period 8 Flashcards
1945
Marked the end of World War II and the beginning of the cold war
cold war
A period of time where the United States and the Soviet Union were at arms against each other but never fired any mistakes
containment
Coined by George Keenan; urged the US to keep communism from spreading
korean war
An example of containment US sided with South Korea against communist North Korea some minor domestic opposition to the war
military-industrial complex
Eisenhower warned of a drastic military buildup in his farewell address
baby boom
post world war two drastic increase in births in the United States 1946 through 1964 lead to future issues with Social Security
suburbanization
more and more Americans moved to the suburbs after world war 2 Cars Interstate Highway system Levittown
civil rights activists
used various techniques (sit-ins, legal challenges, etc.) post 1965, debates emerged over the proper role of activists
brown v board of education
1954 Supreme Court case that ruled separate facilities based on race inherently unequal reversed Plessy versus Ferguson
sunbelt !!!
Virginia to Florida extending to California saw a large population increase after world war two in rise of key industries
great society
Lyndon B. Johnson’s platform increase the size of involvement of the government and society extension of the new deal programs and civil rights. 24th amendment and civil rights act of 1964.
immigration laws of 1965
Reversed discriminatory quotas acts from the 1920s; favored immigrants from latin america and asia.
vietnam war
US aid of the south non-communist Vietnam lead to sizable passionate and sometimes violent protest especially as the war went on
counterculture
Hippies protested Vietnam war rejected many ideas of their parents generation, used marijuana and started a sexual revolution
détente
Easing of Cold War tensions between the United States and Soviet Union
ex: SALT I and SALT II
