8.1: Context [ 1945 - 1980 ] Flashcards
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US GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
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- founded NATO, UN, IMF and World Bank
- rivalry w/ USSR
- increased gov spending
- first to intervene on behalf of democratic allies e.g. Korea
2
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COLD WAR
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- “Long Telegram” painted USSR as danger
- Warsaw Pact = Soviet response to NATO
3
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CIVIL LIBERTIES MID COLD WAR
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- 2nd Red Scare
- McCarthyism
- blacklisting and oaths
- espionage
4
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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS
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- blacks pursued goals through protest and litigation
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
- Loving v. Virginia
- above = judicial activism
5
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EQUALITY PROGRESS
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- Congress passing legislation
- slow progress and regression
- Conservative Supreme Court
6
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NEW CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS
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- Gay Rights: 1969 Stonewall Riots in response to police raid on gay bars
- Women: influence of The Feminine Mystique
- Natives: response to Indian Relocation Act and tribal sovereignty issues
- Farmers: Cesar Chavez and United Farm workers
7
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LIBERALISM
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- Supreme Court ruled on side of civil liberties via Warren and Burger Courts
- Conservatives believed too much gov power
8
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ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
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- post-war economic boom
- growth of suburbs and construction
- baby boom
- counterculture
9
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ECONOMIC GROWTH
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- postwar prosperity continued via. Eisenhower
- belief in gov to achieve new societal feats: Truman’s “Fair Deal”, Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and LBJ’s “Great Society”
- 1970s: economic stagflation and Viet. War
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COLD WAR CULTURAL EFFECTS
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- Cuban Missile Crisis
- debate over Viet War
- Pentagon Papers
- Watergate
