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US HISTORY
Important Amendments
•19th Amendment- Gave women the right to vote.
•13th Amendment- Abolished slavery
•14th Amendment- defined citizenship
•15th Amendment- expanded voting rights
•24th Amendment- eliminated poll taxes
•26th Amendment- lowered voting age from 21 to 18
Title IX
•Ended discrimination in sports in high
school’s and universities for all races
and genders.
The Great Society, Title IX & Affirmative Action
•These 3 legislative actions
were all meant to provide
greater economic
opportunities for women,
minorities and the poor.
Process of Lobbying Congress
•When lobbying congress people must do
the following to get their voices & ideas
heard:
◦ Petitioning
◦ Speaking to lawmakers
◦ Writing to senators
◦ Suggesting legislation
Civil Rights Act of 1964
•Officially ended discrimination in
the work place.
Characteristics of the Civil Rights Era
•Voting rights legislation
•Racial Discrimination
•Leaders who rose to the occasion and
became symbol for civil rights.
Civil Rights Organizations
•SCLC- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
•NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
•CORE- Congress of Racial Equality
•BLACK PANTHERS- militant African American group. ONLY GROUP WHO
USED VIOLENCE
•UFW- United Farm Workers
•LULAC- League of United Latin American Citizens
•AIM- American Indian Movement
Martin Luther King Jr.
•He was the founder of the SCLC
•Won the Nobel Peace Prize for his March on
Washington & the “I have a dream” speech because it
inspired people by giving them strength.
•He was assassinated in 1968
Betty Friedan
•Was the founder of
the NOW organization
•She also wrote the
Feminine Mystique
book
Cesar Chavez
•Worked for the
rights of the
Mexican migrant
farm workers.
Chicano Mural Movement
•Mexican Americans
expressed themselves and
their culture through art.
•This led to an increase in
awareness of the Mexican
American heritage.
Important Court Cases
MENDEZ V.
WESTMINSTER
•Challenged racial
segregation in the
California schools
DELGADO V. BASTROP
ISD
•Challenged racial
segregation in the Texas
schools
Effects of the Cold War
•Led to an increase in high tech
industries, the development of the
Military Industrial Complex and the
government also increased Federal
Funding for Math and Science
Education.
Gulf of Tonkin
•the North Vietnamese attacked U.S. Ships
in international waters.
•Because of this event, it gave the
President the support he needed to
declare war.
Silent Majority
•Was the idea that the American
people supported the presidents
policies regarding the war, only
that they chose not to vocalize it.
Role of the Media
•With all the graphic coverage that was
shown on TV, this allowed Americans
to form their own opinions on the US
involvement in the Vietnam War.
Tinker v. Des Moines
•The Supreme Court
decided that the
Tinkers had the right
to wear the armbands
because their freedom
of expression was
protected under the
1st amendment.
Tet Offensive
•The North Vietnam soldiers
attacked South Vietnam’s
coast where there were
many American & South
Vietnam soldiers were
stationed.
Vietnamization
•President Richard Nixon developed this idea to
get our troops out of the war by putting a
greater responsibility for the war on the South
Vietnamese.
Wars Powers Act Resolution
•Limited the power of the
president to send troops into
combat.
OPEC
•Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC)- was created by the
middle east countries that are rich in oil.
•In 1973 OPEC placed an embargo (block of
trade) on the US.