The 1950s

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22nd amendment

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passed as a reaction to FDR’s 4 terms as president

limits president to 2 terms

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Brown v Board of Education

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year- 1954 sup. court case
results in the desegregation of elementary schools
separate is not equal

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Dien Bien Phu

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the site of the French losing to the Viet minh
resulted in division of Vietnam (north and south)
communist influence in north; American influence in south

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McCarran Internal Security Act

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Law that required communist organizations to register with the govt.
-groups considered subversive would be investigated

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Sputnik

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Soviet Artificial satellite first in space to orbit earth

started the space races

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NASA

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National Aeronautics Space Administration
non military space program
contains scientists, laboratories, researchers
part of the space race

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Interstate Highway Act

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set of $25 billion trust to create a federal highways

system promoted by Eisenhower for military and security purposes

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1958- response to Rosa Parks arrest
Af. Ams would boycott public transit for over a year
-bankrupted the company
resulted in the desegregation of the busing system

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Fidel Castro

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leads a rebellion and overthrows military govt of Cuba

adopts a communist style of leadership

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Rosa Parks

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becomes an icon of the civil rights movement after she refuses to move for a white man on a bus and gets arrested

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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elected pres in 1952 and 56

a republican

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Douglas MacArthur

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commander of US and UN forces in Korea

got fired for trying to expand the war

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Elvis Presley

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king of rock and roll
one of 1st mainstream r and r music
controversial because mixed black and white and gyrated too much

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Jonas Salk

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Polio vaccine creator

saves millions of lives

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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American couple executed after charged with espionage- giving info to the Soviets

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Joseph McCarthy

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A republican senator from Wisconsin who claimed to have a list of communists working in the state department
would set off fear of communism and used his power to investigate subversive people and organizations
-eventually discredited

Question 17

Short Answer: Understand the significance of the polio vaccine and how it impacted the US and the world

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Polio is an infectious disease
vaccination decreases incidences of polio by 99%
stopped epidemic spread word wide

Question 18

Short Answer: Describe what suburbs are and why people would move there

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suburban- residential areas on the outside of cities;
people move there cause they can afford housing;
improved rail and road systems allow them to move

Question 19

Short Answer: Understand how television impacted Americans’ lives

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w/in 1950s over 1/2 of Americans own a television
know as the golden age of television because of increased in # of stations, types of broadcasts, and how many people it reaches

Question 20

Short Answer: When did Alaska and Hawaii become states

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1950s

Question 21

Medium Answer (5 sent): know:
what the Cold War was,
when it occurred 
some notable events
what caused it

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-took place in mid 1940s to early 90s;
-period of tension between the Soviet Union and U.S.
plays out militarily, economically, and technologically
-caused by fundamental diff of capitalism and communism ; us is concerned with Capitalism–free ownership, etc, Soviet wanted communism- public ownership, and controls production amount and prices
notable events-
-Korean War- North and South Korea fight after north crosses 38th parallel…ended with armistice
-Space Race began when soviet u. sent sputnik (1st artificial orbiting satellite) Oct 1957; re-enters atmosphere in1958 where burned up

Question 22

Essay: Describe in detail
why it happened,
when it happened (dates)
who was involved
the result

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Civil Rights Movement:
1965-1968, was a movement in the US for Af. Americans to end discrimination and segregation
-Triggered by Rosa Park’s arrest
-began in 1965 was by boycott that was supposed to be one day but, turned into 1 year
—riders carpooled, walked, used bikes, rode horses, etc.
—damaged bus company’s financing
—Court ruled Alabama’s racial seg. laws for buses unconstitutional

Question 23

Essay: Describe in detail
why it happened,
when it happened (dates)
who was involved
the result

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Korean War:
June 1950- July 1953
-Planned to reunify north and South Korea but…
-North Korean (communist) army crossed 38th parallel
-South Korea (capitalist) led by Douglas MacArthur, the US and UN retaliate due to worry of communism spreading
-Victory at Inchon allowed US to recapture Seoul
-UN troops drive N. Korea back to 38th
-China comes to help N.Korea b/c afraid the UN wouldn’t stop at the Yalu River (border b/t N.K. and China)
–China defeats US army pushing fight back to 38th parallel
-MacArthur removed from command by Truman after trying to expand war and sending ultimatum to destroy cease-fire efforts
-rest of war consisted of little territory change
Armistice calling for cease-fire and demilitarized zone at 38th parallel was established
casualties unknown- estimate US lost 54,000 and Koreans combined 5 million