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3. Civil Rights 1 - $100 This convert to Islam initially supported “Black Nationalism” but later urged African-Americans to seize their freedom by any means necessary.
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Malcom X

4. Civil Rights 1 - $200 Led by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, this militant group from Oakland, CA advocated both violence, and social programs in the push for racial equality.
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Black Panthers

5. Civil Rights 1 - $300 During this event in August 1963, 200,000 demonstrators converged on the Lincoln Memorial to hear Dr. King's speech and to celebrate Kennedy's support for the civil rights movement.
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March on Washington

6. Civil Rights 1 - $400 This was given in August 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I Have a Dream Speech

7. Civil Rights 1 - $500 His brutal death in 1955 at the hands of white racists in Mississippi inspired African-Americans across the nation to push for change.
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Emmett Till

8. Civil Rights 2 - $100 In 1967, he was appointed the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall

9. Civil Rights 2 - $200 Passed by Congress in 1965, it allowed federal agents to register Blacks to vote in places where they had not been allowed to vote before.
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Voting Rights Act

10. Civil Rights 2 - $300 Demonstrations in this “most segregated city in America” turned brutally violent. The subsequent media coverage shocked the nation and forced President Kennedy to take action.
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Birmingham, Alabama

11. Civil Rights 2 - $400 He authorized the use of the U. S
Civil Rights 2 - $400 He authorized the use of the U.S. army to protect the Little Rock 9 and enforce the Brown decision in the state of Arkansas.
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Dwight
Eisenhower

12. Civil Rights 2 - $500 Marchers headed to Montgomery, AL from this town, were initially beaten and brutalized by the Alabama state police. A second, larger march was eventually successful.
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Selma

13. Vietnam War - $100 Congress essentially handed President Johnson a blank check for Vietnam when it passed this in 1964.
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Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution

14. Vietnam War - $200 It stated that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to communists, all the rest would fall in rapid succession.
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Domino Theory

15. Vietnam War - $300 John Kennedy gave tacit approval for a coup against this South Vietnamese leader.
Ngo Dinh Diem

16. Vietnam War - $400 He negotiated the Paris Peace Accords which formalized the final withdrawal of U.S forces from Vietnam.
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Henry Kissinger

17. Vietnam War - $500 National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of students protesting the Vietnam War here.
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Kent State University

18. 1960s Events - $100 This event was caused, in part, by the U. S
1960s Events - $100 This event was caused, in part, by the U.S. placing nuclear weapons in Turkey.
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Cuban Missile
Crisis

19. 1960s Events - $200 This was the name of Lyndon Johnson’s domestic policy agenda.
Great Society

20. 1960s Events - $300 This 1968 all out attack on U. S
1960s Events - $300 This 1968 all out attack on U.S. forces in Vietnam severely damaged Johnson’s public approval ratings at home.
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Tet Offensive

21. 1960s Events - $400 In the 1968 presidential campaign, he became the voice of the Democratic party calling for immediate peace in Vietnam. He was later assassinated.
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Robert Kennedy

22. 1960s Events - $500 The book Silent Spring, by this author, inspired environmentalists, and eventually Richard Nixon, to embrace environmental protection.
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Rachel
Carson

23. 1970s Events- $100 Nixon’s resignation was tied to this scandal.
Watergate

24. 1970s Events- $200 This was the policy of lessening of tensions between U.S. and Soviet Union. Besides disarming missiles to insure a lasting peace between superpowers, Nixon pressed for trade relations and a limited military budget.
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Detente

25. 1970s Events- $300 This gave any president the power to go to war under certain circumstances, but required that he could only do so for 90 days before being required to officially bring the matter before Congress.
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War Powers Act

26. 1970s Events- $400 These revealed numerous lies and miscalculations by the U.S. government on the road to involvement in Vietnam.
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Pentagon Papers

27. 1970s Events- $500 Peace talks between Egypt and Israel, mediated by President Carter, resulted in this agreement.
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Camp David Accords

28. 1980s Events- $100 Otherwise known as "supply-side economics," or "trickle down" theory , this was Reagan's idea that cutting taxes, especially on the wealthy, would spur the growth of public spending and job creation which would improve the economy.
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Reaganomics

29. 1980s Events- $200 Ronald Reagan appointed her to the U. S
1980s Events- $200 Ronald Reagan appointed her to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first female Justice.
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Sandra Day
O'Connor

30. 1980s Events- $300 The U.S. withdrew from 1980 Olympics held in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of this nation.
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Afghanistan

31. 1980s Events- $400 Ronald Reagan announced his intention to begin this military program nicknamed “Star Wars”.
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Strategic Defense
Initiative

32. 1980s Events- $500 Money from a sale of arms to Iran was funneled to the Contras, who were fighting this socialist group in Nicaragua.
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Sandanistas