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  1. Baby Boom
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a temporary marked increase in the birth rate,following World War II. 1946-1964

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2.Keynesian Economics

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a theory of total spending in the economy would bring the country out of the depression

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  1. AFL-CIO
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the merging of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization

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  1. Teamsters Union
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represents truck drivers and is the largest private sector labor union in the U.S.

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  1. Antibacterial Drugs/Penicillian
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created by Alexander Flemming who discovered pencillian by accident

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  1. Jonas Salk
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creator of the Polio Vaccine which was a disease that had killed thousands and crippled thousands

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7.UNIVAC

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Universal Automatic Computer created in 1946 and completed in 1948

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  1. Hydrogen Bomb
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weapon deriving a large portion of its energy from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen isotopes

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  1. ICBM
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Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles have greater range and speed than other missles

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  1. Sputnik
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a Russian satellite that was the first object in space launched on October 4, 1957

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  1. NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration, responsible for Space and Air devices

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  1. Disneyland
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the first amusement park to connect movie and television characters with rides

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  1. Federal Highway Act of 1956
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the process of putting in stronger and more sustainable highways for the purpose of people receiving jobs

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14.Levittown

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a town in New York that was the first to vary the outsides of the home but have basically the same layouts

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  1. Feminism
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advocacy of women’s social, economic, and political rights as being equal as men’s

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  1. Environmentalism
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ideology regarding concerns for environmental protection

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  1. The Organization Man
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by William H. Whyte, the open mind of demands that people work and belong to organizations

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  1. J. D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye
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1951, controversial because of the ideas of teenage angst and alienation shared

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  1. Beat Generation
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Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Gregory Corso questioning mainstream politics and culture

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  1. James Dean, Rebel without a cause
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a movie that was inspirational to the rebels of the 1950’s

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  1. Rock ‘n’ roll
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A type of music characterized by a heavy beat and being a mixture of jazz and blues

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  1. The Other America
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Michael Harrington that was an influential study of poverty in the U.S. published in 1962

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  1. Brown v. Board of Education
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Supreme Court case in which the state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional

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  1. Little Rock NIne
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the nine black students in the Central High School who were walked to school by the National Guard

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  1. Montgomery Bus Boycott
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a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system

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  1. Martin Luther King Jr.
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a preachers son who advocated for equal rights did so peacefully

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  1. Jackie Robinson
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the first Black Major League Baseball player played for the Dodgers

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  1. Army-McCarthy Hearings
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investigations between April 1954 and June 1954 to accuse members of the army of being communists

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  1. John Foster Dulles
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U.S. Secretary of State under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959 advocated an aggressive stance against communism throughout the world

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  1. Massive Retaliation/Brinkmanship
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the possible deterrence of an all out nuclear attack from the Soviet Union

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  1. Dien Bien Phu
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the fortress in Vietnam French forces were trapped and surrendered in 1954

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  1. Muhammad Mossadegh
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a premier of Iran,wished to nationalize the oil in Iran, replaced with help from the CIA

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  1. Suez Canal Incident 1956
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an Israeli and Egytian conflict between the control of the Suez canal which carried oil to the U.S.

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  1. Fidel Castro
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a communistic leader in Cuba who overthrow Edwin Bastista

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  1. Military Industrial Complex
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comprises the policy and monetary relations which existed between legislators and the arms indusrty

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