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AP Chemistry Spring Final Flashcards

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7015423999Hydroxide0
7015426445HydroniumThe predominant form of the proton in an aqueous solution.1
7015431512STP (Gas Laws)Charles' Law: (V1/T1)=(V2/T2) Boyle's Law: P1V1=P2V2 Avogadro's Law: (V1/n1)=V2/n2) Ideal Gas Law: PV=nRT Partial Pressures: P total= P1+P2+P3... Combined Gas Law: (P1V1/T1)=(P2V2/T2)2
7015446344StoichiometryThe relationship among the quantities of reactants and products involved in chemical reactions.3
7015448158Half-ReactionsAn equation for either an oxidation or reduction that explicitly shows the electrons involved. Ex: Zn^2+(aq) + 2e- => Zn (s)4
7015455379OxidationA process in which a substance loses one or more electrons.5
7015457291ReductionA process in which a subsatance gains one or more electrons.6
7015458971Redox ReactionA reaction in which certain atoms undergo changes in oxidation states. The substance increasing in oxidation state is being oxidized. The substance decreasing in oxidation state is being reduced.7
7015474132Basic (Base)A substance that is an H+ acceptor; a base produces an excess of OH-(aq) ions when it dissolves in water. 8-14 on the pH scale.8
7015477405Acidic (Acid)A substance that donates an H+ ion and hence increases the concentration of H+(aq) when it dissolved in water.9
7015484069NeutralA solution in which [H+]=[OH-]10
7015487117Molarity11
7015491482Molality12
7015493453Oxidation NumbersA positive or negative whole number assigned to an element in a molecule or ion on the basis of a set of formal rules; to some degree it reflects the positive or negative character of that atom.13
7015502325SolubilityThe amount of a substance that dissolved in a given quantity of solvent at a given temperature to form a saturated solution.14
7015507141EffusionThe escape of gas through an orifice or hole.15
7015510043DiffusionThe spreading of one substance through a space occupied by one or more other substances.16
7015515882Specific HeatThe heat capacity of 1 gram of substance; the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of substance by 1 degree Celsius.17
7015521680ExothermicA process in which a system releases heat to its surroundings.18
7015524027EndothermicA process in which a system absorbs heat from its surroundings.19
7015526728Henry's LawA law stating that the concentration of a gas in a solution is proportional to the pressure if the gas over the solution.20
7015533102JoulesThe SI unit of energy (J); 1kg-m^2/S^221
7015535821CalorieA unit of energy, it is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 14.5 degrees Celsius to 15.5 degrees Celsius.22
7015542420DensityD= M/V23
7015545976Rate LawAN equation that related the reaction rate to the concentrations of reactants. (Sometimes products).24
7015550743Elementary StepA process in a chemical reaction that occurs in a singles event or step. An overall chemical reaction consists of one or more elementary reactions or steps.25
7015556480EntropyA thermodynamic function associated with the number of different equivalent energy states. It's a state function! #DISORDER26
7015565305EnthalpyA quantity defined by the relationship H=E+PV ; the delta H for a reaction that occurs at a constant pressure is the heat absorbed in a reaction. #HEAT27
7015572083Gibbs Free EnergyA thermodynamic state function that combines enthalpy and entropy, in the form G=H-TS ; For a change occurring at a constant temperature and pressure, the change in free energy is represented as: deltaG=deltaH-(T)(deltaS)28
7015581191EquilibriumOccurs when a reaction and its reverse reaction (speed) proceed at the same rate.29
7015586462-Saturated -Unsaturated -Supersaturated-A solution in which undissolved solute and dissolved solute are in equilibrium. -Solutions containing less solute that a saturated solution. -Solutions containing more solute that=n an equivalent saturated solution.30
7015593091pHThe negative log base 10 of the aquated hydronium ion concentration: pH=-log[H+]31
7015596469pOHThe negative log base 10 of the hydronium ion concentration: pOH=-log[OH-]32
7015603025Scientific Notation4 x 10^3 = 4000 4 x 10^-3= .00433
7015605871KelvinThe absolute temperature scale: K=C+27334
7015614413Keq35
7015609674Heats of FormationThe amount of heat absorbed at 25 degrees Celsius and at one atom when one mole of compound is formed from its constituent elements.36
7015628944Freezing Point DepressionThe process in which adding solute to a solvent decreases the freezing point of the solvent. q37
7015632686Boiling Point ElevationThe process in which adding another compound raises the boiling point of a liquid (a solvent).38
7015637783Conjugate Acid-Base PairAn acid and a base, such as H2O and OH-, that differ only in the presence or absence of a proton.39
7015643320Conjugate AcidA substance formed by the addition of a proton to the Bronsted-Lowry base.40
7015650788Conjugate BaseA substance formed by the loss of a proton from the Bronsted-Lowry acid.41
7015652563Colligate PropertiesThose properties of a solvent (vapor-pressure lowering, freezing pt lowering, boiling pt elevation, osmotic pressure etc) that depend on the total concentration of solute particles present.42
