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7th Grade US History - Chapter 25 - Vocabulary

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The Twenty-______ Amendment is the Constitutional amendment ratified in 1964 that forbade the states to levy poll taxes.
Defined the circumstances that would be necessary before the president could go to war and required all action be ended in thirty days unless Congress authorized action beyond that.
Ronald ____ was the 40th President.
The Camp ______ Accords is when Israel agreed to return the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, and Egypt agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist, making Egypt the first Arab nation to recognize that right.
The _____ Act of 1964 Forbade ethnic segregation and discrimination in schools and public places
An easing of tensions
A convert to a religious group called the Nation of Islam (also known as they Black Muslims); rejected the nonviolent views of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Young people in the 1960s who looked for happiness by throwing off respect for authority and turning to drugs and sexual immorality
The Gulf of _____ Resolutions Authorized President Johnson "to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force" against the North Vietnamese.
The United States would gradually turn over responsibility for fighting the Vietnam War to the South Vietnamese while continuing to provide supplies and air support.
Robert _____ was the Senator from New York and half brother of the late President John F. Kennedy; ran for president in 1968 but was killed on the night of his victory in the California primary.
The _____ hostage crisis was when a group of sixty-six Americans were held hostage by radical Iranians at the U.S. embassy in Iran for 144 days.
Energized by moral concerns; actively sought to advance civil rights for black Americans and to reduce poverty.
Lyndon B. ____ was the 36th President
Ending many government rules and restrictions
39th President
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Leaders who favored an increased American presence in Vietnam, or an "escalation" of the war
A major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 resulting in Nixon's resignation.
The ____ Rights Act of 1965 Ended long-standing injustices in federal elections.
A complete ban on American oil shipments ordered by OPEC.
The route that the Viet Cong forces used to move their men and goods.
Lyndon B. Johnson's legislative program that was supposed to help America bring "an end to poverty and racial injustice" in his lifetime
Leaders who wanted the United States to pull out completely from Vietnam.
A war between communist North Vietnam and nonCommunist South Vietnam in which America aided South Vietnam (1955-1975).
The _____ Canal Treaty was when the United States agreed to transfer control of the canal to Panama by 1999. The US kept the right to intervene with military force if the canal's neutrality was ever threatened.
The Twenty-______ Amendment was the Constitutional amendment ratified in 1971 to lower the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen.
Communists who remained in South Vietnam after the division of the country.
Roe v. _____ was the Supreme Court Case in 1973 in which the Court decided that a woman has the right to abort her unborn child within the first three months of pregnancy.
Shuttle ____ was Nixon's Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's efforts to restore peace in the Middle East. Over several months, planes shuttled him back and from from the US to Damascus, Syria; to Cairo, Egypt; and to Tel Aviv, Israel. It ended the bloodsheed but yielded no permanent peace agreement.
Richard ____ was the 37th President.