Period Eight People and Events Flashcards
Description of people and events
1
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Levittowns
A
Built for veterans, cookie cutter housing
2
Q
Marshall Plan
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grants sent to Europe so that the countries don’t fall to communism
3
Q
Brown v. Board of Education
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Supreme Court Decision overruling Plessy v. Ferguson in that separation is inherently unequal
4
Q
Interstate Highway Act
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linked major American cities
5
Q
March on Washington
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People demanded equality through jobs and with with a civil rights bill, I Have a Dream Speech, 2000 people gathered
6
Q
Civil Rights Act
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made segregation illegal in all public facilities and gave federal government more power to enforce school desegregation; set up Equal Employment Opportunity Commisssion