7015661237LeChatelier's PrincipeA principle stating that when we disturb a system at equilibrium, the relative concentrations of reactants and products shift as to partially undo the effects of the disturbance.43
7015667304DilutionThe process of preparing a less concentrated solution from a more concentrated one by adding solvent.44

AP Government Chapter 4 Flashcards

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12643369303Civil LibertiesThe constitutional and other legal protections against government actions. Our civil liberties are formally set down in the Bill of Rights.0
12643369304Bill of RightsThe first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which define such basic liberties as freedom of religon, speech, and press and guarantee defendants' rights.1
12643369305First amendmentThe constitutional amendment that establishes the four great liberties: freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, and of assembly.2
12643369306Fourteenth Amendmentthe constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that states, "no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."3
12643369307Due Process ClausePart of the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteeing that persons cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property by the United States or state governments without due process of law.4
12643369308incorporation doctrineThe legal concept under which the Supreme Court has nationalized the Bill of Rights by making most of its provisions applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.5
12643369309Establishment ClausePart of the First Amendment stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."6
12643369310Free Exercise ClauseA First Amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion.7
12643369311prior restraintGovernment actions preventing material from being published. Prior restraint is usually prohibited by the First Amendment, as confirmed in Near v. Minnesota.8
12643369312LibelThe publication of false and malicious statements that damage someones reputation9
12643369313symbolic speechnonverbal communication, such as burning a flag or wearing an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some symbolic speech protection under the first amendment.10
12643369314commercial speechCommunication in the form of advertising, which can be restricted more than many other types of speech.11
12643369315probable causeThe situation in which the police have reasonable grounds to believe that a person should be arrested.12
12643369316unreasonable searches and seizuresObtaining evidence in a haphazard or random manner, a practice prohibited by the Fourth Amendment. Probable cause and/or a search warrant are required for a legal and proper search for and seizure of incriminating evidence.13
12643369317search warrantA written authorization from a court specifying the area to be searched and what the police are searching for.14
12643369318exclusionary ruleThe rule that evidence cannot be introduced into a trial if it was not constitutionally obtained. The rule prohibits use of evidence obtained through unreasonable search and seizure.15
12643369319Fifth AmendmentA constitutional amendment designed to protect the rights of persons accused of crimes, including protection against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and punishment without due process of law.16
12643369320self-incriminationThe situation occurring when an individual accused of a crime is compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in court. The Fifth Amendment forbids self-incrimination.17
12643369321Sixth AmendmentA constitutional amendment designed to protect individuals accused of crimes. It includes the right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to a speedy and public trial.18
12643369322plea bargainingA bargain struck between the defendant's lawyer and the prosecutor to the effect that the defendant will plead guilty to a lesser crime (or fewer crimes) in exchange for the state's promise not to prosecute the defendant for a more serious (or additional) crime.19
12643369323Eighth AmendmentThe constitutional amendment that forbids cruel and unusual punishment.20
12643369324cruel and unusual punishmentCourt sentences prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.21
12643369325right to privacyThe right to a private personal life free from the intrusion of government.22

Circulatory System Flashcards

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10993348492Systolethe phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the ventricles into the arteries.0
10993348493DiastoleRelaxation of the heart ventricles.1
10993348494Agglutinationprocess by which cells or other particles adhere to each other to form clumps.2
10993348495Anterior vena cavadrains deoxygenated blood from the upper body to the right atrium.3
10993348496AntibodyA protein that acts against a specific antigen.4
10993348497AntigenA protein that, when introduced in the blood, triggers the production of an antibody.5
