US History 4th Quarter Research Project 

 

 

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Chapter 27  

Truman’s desegregation of US troops

Keywords:  Truman and desegregation, Truman and equality

The Dixiecrat Party

Keywords:  Dixiecrat, State's Rights Party

The influence of early Rock and Roll

1960s Pathfinder

Truman’s “Fair Deal” policies

Keywords:  Fair Deal

“Termination” of federal responsibility for the Native Americans

Keywords:  Native Americans and self-determination

 

Chapter 31

Cesar Chavez

Keywords: United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Keywords: American Indian Movement, Native Americans

Equal Opportunity Act Commission

Keywords:  Civil Rights Act, Equal Opportunity Act Commission

Roe vs Wade

Keywords:  Roe V. Wade, abortion

Attempts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment

Keywords: Equal Rights Amendment, Women's Rights Movement
 

Hippies/Woodstock

1960s Pathfinder

 

 

Chapter 28

Kennedy-Nixon election

Keywords: election of 1960, Kennedy and Nixon and Presidential campaign

Flexible Response

Keywords: flexible response, strategic defense policy

Peace Corps and Alliance for Progress

Kennedy assassination/Warren Commission

Keywords: Kennedy assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, Warren Commission

Johnson’s Great Society

Keywords: Great Society and Johnson

Warren Supreme Court

 

Chapter 32

Watergate

Iran Hostage Crisis

Keywords: Iranian hostage crisis

Environmental Protection Agency/Clean Air Act/Earth Day

Keywords: EPA, Environmental Protection Agency


 

 

Best resources:

ABC CLIO American History (on campus)

1960s Pathfinder

Grolier Encyclopedia

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 

Destiny Catalog

EBSCOHost GreenFILE Database
 

 

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Off-Campus Access to all databases