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Civil rights activism
________ inspired a heightened interest in social causes during the sixties, especially among the young.
Stonewall riots
The ________ in New York City in 1969 marked a militant new era for gay rights.
Nixon
In 1968, ________ campaigned for the presidency pledging to secure "peace with honor "in Vietnam, but years would pass before the war ended.
Richard Nixons southern strategy
________ "drew conservative southern white Democrats into the Republican party.
presidential campaign
During the 1972 ________, burglars were caught breaking into the Democratic partys national campaign headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. Nixon tried to block congressional investigations, which eventually led to calls for his impeachment for obstruction of justice.
Nixon
________ implemented what was called the Vietnamization of the war, which involved increasing economic and military aid to the South Vietnamese, reducing U.S. ground forces, and escalating the bombing of North Vietnam (and Cambodia) while attempting to negotiate a cease- fire agreement.
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