10993348498AortaMajor systemic artery that receives blood from the left ventricle.6
10993348499ArterioleVessel that takes blood from an artery to capillaries.7
10993348500ArteryVessel that takes blood away from the heart.8
10993348501Atrioventricular (AV) valveseparates the atria from the ventricles (ex: tricuspid and bicuspid valves)9
10993348502Blood pressurethe force that blood exerts on the inside walls of the artery.10
10993348503CapillaryA tiny blood vessel where substances are exchanged between the blood and the body cells.11
10993348510HemoglobinRed iron-containing pigment in blood that combines with and transports oxygen.12
10993348517Plateletsmall blood fragment that collects at sites of injury to begin the clotting process13
10993348518Posterior vena cavadrains deO2 blood from lower body to right atrium14
10993348519Pulmonary arteryartery carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs.15
10993348520PulseBeat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.16
10993348521Red blood cellBlood cells that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells.17
10993348527VenuleVessel that takes blood from the capillaries to a vein.18
10993348532Hypertensionhigher than normal blood pressure19
10993348534Inferior Vena Cavadrains deoxygenated blood from the lower body20
10993348536Pulmonary valvea semilunar valve that stops blood from backflowing from the pulmonary trunk back into the right ventricle21
10993348537Pulmonary veintakes O2 blood to the heart from the lungs.22
10993348540Semi-lunar valveValve with flaps resembling a half moon located between the ventricles and their attached blood vessels. (ex: pulmonary and aortic valves)23
10993348541Septumdividing wall between the 2 sides of the heart. keeps O2 and deO2 blood separate.24
10993348542Ventriclea lower (sending) chamber of the heart25

AP Literature Vocabulary Set 18 Flashcards

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13401234972PantoumA poetic form that may consist of any number of four-lined stanzas, but in any case, the second and fourth lines of one stanza must reappear as the first and third lines of the following stanza.0
13401238861ParableAn illustrative story teaching a lesson.1
13401243760ParadoxA statement although seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well founded or true.2
13401247256ParodyA composition imitating another, usually serious piece, designed to ridicule a work or its style or author.3
13401254090PastoralA poem about shepherds and rustic life.4
13401260640Pathetic FallacyA type of often accidental or awkward personification in which a writer ascribes the human feelings of his or her characters to inanimate objects or non-human phenomena surrounding them in the natural world.5
13401270717PathosThe quality in art and literature that stimulates pity, tenderness, or sorrow.6
13401273621Periodic SentenceA sentence not grammatically complete before its end.7
13401290085PeripeteiaThe reversal of fortune for a protagonist - possibly either a fall, as in a tragedy, or a success, as in a comedy.8
13401295867PersonificationA figure of speech in which abstractions, animals, ideas, and inanimate objects are given human character, traits, abilities, or reactions.9
13401299591Petrachan sonnetA sonnet divided into an octave and a sestet. The octave has two quatrains rhyming abba, abba, the first of which presents the theme, the second further develops it. In the sestet, the first three lines reflect on or exemplify the theme, while the last three bring the poem to a unified end. The sestet may be arranged cdecde, cdcdcd, or cdedce.10
13401318846PhillipicAny bitter speech or harangue.11
13401322775PhilologyThe scientific study of both language and literature.12
13401328440Picaresque NovelA chronicle, usually autobiographical, presenting the life story of a rascal of low degree (picaro) engaged in menial tasks and making his living more through his wits than with his industry.13
13401338097PlagiarismLiterary theft.14
13401341824PlotThe structure and relationship of actions and events in a work of fiction.15
13401347672PoetryA term applied to the many forms in which human beings have given rhythmic expression to their most intense perceptions of the world, themselves, and the relation of the two.16
13401361291Point of ViewThe vantage point from which an author presents a story. It governs the reader's access to the story.17
13401375673PolysyndetonThe use of more conjunctions than is normal.18
13401379551PrecisAn abstract or an abstract or epitome of the essential facts or statements of a work, retaining the order of the original.19
13401388118PrologueAn introduction most frequently associated with drama and especially common in the plays of the Restoration and the eighteenth century.20
13401392308ProseThe term is applied to all forms of written or spoken expression not having a regular rhythmic pattern. It is often meant to designate a consciously shaped writing, not merely a listing of ideas or a catalog of objects.21
13401398674ProsodyThe principles of versification, particularly as they refer to rhyme, meter, rhythm, and stanza.22
13401405161ProtagonistThe chief character in a work.23
