Fifties Flashcards
1
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Desegregation of the Armed Forces
A
- 1948, issued by Truman
2
Q
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
A
- Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was a denial of the equal protection of laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment
- Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
3
Q
Little Rock, AK
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- Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock’s Central High School to enforce court-ordered desegregation
4
Q
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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- Goal was a peaceful integration of all the races in all areas of society
- Theory of nonviolent civil disobedience
- Head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
5
Q
Affluence in Society
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Post WWII was marked by
- Unprecedented prosperity
- Population explosion (baby boom)
- Rapid and extensive suburbanization
6
Q
Woman in the Workplace post WWII
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- Housewife became the new ideal for women
7
Q
Federal Highway Act of 1956
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- Eisenhower passed
- Created the interstate highway system
- Vastly accelerated the growth of suburbia
