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9 Cards in this Set
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BABY BOOM
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SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE BIRTH RATE FROM 1946 THROUGH 1957; THE RISE IN POPULATION CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH OF THE SUBURBS, CONSUMER CULTURE, AND THE SHARP INCREASE IN COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS IN THE 196OS
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DIXIECRATS
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SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS WHO BOLTED THE PARTY FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF A CIVIL RIGHTS PLANK AT THE 1948 CONVENTION; RAN STORM THURMOND AS THEIR CANDIDATE AS THEIR CANDIDATE IN 1948 AS THE STATES' RIGHTS PARTY
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FAIR DEAL
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S DOMESTICE POLICY OF 1948 THAT INCLUDED CIVIL RIGHTS AND AN EXTENSION AND ENLARGMENT OF THE NEW DEAL-- HEALTH INSURANCE, FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION, PUBLIC HOUSING, AND REPAL OF THE TAFT-HARTLEY ACT
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GREAT SOCIETY
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S DOMESTICE PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED MEDICARE, CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION, THE WAR ON POVERTY; FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS SUFFERED BECAUSE OF THE COSTS OF THE VIETNAM WAR
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MODERN REPUBLICANISM
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REPRESENTED BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, IT COMBINED ACCEPTANCE OF THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE NEW DEAL WITH A CONSERVATION ECONOMIC POLICY, PARTICLARY CONTORLLING GOVERNMENT SPENDING
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NEW FEDERALISM
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PRESIDENT NIXON'S PROGRAM TO RETURN POWER AND TAX DOLLARS TO THE STATES AND CITIES; THE KEY ASPECT WAS REVENUE SHARING, WHICH DISTRUBUTED $30 BILLION IN REVENUES TO THE STATES
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STAGLATION
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HIGH INFLATION COMBINED WITH HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND A DECLINING GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; USED TO DESCRIBE ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY IN THE MID 1970'S
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SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS
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PRESIDENT REAGAN'S ECONOMIC POLICY; REDUCTION IN TAXES WOULD GIVE PEOPLE MORE SPENDALE INCOME AND IN TURN LEAD TO BUSINESS EXPANSION AND MORE JOBS. THE POELICY DID INCREASE FEDERAL DEFICIT
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WARREN COURT
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UNDER CHIEFT JUSTICE EARLY WARREN, AN ACTIVIST SUPREME COURT BECAME AN IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE, PARTICULARY IN THE AREAS OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
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