13401414415ProverbA saying that briefly and memorably expresses some recognized truth about life.24
13401423621PunA play on words.25
13401431758PyrrhicA foot of two unstressed syllables (u u), such as "When the blood creeps and the nerves prick."26
13401435013QuatrainA stanza of four lines.27
13401439078QuipA retort or sarcastic jest; any witty saying.28
13401446907RefrainOne or more words repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza.29
13401450545ReparteeA "comeback"; a quick, ingenious response or rejoinder; a retort aptly twisted; conversation made up of witty remarks.30
13401482357RepetitionReiteration of a word, sound, phrase, or idea.31
13401495693ResolutionThe outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events; an aftermath that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot.32
13401498963RhetoricThe art of persuasion. It has to do with the presentation of ideas in clear, persuasive language.33
13401510627RhymeMatching similarity of sounds in two or more words, especially when their accented vowels and all succeeding consonants are identical.34
13401517792Rhyme SchemeThe pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza.35
13401521841RhythmThe varying speed, loudness, pitch, elevation, intensity, and expressiveness of speech, especially poetry.36
13401526808Rising ActionThe action in a play before the climax in Freytag's pyramid.37
13401531202RomanceA type of writing marked by strong interest in action, with episodes often based on love, adventure, and combat.38
13401536105Round characterA multi-dimensional character.39

AP US History Period 8 Flashcards

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13909443236Cold WarA state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc.0
13909443237authoritarianA form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.1
13909443238communistA political system focused on creating a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money, and the state.2
13909443239free-market economyA system in which the prices for goods and services are set freely by consent between vendors and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand .3
13909443240collective securityA type of coalition building strategy in which a group of nations agrees not to attack each other and to defend each other against an attack from one of the others. Ex NATO4
13909443241DétenteA French term often used in reference to the general easing of the geo-political tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States which began in 1969, as a foreign policy of U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford called it a "thawing out" or "un-freezing" at a period roughly in the middle of the Cold War.5
13909443243SALT TalksTwo rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union—the Cold War superpowers—on the issue of armament control.6
13909443244Tet OffensiveOne of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States. A campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam7
13909443245Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)A student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid-1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969.8
13909443246Martin Luther King, Jr.An American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.9
13909443247nonviolent resistanceThe practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation. Common examples: Boycotts, Sit-ins10
13909443248boycottTo withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.11
13909443249sit-InA form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change.12
13909443250Executive Order 9981Issued by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services.13
13909443251Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954, Warren)Unanimous decision declaring the "separate but equal" clause of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling unconstitutional.14
13909443252Civil Rights Act of 1964A landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[5] that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.15
13909443253The Great SocietyA set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964-65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Ex Medicare and Medicade16
13909443254The Baby Boom(1946-1964) The period of time when the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women (or approximately 1% of the total population size) in the United States.17
13909443255social mobilityThe movement of individuals, families, households, or other categories of people within or between layers or tiers in an open system of social stratification.18
13909443256suburbA residential area or a mixed use area, either existing as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city.19
13909443257Sun BeltA region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest (the geographic southern United States). Another rough boundary of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel, north latitude.20
13909443258CountercultureA subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, often in opposition to mainstream cultural mores. Such opinions became more visible and popular, especially in the 1960s and early 1970s in response to the Vietnam War.21
