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Arms Race
U.S. and Soviets promote science and technology as both attempt to develop nuclear arsenals.
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Arms Race
U.S. and Soviets promote science and technology as both attempt to develop nuclear arsenals.
Sputnik
U.S.S.R. satellite, caused U.S. to invest money in space, science, technology, and weapons programs.
House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC) - Looked into individuals in Hollywood who were suspected of being Communist
McCarthyism
Red Scare movement led by Senator Joseph McCarthy that arrested people suspected of being communists.
Suburbs
Resulted from prosperity after WWII, baby boom, and increased demand for housing.
GI Bill
Servicemen's Readjustment Act; government paid for education of military veterans to assist their return to civilian life
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Arms Race | U.S. and Soviets promote science and technology as both attempt to develop nuclear arsenals. |
Sputnik | U.S.S.R. satellite, caused U.S. to invest money in space, science, technology, and weapons programs. |
House Un-American Activities Committee | (HUAC) - Looked into individuals in Hollywood who were suspected of being Communist |
McCarthyism | Red Scare movement led by Senator Joseph McCarthy that arrested people suspected of being communists. |
Suburbs | Resulted from prosperity after WWII, baby boom, and increased demand for housing. |
GI Bill | Servicemen's Readjustment Act; government paid for education of military veterans to assist their return to civilian life |
Economic Prosperity | Resulted in consumer spending, growth of middle class |
Vaccines | limited the spread of infectious diseases; Jonas Salk created to stop polio |
Brown v. Board of Education | Required desegregation of schools, NAACP's Thurgood Marshall helped argue case; overturned legal segregation created by Plessy v. Ferguson |
Rosa Parks | fought segregation through civil disobedience; bus sit-in led to year-long bus boycotts and inspired others |
Martin Luther King Jr. | Important leader of the civil rights movement, believed in civil disobedience instead of violence. |
Black Panthers | Civil Rights group that used armed resistance to protest and to defend themselves, Huey Newton was leader. |
Little Rock, Arkansas | Governor Orval Faubus challenged the power of the federal government to desegregate schools; President Eisenhower sent troops to enforce ruling |
March on Washington | Nonviolent protest aimed to improve political rights and economics opportunities or minorities; resulted in new legislation |
Civil Rights Act of 1965 | ended segregation and required equal treatment of minorities in the workplace. |
Equal Employment Opprotunity | Government agencies could no longer discriminate in their employment practices. |
Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Ended poll taxes and literacy tests as a requirement to vote set up by Jim Crow laws; resulted in increased voting by minorities. |
Shirley Chisholm | 1st African American woman to serve in Congress. |
Cuban Missile Crisis | Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba to prevent shipment of Soviet nuclear missiles. |
Medicare Act of 1965 | Provided health care for people 65+. |
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 | (HUD) - part of the Great Society; aimed to provide poor with affordable housing and alleviate poverty |
Chicano Workers Movement | Led by Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta, fought to improve working conditions for migrant workers. |
Chicano Mural Movement | Built Hispanic cultural pride. |
Countercultural Movement | Youth had district fashion and culture, often used rock and roll (Woodstock) to protest government policies. |
Vietnam War | belief in 'domino theory' led to US intervention; hoped to stop the spread of communism (containment) |