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Apush Vocab Part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chicago Democratic Convention | Purpose was to elect a suitable nominee to run as the Democratic Party's choice for president in the 1968 election. Democrats settled on Hubert Humphrey but lost to Richard Nixon. |
| CREEP | Richard Nixon's committee for re-electing the president. Found to have been engaged in a "dirty tricks" campaign against the democrats in 1972. They raised tens of millions of dollars in campaign funds using unethical means. |
| Reagonomics | Federal economic policies of the Reagan administration, elected in 1981. These policies combined a monetarist fiscal policy, supply side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting. Their goal was make the federal government smaller and promote economic growth. |
| Rosa Parks | U.S. civil rights leader who refused to give up seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama and so triggered the national civil rights movement. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted public speaker, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing non-violent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Prohibited discrimination in public areas, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since reconstruction. |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted by many southern states after the civil war, including literacy test as a prerequisite to voting. |
| Black Power | Slogan used to reflect solidarity and racial consciousness. Used by Malcolm X . Meant that equality could not be given but had to be seized by a powerful, organized Black community. |
| Black Muslims | Radical movement for black power. Reached peak of influence in U.S. in 1960s. Partly under leadership of Malcom X. Members rejected Christianity and embraced Islam. |
| Elijah Muhammad | Leader of the nation of Islam from 1945 to his death in 1975. Helped many people and was strong advocate of civil rights. Involved in some shady activities and lost the favor of Malcolm X who went on to form his own civil rights group |
| Malcolm X | Baptist minister who preached black nationalism in the Nation of Islam A highly controversial but influential preacher and civil rights activist. More violent and radical. Started with Nation of Islam but formed own group after Elijah Muhammad shady acts |
| Bakke v. Board of Regents | Court ruled in favor of Allan Bakke saying that racial quotas violated equal protection under the law in the 14th amendment. Court ordered that Bakke be admitted into the University of California |
| National Organization for Women (NOW) | 1966 - Betty Friedan (First President of NOW). Wanted Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to enforce its legal mandate to end sex discrimination. |
| Betty Friedan | Writer, activist, and feminist. Leading figure in women's movement in U.S. Wrote "The Feminine Mystique". Founded and elected as first president of NOW (National Organization for Women) |
| Gloria Steinem | Key figure in women's movement. Founded Ms. Magazine. Outspoken advocate for Equal rights amendment and helped found the National Women's Political Caucus. |
| Roe v. Wade | The court legalized abortion by ruling that state laws could not restrict it during the first 3 months of pregnancy. Based on the 4th Amendment rights of a person to be secure in their persons. |
| Cesar Chavez | Non - Violent leader of the United Farm Workers from 1963-1970. Organized laborers in California and in the Southwest to strike against fruit and vegetable growers. Unionized Mexican-American farm workers. |
| United Farm Workers (UFW) | Union committed to the goal of better pay and working conditions for migrant farm workers (people who move seasonally from farm to farm for work) |
| American Indian Movement | Native American organization founded in 1968 to protest government policies and injustices suffered by Native Americans; in 1973, organized the armed occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota |
| Wounded Knee | Sioux gathered for Ghost Dance in 1890 then U.S. troops opened fire killing 300 men, women, and children |
| Desert Storm | Operation Desert Storm took place in the deserts of Iran. Lasted from Aug. 21, 1990 to Feb. 28, 1991. Massive war between Saddam Hussein the leader of the Iran forces and the Americans in the 2 deserts of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia |
| Colin Powell | American military general and leader during Persian Gulf War. Played a crucial role in planning and attaining America's victory in the Persian n Gulf and Panama. Also the first black 4 star general and chairman of the Joint Chief of staff. |
| Norman Schwarzkopf | American general during the Gulf War, known as "Stormin' Norman"; led Operation Desert Storm, part of his strategy to follow continuous bombing with a ground strike. |
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