination on account of sex was made illegal.
7.	TET OFFENSIVE	877	On the Vietnamese New Year January 30, 1968 the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese launched an attack using the Ho Chin Minh Trail, which surprised the American forces. After this attack the Americans sent more men and weapons to the region. This attack led to the demise of LBJ.
8.	GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION	876	after the American ships in the gulf had been fired on, Johnson obtained a resolution giving him authority to tale all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces the United States and to prevent further aggression. With this resolution Johnson started an escalation of forces in the area of American forces. Some say this attack on American ships never took place.
9.	HO CHI MINH TRAIL	876	supply line used by the Viet Cong to attack south Vietnam. The enemy used this a s a staging area for the TeT offensive of 1968.
10.	WOOD STOCK	888	a concert that was attended by about 400,000. the purpose was for a statement of peace and it brought out a great deal of great music from the 1960s
11.	MY LAI MASSACRE	880	Lt. Calley led a platoon of American GIs in Vietnam and they killed between 200 and 400 men, women, and children. He later was put in prison for war crimes
12.	ASSASSINATIONS	906, 799 906	1963 JFK was killed many say with his death began the Vietnam war. 1968 April, MLK, JR. was killed in Memphis. June 1968 Bobbie Kennedy was killed many thought he would be the next president.
13.	1968 ELECTION	907	With Bobbie Kennedy out of the race, Nixon became president for the next four years.
14.	OIL EMBARGO	911, 947	OPEC oil producing countries in middle east cut off supply of oil tothe united states to protest US backing Israel in disputes of the area. this causes gas shortages and gas prices to rise to over 1.49 a gallon
15.	KENT STATE	819	a series of college students protests at Kent State and Jackson State universities. at kent state the students burned the ROTC office and when national guard shot and killed 4 students while injuring 9 others. the protests started to protest the renewing of bombing in north Vietnam and Cambodia as well as Laos.
16.	LANDING ON THE MOON	914	July 19, 1969 America landed on the moon with Neil Armstrong being the first man to step onto the moon's surface his partner was buzz aldren
17.	DÉTENTE	916	the relaxing of tensions between the Soviet Union / Communist China and the United States. friendly conversations and opens trade and other talks
18.	WATERGATE	920 to 925	this was the break in of the National Democratic Committee offices at the Watergate Apartment building. those involved were caught and arrested but then released. after the break ins as there were two different break-ins, Nixon tried to have the investigation stopped and the information kept from the American people. later Nixon resigns and Gerald Ford becomes president.
19.	WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN	922	the reporters that researched the incidents that followed the break-ins at the Watergate offices of National Democratic Committee. their research plan was to follow the money flow and evidentially led to the uncovering of Nixon's involvement in the cover up of the break-in
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20.	MUNICH OLYMPICS	943	in 1972, the Olympics became a political statement when Arabs took the Israeli team as hostage, this event was televised and world wide audiences saw the Germans kill the Arabs as well as the Israeli hostages
21.	SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY	940	Henry Kissinger traveling between Arab countries and Israel opened the door for peace talks between Begin of Israel and Arab nation.
22.	IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS	943	Students at university of Tehran, protesting The Shah of Iran going to America to get medical treatment attack the American embassy and take hostages. the hostages are held for 444 days started the Iran-Contra Hearings arms for hostages.
23.	AFFIRMATION ACTION	949	to right the wrongs of the past, the congress created laws that created quotas for minorities in the work place and colleges. Allan Bakke was not given an open spot in California college and sued to get the spot claiming reverse discrimination.
24.	CAMP DAVID ACCORDS	941	in maryland, carter had Began and Sedat which open the way for peace talks
25.	WAR POWERS ACT	927	president had an act that could allow him to send us military to foreign countries for 90 days but longer needed congress approval
26.	BICENTENNIAL	935	200 year birthday party for United States
27.	CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS	884	people who declined to fight in wars due to religious reasons, Mohammad Ali was arrested but later freed because he refused to join the military
28.	PARIS PEACE TALKS	891	the talks between the United States and Vietnam which were held in Paris. it was back and forth and peace was finally achieved January 1973.
29.	AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT	858	Dennis banks, Russell means, and others banded together to protest the treatment of American Indians lead to many protests at BIA offices around the United States
30.	ROE VS WADE	849	legalized abortion in the United States.
31.	RALPH NADER	865	working for public safety in America, he pushed for safer automobiles and other items as well.
32.	DE JURE SEGREGATION	839	this is segregation by law. such as Plessy vs Furgenson
33.	DE FACTO SEGREGATION	839	this is segregation by society south side of Scottsdale being the poorer residents and north Scottsdale being where the richer people live
34.	BLACK POWER	838	Michael Carmickel started the idea that blacks should stand up for their rights and should band together to protest the treatment they receive
35.	GREAT SOCIETY	802 to 806	this was Johnson's plan for the nation and his adminstration. VISTA, MEDICARE, MEDICADE, AND EDUCATION reforms were part of the plan for the improvement of American society
36.	MALCOLM X	837	he was a violent young man until he became a follower of Mohammed. he then started preaching and teaching that Blacks should be separate from the whites that segregation was the best thing for the blacks. after he returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca, he changed his position talking about how that all races should live together
37.	PEACE CORP	813	an non military group that promoted good will to other countries as well as the idea that democracy was better than communism. he was assassinated by other Muslims