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Bob Hope
mostly thanks to valuable real estate holdings in Southern California -
Elvis Presley
his music helped bring what was traditionally considered “black music” to the masses in the form of rock and roll. -
Space Race
a period of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States over who could conquer space exploration first -
Vietnam War
justify its involvement in the Vietnam War and its support for a non-communist dictator in South Vietnam.Nov -
SDS
advance society and equality and should be used to positive social effects. -
George Wallace
he didnt let blacks in the school -
Charlie
Viet Cong. It was commonly shortened to VC, which in military alphabet code was spoken as Victor Charlie. -
Black Panthers
a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality -
Napalm
t called into question the morality of military tactics being used at the time. -
Richard Nixon
Nixon announced a groundbreaking foreign policy doctrine that called for the United States to act within its national interest and keep all existing treaty commitments with its allies. -
president Lyndon B. Johnson
the traditional policy of containment, seeking to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. -
Ping Pong Diplomacy
Their trip was the start of what became known as “ping-pong diplomacy” and helped lay the groundwork for establishing official diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Ping-pong diplomacy also led to improved people-to-people understanding and cultural exchange -
Iran Contra Affair
A secret operation in which the US government secretly sent weapons to a known enemy and sent financial aid to a rebel force -
AIDS
(acquired immune deficiency syndrome) While AIDS cannot be transmitted from 1 person to another, the HIV virus can.