13909443259Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)Extends to the defendant the right of counsel in all state and federal criminal trials regardless of their ability to pay.22
13909443260Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)Ruled that a defendant must be allowed access to a lawyer before questioning by police.23
13909443261Miranda v. Arizona (1966)The court ruled that those subjected to in-custody interrogation be advised of their constitutional right to an attorney and their right to remain silent.24
13909443262Roe v. Wade (1973)The court legalized abortion by ruling that state laws could not restrict it during the first three months of pregnancy. Based on 4th Amendment rights of a person to be secure in their persons.25
13909443264DixiecratsConservative southern Democrats who objected to President Truman's strong push for civil-rights legislation. Southern Democrats who broke from the party in 1948 over the issue of civil rights and ran a presidential ticket as the States' Rights Democrats with J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina as a canidate.26
13909443265Truman DoctrinePolicy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology; mainly helped Greece and Turkey.27
13909443266Marshall PlanUS came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe and encourage loyalty and friendliness to the United States and democracy (instead of influence from the Soviet Union). Offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.28
13909443267Joseph McCarthyThe senator of Wisconsin; he charged 205 State Department employees, and accused them of being communist party members, but they were never proven. Eventually he came across as a bully, and his popularity plunged.29
13909443269ContainmentA U.S. foreign policy adopted by President Harry Truman in the late 1940s, in which the United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet advances.30
13909443270NSC-68A National Security Council document, approved by President Truman in 1950, developed in response to the Soviet Union's growing influence and nuclear capability; it called for an increase in the US conventional and nuclear forces to carry out the policy of containment.31
13909443271Domino TheoryA theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.32
13909443273Malcolm XMinister of the Nation of Islam, urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary, more radical than other civil rights leaders of the time.33
13909443274Little Rock NineIn September 1957 The governor ordered troops from Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students from entering Central High School. The next day as the National Guard troops surrounded the school, an angry white mob joined the troops to protest the integration plan and to intimidate the students trying to register.34
13909443275Voting Rights Act of 1965A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American suffrage. Under the law, hundreds of thousands of African Americans were registered and the number of African American elected officials increased dramatically.35
13909443276SputnikFirst artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.36
13909443277John F. Kennedy35th President of the United States events during his administration include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War;37
13909443278Election of 1960Brought about the era of political television. Between Kennedy and Nixon. Issues centered around the Cold War and economy. Kennedy argued that the nation faces serious threats from the soviets. Nixon countered that the US was on the right track under the current administration. Kennedy won by a narrow margin.38
13909443279Kent State ShootingsIncident in which National Guard troops fired at a group of students during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four people.39
13909443280Golf of Tonkin ResolutionBill passed in 1964 that gave President Johnson authority to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the U.S." after an alleged attack on a naval vessel off the coast of Vietnam. It gave Johnson the ability to send over a large amount of combat troops to Vietnam.40
13909443281War Powers Act1973. A resolution of Congress that stated the President can only send troops into action abroad by authorization of Congress or if America is already under attack or serious threat.41
13909443282Richard NixonElected President in 1968 and 1972 representing the Republican party. He was responsible for getting the United States out of the Vietnam War by using "Vietnamization", which was the withdrawal of 540,000 troops from South Vietnam for an extended period.42
13909443283New ConservatismThis mostly republican political movement started as a reaction to the New Deal policies of the 1930's. Its goal was to reduce the role of government.43
13909443284Iron CurtainA term popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War. The barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.44
