Notes and Vocabulary

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Profound- important

surpassed - went further

stoked - sparked

conspiracies - distrust of government

foreign - overseas  (Kennedy)

domestic - our country (Johnson)

Escalated - to increase in danger or number

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The Great Society - Johnson's plan

Predominantly - mostly

National mourning - sadness after        loss of a prominent person 

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Half-Mast - flags half flown up flag pole to show national mourning

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advocate - supporter 

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John F. Kennedy - died November 22, 1963

                     Lee Harvey Oswald (killer)

Martin Luther King, Jr. - died April 4, 1968

                       James Earl Ray (Killer)

Robert F. Kennedy - June 6, 1968

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Television surpassed newspapers for the method people received the news 

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