USA 1920-73 - POST WAR Flashcards
1
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1941:
A
1941: Lend Lease begins
2
Q
1945:
A
1945: WW2 ends
1945: Poland & N. Korea turn
Communist
3
Q
1947:
A
1947: HUAC investigates
Hollywood
4
Q
1948:
A
1948: Alger Hiss investigation
5
Q
1949:
A
1949: the USSR drops its Atomic
Bomb.
6
Q
1950:
A
1950: Senator McCarthy starts his
claims
7
Q
1951:
A
1951: Rosenberg Trial
8
Q
1954:
A
1954: McCarthy’s downfall
9
Q
1955:
A
1955: “Rebel without a cause”
released
10
Q
1961:
A
1961: JFK becomes president
11
Q
1963:
A
1963: Equal Pay Act
1963: JFK Assassinated
1963: LBJ becomes president
12
Q
1964:
A
1964: Civil Rights Act
1964: Economic Opportunity Act
1964: Development Act
13
Q
1965:
A
1965: Voting Rights Act
1965: Medicaid and Medicare
14
Q
1966:
A
1966: The Model Cities Act
15
Q
1968:
A
1968: Civil Rights Act