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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events

People to Know

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LYNDON B. 
​JOHNSON

TEXAS
​​​​(POTUS 1963-1969)​
  • president who succeeded Kennedy is assassinated
  • actively supported civil rights legislation
  • responsible for troop escalation and involvement in the Vietnam War
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THURGOOD 
​
MARSHALL

MARYLAND
(o. 
1967-1991)
  • first African American Supreme Court Justice.

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ROSA PARKS

ALABAMA
​​​​(
1913-2005)
  • led UN/American forces during the Korean War.
  • ​fired by Pres. Truman during the Korean War for insubordination concerning China.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

GEORGIA
​​​​(1929-1968)​
  • Baptist minister and civil rights leader
  • opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations
  • gave his famous "I have a dream" speech
  • assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1868

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GEORGE 
WALLACE

ALABAMA
​(1919-1998)
  • Alabama governor best known for his pro-segregation attitudes during the Civil Rights Movement.


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CAESAR CHAVEZ

CALIFORNIA
​​​​(1927-1993)
  • civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association
  • ​helped to improve conditions for migrant farm workers and unionize them

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MALCOLM X 

NEW YORK
​​​​(1925-1965)
  • leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll ​referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll".
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HO CHI MINH

VIETNAM
​​​​(1890-1969)
  • Communist leader of North Vietnam

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GEN. WILLIAM  
WESTMORELAND

SOUTH CAROLINA 
​​​​(GEN. 1964-1968)
  • commander of US forces in S. Vietnam who oversaw an escalation of troop deployment.
  • replaced after the Tet Offensive.
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BETTY FRIEDAN

WASHINGTON D.C.
​​(1921-2996)
  • feminist sparking a new wave of feminism through her book "The Feminine Mystique".
  • ​founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).

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GLORIA STEINEM

NEW YORK
​​​​​(1934-present)
  • feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became a leader of the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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PHYLLIS 
​
SCHLAFLY

MISSOURI
​​​​​(1924-2016)
  • anti-feminist who led the campaign to defeat the ERA claiming it would undermine the American family

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BARRY 
​
GOLDWATER

ARIZONA
​​​​​(1909-1998)
  • initial leader of the conservative movement
  • ​Republican contender against LBJ for the presidency in 1964
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RICHARD 
​
NIXON

CALIFORNIA
​​​​(POTUS 1969-1974)​
  • advocated "Vietnamization" (replace US troops with Vietnamese) and expanding bombing to Cambodia
  • visited China opening up trade and formally normalizing relations
  • ​Watergate scandal leads him to become first and only president to resign



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HENRY 
​
KISSINGER

GERMANY
​​​​​(o. 1969-1977)
  • major influence in the shaping of U.S. foreign policy from 1969 to 1976 under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford as a National Security advisor and Secretary of State
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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events