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30 Cards in this Set
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employment act
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Its main purpose was to lay the responsibility of economic stability of inflation and unemployment onto the federal government.
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council of economic advisers
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A three member council that analyzes and interprets economic developments and advises the President of the United States on national economic policy.
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taft-hartley act
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Taft-Hartley Labor Act, 1947, passed by the U.S. Congress, officially known as the Labor-Management Relations Act. Sponsored by Senator Robert Alphonso Taft and Representative Fred Allan Hartley, the act qualified or amended much of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act of 1935, the federal law regulating labor relations of enterprises engaged in interstate commerce, and it nullified parts of the Federal Anti-Injunction (Norris-LaGuardia) Act of 1939
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committee on civil rights
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The President's Committee on Civil Rights was established by U.S. President Harry Truman's Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946. The committee was instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the United States and propose measures to strengthen and protect the civil rights of American citizens
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dixiecrats
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The States' Rights Democratic Party (commonly known as the Dixiecrats) was a shortlived segregationist, socially conservative political party in the United States. It originated as a breakaway faction of the Democratic Party in 1948, determined to protect what they portrayed as the Southern way of life beset by an oppressive federal government
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J. strom thurmond
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator
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henry wallace
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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941–1945
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thomas dewey
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was the 47th Governor of New York (1943–1954)
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fair deal
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The proposals to Congress became more and more abundant and by 1948 a legislative program that was more comprehensive came to be known as the Fair Deal
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oveta culp hobby
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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post.
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employment act
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The Employment Act of 1946 ch. 33, section 2, 60 Stat. 23, codified as 15 U.S.C. 1021, is a United States federal law
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council of economic advisers
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A three member council that analyzes and interprets economic developments and advises the President of the United States on national economic policy.
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taft-hartley act
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The Labor–Management Relations Act (Pub.L. 80-101, 61 Stat. 136, enacted June 23 , 1947, informally the Taft–Hartley Act) is a United States federal law
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committee on civil rights
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The President's Committee on Civil Rights was established by U.S. President Harry Truman's Executive Order 9808 on December 5, 1946
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dixiecrats
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The States' Rights Democratic Party (commonly known as the Dixiecrats) was a shortlived segregationist, socially conservative political party in the United
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J. strom thurmond
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator.
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henry wallace
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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was the 33rd Vice President of the United States (1941–1945), the Secretary of Agriculture
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thomas dewey
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was the 47th Governor of New York (1943–1954). In 1944 and 1948, he was the Republican candidate
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fair deal
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The proposals to Congress became more and more abundant and by 1948 a legislative program that was more comprehensive came to be known as the Fair Deal
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oveta culp hobby
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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post.
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george Meany
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George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor leader, who served as President of the American Federation of Labor from 1952
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highway act
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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956
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baby boom
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A baby boom is any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate. This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds
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juvenile delinquency
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Juvenile delinquency refers to abnormal social or legal behavior by children or adolescents, for dealing with juveniles, such as juvenile detention centers
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rock n roll
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Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of ..... E. Wald, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock N Roll
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elvis Presley
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His talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and good humor endeared him to millions, as did the humility and human kindness he demonstrated throughout his life. Known the world over by his first name, he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Elvis died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977
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brown v. Board of education
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954),[1] was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional
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thurgood marshall
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Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States
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little rock nine
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The Little Rock Nine were a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
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rosa parks
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Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement"
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