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18 Cards in this Set
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GI Bill of Rights
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pensions / gov. loans to veterans
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Employment Act of 1946
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committed gov. promoted full employment and productions
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Council of Economic Advisors
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Set up to meet with president on economic policy
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Taft-Hartley Act
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reduced strength of organized labor
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Committee on Civil Rights
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examine racism
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Dixicrats
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"Democrats" unhappy with Truman's support for civil rights issues
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Fair Deal
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reform programs
-full employment -raised min wage |
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Modern Republicanism
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"Conservative -> money
Liberal -> human beings" |
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Automation
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replacing people with machines
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Highway Act of 1956
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expanded Highway system
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Suburban Life
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Married with children
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Baby Boom
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90% increase in kids
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Juvenile Delinquency
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Antisocial behavior
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Brown vs. Board of Education
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Supreme Court case declared "separate but equal" public schools
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Little Rock Nine
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9 students attend all white school
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League for United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
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Hispanic rights
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Beats
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Writers and poets -> challenged lifestyle of middle class and leterary conventions
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Urban renewal
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program launched by federal government in the 50's to replace old, run-down inner-city buildings
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