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31 Cards in this Set
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GI Bill of Rights
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Servismen's readjustment act of 1944
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Employment Act
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To ensure postwar economic growth
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Council of Economic Advisers
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Confer with the president on economis policy
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Taft- hartley act
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Reduce the strength of organized labor
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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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A presidential candidate
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Henry Wallace
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Left the democratic party to found a new Progressive Party
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Thomas dewey
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Presidential candidate
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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
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Oveta Culp Hobby
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Eisenhower established the department of health, Education, and welfare, under his supervision
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Modern Republicanism
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Approach to domestic affairs
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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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Contributed to suburban growth
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Baby boom
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The soaring birthrate accounted for more than 90% of the increase
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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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Brown v. Board of education
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Thurgood marshall
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Little Rock Nine
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Rosa parks
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Montgomery improvement association
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Martin luther King Jr.
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Civil right act of 1957
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Félix longoria
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A mexican american soldier killed during World War II
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League of united latin American Citizens
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To fight for hispanic rights
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Ralph Ellison
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Published invisible man
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Beats
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A small but influential groups of writers and poets
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Jack Kerouac
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Wrote best known beat works
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Urban renewal
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To improve inner-city housing
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