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34 Cards in this Set
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GI bill of rights
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the bill provided pensions and gov. loans to help veterans to help veterans start business and buy homes or farms
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employment act
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created to ensure postwar economic growth
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council of economic advisers
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established to confer with the president on economic policy
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taft-hartley act
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bill that gave judges the power to end some strikes and outlawd closed-shop agreements
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committee on civil rights
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created to examine racial issues
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Dixiecrats
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nickname for the southern delegates State's Rights Party
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j. storm Thurmond
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Dixiecrats nominated south carolina governor for president
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GI bill of rights
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the bill provided pensions and gov. loans to help veterans to help veterans start business and buy homes or farms
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employment act
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created to ensure postwar economic growth
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council of economic advisers
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established to confer with the president on economic policy
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taft-hartley act
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bill that gave judges the power to end some strikes and outlawd closed-shop agreements
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committee on civil rights
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created to examine racial issues
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Dixiecrats
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nickname for the southern delegates State's Rights Party
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j. storm Thurmond
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Dixiecrats nominated south carolina governor for president
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henry wallace
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former vice president under truman
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thomas dewey
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democratic presidential candidate
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fair deal
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-full employment
-higer minimum wage -national health insurance program -construction of affordable housing -increased aid to farmers -expansion of welfare benefits to more people |
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oveta culp hobby
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supervisor of the department of health, education, and welfare
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modern republicanism
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approach to domestic affairs that comes to human beings
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automation
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process where companies introduced machines that could preform industrial operations faster and more efficiently than human workers
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george meany
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the AFL-CIO's first president
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highway act
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contibuted to the suburban growth
- expanded the nations highway system |
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baby boom
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the soaring birthrate accounted for more than 90% of the increase-about 30 million people
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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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music that was reworked rhythm and blues--popular among african americans
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elvis presley
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emerged as rock's leading talent
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brown v. board of education
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case about segregation in school
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thurgood marshall
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NAACP lawyer that argued on Brown's behalf
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little rock nine
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african american students that were prevented from entering the school
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rosa parks
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african american seamstress-
refused to give up her seat in a bus to a white passenger and she got arrested |
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Montgomery improvement association
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group of civil rights leaders, persuaded the community to continue the boycott
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martin luther king jr
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the mia spokesperson
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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 WWII
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