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15 Cards in this Set
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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~ Supreme Commander during WWII.
~ President of the U.S. ~ Launched the Space Race ~ Began the interstate highway ~ Enlarged Social Security ~ Warned against Military Industry dependence. |
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Military-Industrial Complex
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~ The armed forces of a nation, the weapons suppliers, supplies and services and the civil government.
~ Eisenhower warned against the reliance on military industry. |
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White Collar Workers
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~ A salaried worker, does office work.
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Blue Collar Workers
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~ Does physical and manual labour.
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Segregation
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~ The separation of people based on the colour of their skin.
~ System applied in the US following the Civil War. |
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*Plessy v. Ferguson
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~ Landmark judiciary case.
~ Upheld the legality of segregation; separate but equal. |
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National Association for the Advncement of Coloured People (NAACP)
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~ One of the most influential Civil Rights groups, formed to work for the rights of African Americans.
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*Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
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~ Landmark decision, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson
~ Separate but equal is not equal. ~ Unanimous 9-0 decision. |
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Earl Warren
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~ Chief justice on the case of Brown v. the Board.
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*Declaration of 96 Southern Congressmen
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~ Also known as the Southern Manifesto on Integration.
~ Voiced outrage, thoughts that the Supreme Court was out of its jurisdiction. |
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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~ Started by Rosa Parks, the black community boycotted buses because they were segregated unfairly.
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Rosa Parks
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~ Black woman who refused to give her seat to a white man on the bus.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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~ Civil Rights Leader.
~ Non-violent protest ~ Very conservative in family matters. ~ Assassinated shortly after spreading his influence outside of national civil rights. |
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*Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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~ American Civil Rights Organisaion. MLKJr was the first president.
~ Sit-ins, non-violent resistance. ~ Voting Registration, civil rights marches. |
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Congress of Racial Equality.
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~ CORE; Played a crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement.
~ Nonviolence tactics against segregation. |
