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Last 8th! Flashcards

1
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What do we call the change that happened in the American population in the late 1940s and 1950s

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Baby boom

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2
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What law was passed after world war 2 to help provide educational and other benefits to American soilders

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GI Bill of rights

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3
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What are he effects of building the Interstate high way system

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Helped people move to the suburbs

Supported the growth of the American auto industry

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Why did people move to the suburbs

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Economic growth and prosperity

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5
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Who is credited with popularizing (building) the suburbs

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Levitt

Levittown

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What do we call the false accusations of communism in the late 1950s

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McCarthyism

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7
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What is an example of McCarthyism

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Rosenberg Trials
Alger Hiss
Hollywood ten

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Who was the first person to step on the moon

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Neil Armstrong

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9
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Who assassinated John F Kennedy

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Lee Harvey Oswald

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10
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What investigated the assassination of JFK

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Warren commission

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What was the name of president Johnson’s domestic plan to improve the US with government sponsored social programs?

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Great society

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12
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Why did president Nixon have to resign?

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Cover up of a watergate breakin

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13
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What would have happened if Nixon did not resign

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He would have been impeached

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14
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What happened to Nixon after he resigned?

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He was pardoned by Pres Ford

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What was Nixon required to turn over as evidence against him?

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Tapes of conversations in the Oval Office

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16
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What was the problem with Nixon’s evidence?

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There was 18 minutes missing in the type

17
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What was the goal of the civil rights movement in the 1950s-1960s?

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To end racial segregation

18
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What was the method used by MLK jr in the civil rights movement?

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Civil Disobedience

19
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What are examples of civil disobedience?

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Sit in
Marches
Boycott
Freedom rides

20
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What is Rosa parks known for?

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Refusing to give up her seat on the bus

21
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What happened after rose parks protest?

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Montgomery, bus boycott

22
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What Supreme Court case declared “separate but equal”to be unconstitutional

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Brown vs Board of education

23
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What does brown vs board of education mean?

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Segregation is illegal and needs to be stopped

24
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What are examples of how the US desegregated?

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Any public place like schools
Neighborhooods (eventually)
Jackie Robinson in baseball

25
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Which civil rights leader changed his views after visiting Mecca on a religious pilgrimage?

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Malcolm X

26
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What changes have been brought about by the civil rights movement?

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Desegregated schools/ public places
More voting ( no literacy tests, or poll taxes)
Increase in black politicians

27
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What is affirmative action

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Policy designed to provide equal opportunities for minorities

28
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What has been the goal of the Native Americans Indian movement since 1960?

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Secure retire of, or just compensation for, lands taken from them by the government

29
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What book is credited with starting the Feminist movement of the 1960s and 70s?

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Famine Mystique

30
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Who wrote Femine Mystique

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Betty Friedan

31
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What law requires schools to support female athletics as much as male athletics?

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Title IX

32
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Which Supreme Court case legalized abortions in the US

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Roe vs Wade

33
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Who are the people who rebelled against conformity in the 1950s?

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Beatniks

34
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Who were the people that rebelled in the 1960s?

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Hippies

35
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What was the name of Nixon’s plan to reduce the size of the federal government?

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New Federalism

36
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What was the problem with the 2000 election?

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Problem with the counting votes in FLA and Supreme Court decided a winner

37
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What famous book promoted the government to put regulations on companies to improve pollution concerns?

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Silent Spring

38
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How has the US economy changed since the 1960s?

A

Jobs have shifted from manufacturing (factory) to service industries.
Most products sold in the US are manufactured in foreign countries.

39
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How has the immigration population changed since the 1980s?

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Increase Hispanic (Spanish speaking) and Asian/Pacific people

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