13909443285Fair DealAn economic extension of the New Deal proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment. It led only to the Housing Act of 1949 and the Social Security Act of 1950 due to opposition in congress.45
13909443286Rosenberg TrialThe controversial 1951 trial of two Americans, Ethel and Julius were charged with passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union; the two were sentenced to death and executed in 1953, making them the only American civilians to be put to death for spying during the Cold War.46
13909443288House Un-American Activities CommitteePopularly known as "HUAC," it was created in order to investigate "subversion." Represented the political group associated with McCarthy's anti-communism.47
13909443289Interstate Highway ActThe largest public works project in the US history in acted during the Eisenhower administration it was designed for military and economic purposes.48
13909443290Suez CrisisNasser took over the Suez Canal to show separation of Egypt from the West, but Israel, the British, Iraq, and France were all against Nasser's action. The U.S. stepped in before too much serious fighting began.49
13909443291Massive RetaliationThe "new look" defense policy of the Eisenhower administration of the 1950's was to threaten countries with nuclear weapons in response to any act of aggression by a potential enemy.50
13909443293LevvitownPost-WWII Suburban areas that were practically factory made and then put together which each house look the same.51
13909443295Affluent SocietyTerm used by economist John Kenneth Galbraith to describe the American economy in the 1950s, during which time many Americans joined the middle class and became enraptured with appliances and homes in the suburbs.52
13909443296BeatsYoung people, many of whom were writers and artists, who discussed their dissatisfaction with the American society of the 1950s.53
13909443297HippiesMembers of the youthful counterculture that dominated many college campuses in the 1960s; rather than promoting a political agenda, they challenged conventional sexual standards, rejected traditional economic values, and encouraged the use of drugs.54
13909443298Betty FriedenAuthor of The Feminine Mystique (1963) she spoke out against women seeking fulfillment solely as wives and mothers and wanted women to "establish goals that will permit them to find their own identity."55
13909443299Warren CourtThe Supreme Court during the period when Earl Warren was chief justice, noted for its activism in the areas of civil rights and free speech.56
13909443300CORECongress of Racial Equality, and organization founded in 1942 that worked for black civil rights.57
13909443301NAACPNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans, got Supreme Court to declare grandfather clause unconstitutional.58
13909443302SCLCThe Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement.59
13909443303Freedom rides1961 event organized by CORE and SNCC in which an interracial group of civil rights activists tested southern states' compliance to the Supreme Court ban of segregation on interstate buses.60
13909443304SNCC(Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) a group established in 1960 to promote and use non-violent means to protest racial discrimination; they were the ones primarily responsible for creating the sit-in movement.61
13909443305March on WashingtonIn August 1963, civil rights leaders organized a massive rally in Washington to urge passage of President Kennedy's civil rights bill. The high point came when MLK Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 marchers in front of the Lincoln Memorial.62
13909443306Black PowerA slogan used to reflect solidarity and racial consciousness, used by Malcolm X. It meant that equality could not be given, but had to be seized by a powerful, organized Black community.63
13909443307Black PanthersA black political organization that was against peaceful protest and for violence if needed. The organization marked a shift in policy of the black movement, favoring militant ideals rather than peaceful protest.64
13909443308Cesar ChavezNon-violent leader of the United Farm Workers from 1963-1970. Organized laborers in California and in the Southwest to strike against fruit and vegetable growers. Unionized Mexican-American farm workers.65
13909443309Elvis Presley1950s; a symbol of the rock-and-roll movement of the 50s when teenagers began to form their own subculture, dismaying to conservative parents; created a youth culture that ridiculed phony and pretentious middle-class Americans, celebrated uninhibited sexuality and spontaneity; foreshadowed the coming counterculture of the 1960s.66
13909443310Equal Rights AmendmentA constitutional amendment originally introduced in Congress in 1923 and passed by Congress in 1972, stating that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." Despite public support, the amendment failed to acquire the necessary support from three-fourths of the state legislatures.67
13909443311Silent SpringA book written (Rachel Carson) to voice the concerns of environmentalists. Launched the environmentalist movement by pointing out the effects of civilization development.68

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