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32 Cards in this Set
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GI Bill of rights
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provided pensions and govt. loans to help veterans start businesses and buy homes or farms
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employment act
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promote full employment and production
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council of economic advisers
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confer with president on economic policy
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taft-hartley act
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gave judges power to end some strikes and outlawed closed-shop agreements
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committee on civil rights
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examine racial issues
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dixiecrats
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called for continued racial segregation
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j. strom thurmond
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nominated by the dixicrats
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henry wallace
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liberal new dealer that left the democratic party
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thomas dewey
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republicans nominee
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fair deal
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promised full employment, a higher minimum wage, a national health insurance program, construction of affordable housing, aid to farmers
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oveta culp hobby
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supervisor
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modern republicanism
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approach on domestic affairs
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automation
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introduced machines to factories
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george meany
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AFL-CIO's first president
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highway act
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contributed to suburban growth
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baby boom
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increase in population rapidly
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juvenile delinquency
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antisocial behavior by the young
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rock 'n' roll
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reworked rhythm and blues
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elvis presley
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rocks leading talent
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brown v. board of education
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trial to get segregation out of school
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thurgood marshall
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lawyer for brown's
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little rock nine
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national guard prevented african american students from going to school
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rosa parks
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AA seamstress
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montgomery improvement association
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persuaded community to continue the boycott
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martin luther king jr.
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baptist minister
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civil rights act of 1957
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made it a federal crime to prevent qualified persons from voting
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felix longoria
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mexican american soldier killed during world war II.
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league of united latin american citizens
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ending segregation
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ralph ellison
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published invisible man in 1952
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beats
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a small but influential group of writers and poets
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jack kerouac
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on the road
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urban renewal
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improve inner-city housing
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