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USA 1920-73 - POST WAR Flashcards

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1941:

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1941: Lend Lease begins

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1945:

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1945: WW2 ends

1945: Poland & N. Korea turn
Communist

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1947:

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1947: HUAC investigates
Hollywood

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1948:

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1948: Alger Hiss investigation

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1949:

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1949: the USSR drops its Atomic
Bomb.

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1950:

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1950: Senator McCarthy starts his
claims

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1951:

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1951: Rosenberg Trial

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1954:

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1954: McCarthy’s downfall

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1955:

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1955: “Rebel without a cause”
released

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1961:

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1961: JFK becomes president

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1963:

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1963: Equal Pay Act

1963: JFK Assassinated

1963: LBJ becomes president

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1964:

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1964: Civil Rights Act

1964: Economic Opportunity Act

1964: Development Act

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1965:

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1965: Voting Rights Act

1965: Medicaid and Medicare

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1966:

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1966: The Model Cities Act

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1968:

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1968: Civil Rights Act

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American
Dream

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The belief that anyone who came to America could achieve good things

17
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Arms race

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A competition between countries

18
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Baby boom

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The dramatic increase in babies
born after World War 2

19
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Cold War

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The increasing tensions

20
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Consumerism

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A society based around purchasing

21
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Containment

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The policy of containment of communism in Asia and Europe

22
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Honeymoon
period

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A period after Kennedy was shot that Johnson used to pass a lot of legislation (like the Civil Rights Act)

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Levittown

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Suburban towns that were built away from the cities for baby boomers.

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New Frontier

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Kennedy’s domestic policy

25
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Great Society

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Johnson’s domestic policy

26
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Second Red
scare

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Fear of Communism in the 1950s

27
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Rebel without a
Cause

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A film with James Dean that encouraged rebellious teenagers

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Senator
McCarthy

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Joseph McCarthy, famous for accusing members of government of being communists.

29
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Blacklist

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To be banned

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