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House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties -
GI Bill
range of benefits offered to veterans coming home from war. -
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Truman is president
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Containment Policy
policy to stop the spread of communism -
Truman Doctrine
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection -
Taft-Hartley Act
Restricts the acts of labor unions -
National Security Act
major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II -
States Rights Party
white, supremacist party that played a very small role in politics of the US government -
Marshall Plan
US gave over $12 billion to help rebuild war-torn Europe -
Fair Deal
all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage be increased, and that, by law, all Americans be guaranteed equal rights. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Alliance of North America and Europe -
Alger Hiss
government official who was accused of being a communist spy. CONVICTED: -
Environmental movement
diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues. -
Modern Republicanism
President Dwight Eisenhower's 1952 philosophy that sought to balance government intervention with individual freedom -
Brinkmanship
the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics. -
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Eisenhower is inaugurated
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Brown v. Board of Education
case that made a law that made it illegal to establish separate schools for colored students and white students. -
Beatniks
a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.
They rejected rules of society -
Highway Act / Interstate Highway System
construct a 41,000 mile network of interstate systems to span the US -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
AA civil rights movement. Founded by MLK Jr. -
Joseph McCarthy
claimed that there were large numbers of communist spies.
"McCarthyism": anti=communist activities
DIED: -
The Affluent Society
book published by John Kenneth to investigate America's private wealth and public poverty post world war II. -
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Created because of the Arms race and space race between US and SU -
Students for a Democratic Society
student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
emerged by young AA at sit in movements. Created because younger AA wanted action, not just sit in movements -
Military-industrial complex
a country's military establishment and those industries producing arms or other military materials, regarded as a powerful vested interest (arms race) -
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Kennedy is president
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Bay of Pigs
failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere... control of nuclear weapons -
Period: to
Johnson is President
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Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater was an American politician best known as a senator from Arizona and the Republican candidate for president in 1964.
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Twenty-Fourth Amendment
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Great Society
The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Set by Lyndon B. Johnson -
Malcolm X
African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.
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National Organization for Women
American feminist organization founded in 1966. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia -
Black Panthers
The two leading revolutionary men created the national organization as a way to collectively combat white oppression -
Gay Liberation Act
urged lesbians and gay men to engage in radical direct action, and to counter societal shame with gay pride -
War on Poverty
this legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate of around nineteen percent -
Tet Offensive
70,000 North Vietnamese forces launched a series of fire attacks on more than 100 cities in South Vietnam -
George Wallace
was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms.
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Kent State Immigration Act
In April 1970, Nixon expanded the war by using U.S. forces to invade Cambodia in an effort to destroy Vietnamese Communist bases in that country. A nationwide protest against this action on U.S. college campuses resulted in
the killing of four youths by National Guard troops at Kent State in Ohio and two black students at Jackson State in Mississippi. In reaction to the escalation of the war, the U.S. Senate (but not the House) voted to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution -
Vietnamization
policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops."
150,000 troops to South Vietnam. -
Detente
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries. U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford -
Equal Rights movement
a proposed amendment to the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of one's sex. -
Watergate
major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Then Nixon tried to cover up his involvement -
Roe v. Wade
landmark decision by supreme court on issue of abortion -
Wars Powers Act
federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. -
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Ford is president
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Indian Self-Determination Act
The Act reversed a 30-year effort by the federal government under its preceding termination policy to sever treaty relationships with and obligations to Indian tribes. -
Period: to
Carter - President
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Regents of University of California v. Bakke
Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances. -
Three Mile Island
partial nuclear meltdown that occurred in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County -
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Iran Hostage crisis
The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days. Right when Reagan was president, they released them. -
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New Federalism
New Federalism is a political philosophy of devolution, or the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states. -
Reaganomics
the economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity -
Period: to
Reagan - President
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Iran-Contra Affair
rovide funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from profits gained by selling arms to Iran -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
amend, revise, and reform/re-assess the status of unauthorized immigrants set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
he ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. -
E-commerce
commercial transactions conducted electronically on the Internet. -
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
United States employment with Mexico and Canada (alliance).
integrated market of almost 400 million people with $6.5 trillion worth of goods and services annually. -
Stokely Carmichael
Trinidadian-American revolutionary active in the Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement.
DIED: -
Religious fundamentalism
belief of an individual or a group of individuals in the absolute authority of a sacred religious text or teachings of a particular religious leader, prophet,and/ or God -
Corporate Corruption
crimes of corruption carried out by a corporation or by individuals who are identified with the company -
Operation Iraqi Freedom
The invasion toppled the government of Saddam Hussein -
Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP)
purchase toxic assets and equity from financial institutions to strengthen its financial sector