APUSH 27-28
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asiandynamite on March 17, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 New Frontier | The campaign program advocated by JFK in the 1960 election. He promised to revitalize the stagnant economy and enact reform legislation in education, health care, and civil rights. |
| Nixon-Kennedy Debate | First televised debate. Nixon looked bad, lost debate! Kennedy looked fresh, won. Showed importance of apperance. |
| Clean Air Act of 1963 | i. Amended in 1970 (1) Primary standards - public health (2) Secondary standards - protect vegetation, buildings, etc.- get rid of acid rain (3) Emissions from automobiles (a) 70 and 63- catytic converters on vehicles from 63. Then got rid of lead in gasoline (b) Big cities had high levels of lead so much it caused brain damage. Changed lifes for peop |
| Freedom Rides | a series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and Whites who rode buses together through the American South in 1961 |
| Congress of Racial Equality | CORE was a civil rights organization. They were famous for freedom rides which drew attention to Southern barbarity, leading to the passing of civil rights legislation. |
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