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32 Cards in this Set
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GI Bill of Rights
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This bill provided pensions and government loans to help veterans start businesses and buy homes or farms.
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Employment Act
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it committed the government to promoting full employment and production.
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Council of Economic Advisers
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A committee to confer with the president on economic policy.
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Taft-Hartly Act
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it gave judges the power to end some strikes and outlawed closed-shop agreements.
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Committee on Civil Rights
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it examined radical 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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a presidential candidate for the dixicrats.
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Henry Wallace
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he and several others formed the Progressive Party
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Thomas Dewey
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a presidential candidate for the republicans.
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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 increased aid to farmers and the expansion of welfare benefits to more people.
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Oveta Culp Hobby
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Texan supervisor over department of health education and welfare.
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Modern Republicanism
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conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to human beings
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automation
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machines that could perform industrial operation faster and more efficiently than human workers
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George Meany
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the afl-cio's first president who boasted that he never led a strike.
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Highway Act
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it contributed to suburban growth
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the baby boom
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a major increase population during the 50's
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Juvenile Delinquency
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antisocial behavior by the young
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Elvis Presley
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a rock n' roll talent
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rock 'n' roll
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a type of music
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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segregation in schools case
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Thurgood Marshall
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the lawyer on browns behalf
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Little Rock Nine
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african American students in little rock Arkansas
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Rosa Parks
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started the buss boycotts
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Montgomery Improvement Association
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a group of civil rights leaders
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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a spokesman for MIA also a baptist minister
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Civil Rights Act of 57
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bill made it a federal crime to prevent qualified persons from voting
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Félix Longoria
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a mexican american soldier killed during wwii
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league of united latin american citizens
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helped in behalf of all Hispanics for their rights
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Ralph Ellison
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The invisible man
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beats
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writers an poets
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Jack Kerouac
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one of the best known beats writers
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Urban Renewal Programs
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Improved inner-city housing
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