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Potsdam Conference
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-The last meeting of the major Allied powers, the conference took place outside of Berlin from July 17 to August 2, 1945
-US president Harry Truman, Soviet Dictator Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee finalized plans begun at Yalta. |
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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-Alliance founded in 1949 by ten western European nations, the United States, and Canada to deter Soviet Expansion in Europe.
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Warsaw Pact
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-The Soviets own eastern European alliance, in response to NATO, "rival alliance".
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Mao Zedong
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-Led communists in 1949 to victory in the Chinese Civil War, a setback for the containment policy.
-US refuses to recognize, blocks it from occupying China's seat at the UN. |
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suburbs
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-As income is rising, people are living more comfortable/securely
-13 million new houses are built, 85% in suburbs. (1950's) -900-1300 square feet, affordable. -Suburbs become a common place to live. By 1945-1960 1/3 of the country lives in suburbia. |
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baby boom
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-After WW2 to the mid 60's
-US population rose by nearly 30 million during the 1950's -Marry younger, divorce less frequently, and had more children |
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Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
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-Oliver Brown's daughter was forced to walk across dangerous railroad tracks every morning, instead of being able to go to the closer school that was for whites only.
-"separate but equal" debate, but did not cause the modern civil rights movement |
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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-Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat up to a white rider, local law
-Arrest sparked year-long debate, segregation overturned, voting for blacks gained |
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"Modern Republicanism"
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Emmett Till
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Service Sector
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-Biggest by fall 1957
-late 50's, higher wages for factory workers equals higher prices -inflation continues to rise, foreign competition -industrial workers take paid vacations |
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Rachel Carson
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-Brought out the negative effects of DDT
-Silent Spring -book was part of a "communist plot" -Carson was called "hysterical" and "emotional" |
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DDT
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-An insecticide widely used by home owners and farmers against mosquitoes, gypsy moths, and other insects.
-DDT kills birds, sickness in humans |
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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
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-Soviets
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Silent Generation
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-Fear of Radicals
-No protests |
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detente
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-cooperation
-Nixon's policy -Eclipsed in 1980, Cold War reinvigorated |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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-Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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-Passed in the wake of MLK Jr's Selma to Montgomery March, it authorized federal protection of the right to vote and permitted federal enforcement of minority voting rights in individual counties, mostly in the South.
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Watts Riot of 1965
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-Took place in the black ghetto of LA, days after Johnson signed Voting Rights Act
-50,000 people took part in the rebellion, attacking police and fireman, looting white owned businessmen, and burning buildings. -15000 police to restore order, 35 dead, 900 injured, $30 million worth of property damage |
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automation
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Medicare
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-Key component of Great Society of Lyndon B. Johnson; government program created in 1965 to pay medical costs of elderly and disabled Americans.
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Medicaid
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-Great Society program established in 1965 that provided free medical care to the poor.
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Tet Offensive
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-Surprise attack by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese during the Vietnamese New Year in 1968; turned American public opinion strongly against the war in Vietnam.
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National Organization for Women
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-Founded in 1966 by writer Betty Friedan and other feminists, NOW pushed for abortion rights, nondiscrimination in the workplace, and other forms of equality for women.
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Environmental Protection Agency
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-Created in 1970 during the first administration of President Richard M. Nixon to oversee federal pollution control efforts.
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
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-Amendment to guarantee equal rights for women, introduced in 1923 but not passed by Congress until 1972; it failed to be ratified by the states.
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Roe vs. Wade 1973
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-U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring states to permit first trimester abortions.
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counter-culture
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-Hippie youth culture of the 1960's, which rejected the values of the dominant culture in favor of illicit drugs, communes, free sex and rock music
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Ronald Reagan
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-Elected as governor of Cali in 1976, earns fortune.
-Not as conservative as Goldwater -Reagan elected to Presidency in Nov. 1980, New Right to power. 69 years old |
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Milton Friedman
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-Wrote Capitalism and Freedom in 1962, result of The New Right
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"Modern Republicanism"
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-Eisenhower's domestic agenda that aimed to sever his party's ID with Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression, and indifference to economic conditions of ordinary citizens
-Core New Deal programs expanded -Agricultural workers get social security |
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Emmett Till
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-Black teen who whistled at white woman
-Not from the south -Was murdered |
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Thurgood Marshall
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-Leader of NAACP
-Pressed legal challenges to the "separate but equal" doctrine -NAACP to higher white institutions of learning |
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My Lai Massacare
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-In 1968, American troops killed 350 South Vietnamese Civilians
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Earth Day
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-20 million people, mostly under the age of 30, participated in rallies, concerts, teach ins
-First observed on April 22, 1970 |
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"Stagflation"
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-Rising oil prices contribute to the combo of stagnant economic growth and high inflation
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Woodstock
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-Upstate NY, thousands of young people to celebrate alternative lifestyle (counterculture) and independence from adult authority
-Opening, Richie Havens repeats freedom 8 times |
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the pill
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-What "free lovers" had wanted all along, the separation of sex and procreation
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affirmative action
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-Stated by Martin Luther King Jr.
-doing things against negroes for hundreds of years, now do something special for them |
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Betty Friedan
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-Wrote Feminine Mystique
-Pay discrimination in the workplace, racism -trapped in a world where marriage and motherhood are primary goals |
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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-First Female member of the Supreme Court
-Appointed by Reagan |
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Dan Quayle
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-Not an effective public speaker
-Ran with Bush Sr. |
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Murphy Brown
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-Single Mom
-TV is vast wasteland - Newton Minnow |
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Operation Desert Storm
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-Drove Iraqi army from Kuwait
-Tens of thousands Iraqi's, 184 Americans died |
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Barry Goldwater
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-Presidential campaign - angry conservative - usually relaxed
-Liked jokes, scared off supporters, John the Baptist type, comes from $$$, Episcopalian Church |
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automation
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-Good paying jobs for those with a HS degree or less are becoming more sparse
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