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NATO
Definition
10 western EU. nations & CAna, an attack on any member would be treated as attack on all
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GI Bill of 1944
Definition
allowed benefits to returning vet. (low cost mortgages, loan, tuition, unemploy. compensation,
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McCarthyism
Definition
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.
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Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
Definition
encourage houseowners,& contruction of interstae freeway connect cities & suburbs (esp. 4 vet.)
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Beat Movement
Definition
was a group of authors whose literature explored and influenced American culture in the post-World War II era.(NY, 2nd older smaller group)
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Brown v. Board of Education Topeka,Kansas
Definition
a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. (chef justice earl Warren)14th
Amemd. (seper but equal no place) 1956
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Greensboro Sit-ins
Definition
a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the South
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Iron Curtain by
churchill
Definition
the boundary dividing Europe into 2separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991, efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas.
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Marshall Plan 16 nations
Definition
Eu Recovery Plan by US to aid WE economic, help rebuid
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10. Truman Doctrine
Definition
aid/ fund to support country peo. spread by political concern
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11. Executive Order 9981
Definition
1948, by President Harry S. Truman. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services.
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12. Charles Jones Greensboro
Definition
a civil rights activist during the 1960s, including lunch counter sit-ins at Woolworths in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Freedom Rides
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13. Urban Renewal
Definition
Charlotte program of land grid development in AMer high density urban areas
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14. Watergate
Definition
a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
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15. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
Definition
Star Wars, was a program first initiated by Ronald Reagan to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union.
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16. Banking Reform Act of 1999 gramm leach bliley act
Definition
prohibited commercial banks from participating in the investment banking business( got rid of The Glass-Steagall Act- removing barriers of banks)
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17. NAFTA
Definition
1991 agre. btw Canada, Mexico, and US removemost barriers Tariff & Trade
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18. Globalization
Definition
a process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.
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19. Historiography
Definition
writing of history based on the critical examination of sources, the selection of particular details from the authentic materials in those sources, and the synthesis of those details into a narrative that stands the test of critical examination
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20. Egalitarian
Definition
principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
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21. Great Society
Definition
a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice
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22. Freedom Riders
Definition
civil right activist rode bikes to south to challenge cont. surrogation in public transport
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23. War on Poverty
Definition
expansive social-welfare legislation introduced in the 1960s by the administration of U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson and intended to help end poverty in the United States.
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24. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Definition
a landmark piece of civil rights and US labor law legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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25. Black Power
Definition
various forms of activism some violent and some peaceful, all hoping to achieve black empowerment due to civil right act slow and ineffective
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26. Title IX
Definition
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
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27. Roe v. Wade
Definition
a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion.
Term
28. Stonewall Riot(s)
Definition
a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by(LGBT) against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn, located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
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29. Tuskegee Airmen
Definition
the first black servicemen to serve as military aviators in the U.S. armed forces, flying with distinction during World War II
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Bretton Woods Agreement 1944
Definition
the landmark system for monetary and exchange rate management established in 1944. It was developed at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire; a post war sys for monetary manage currency to pik the price of golg & us $
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Primary Sources (examples)
Definition
archives and manuscript material.
photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, films.
journals, letters and diaries.
speeches.
scrapbooks.
published books, newspapers and magazine clippings published at the time.
government publications.
oral histories.
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