HISTORY 40C Chapter Notes - Chapter 25: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Black Pride, Berlin Wall
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Liberalism- political philosophy founded on the ideas of liberty and equality. These events gained national and international publicity: civil rights act of 1964- legislation outlawing all discrimination in public facilities based on color, religion, sex and national origin. This all changes when he was assassinated and his. Johnson sought new funding and programs for: education, health care, social welfare programs. Immigration reform: civil rights bills, black power, movement bridging the gap between black nationalism and the civil rights struggle. Its leaders argued that black people should have control over the social, educational, and religious institutions in their communities and advocated black pride. Black panther- group that provided the most down ridden people of the black community with goods and services: vietnam war, counterculture- social movement of the sixties that consciously rejected traditional politics, social values, and corporate consumerism. Search and destroy operations- strategy used during wartime in which the u. s. army would locate enemy forces, retreat, and call in airpower.
