50's-90's Flashcards
Long costly war in the 50’s that dealt with Communism?
The Korean War. It cut Korea along the 38 parallel and the north was communist
Who was constantly claiming that people were communists and getting them deported?
Joe McCarthy & McCarthyism
What town was the ideal “American Dream” town in the US?
Levittown
This idea of having to have the best things and being better than your neighbor emerged in the 50’s
Materialism
What was the “White Flight”?
Movement of primarily white families westward, out of cities between 1945-1960, as nearly 5 million African Americans moved north. The invention of the air conditioner was one proponent of this movement as now people could deal with the heat
Bracero Program
Mexican farmers invited to the U.S to come work here during WWII while our farmers were fighting
What was “Urban Decay”?
The decline of big cities into bad projects
Termination Policy
This ultimately FAILED. It attempted to terminate the reservation system, it only left the native Americans as citizens..but way behind the rest of the public as they had an extreme culture shock
AIM
American Indian Movement. Militant civil rights group
Who was involved in the first televised presidential debate? And who won?
Nixon vs Kennedy. Kennedy dominated visually, but many say Nixon won over radio
Kennedy’s domestic agenda name?
The New Frontier
Kennedy’s attitude toward military action? Used during Cuban Missile Crisis
Flexible Response
What was the Bay of Pigs?
US brought Anti Castro Cubans to Cuba to start a revolt and left them there on their own. Kennedy denies involvement
Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis
US found nuclear launch sites in Cuba in 1962 and Kennedy does all he can to avoid war. We remove our missiles in another country (haha sorry guys I couldn’t find which one) and the Cubans removed theirs
Who assassinated JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
