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20 Cards in this Set
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GI Bill of Rights
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Bill that provided pensions and government loans to help veterans atart businesses and buy homes or farms.
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Employment Act of 1946
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comiited something of the government that i already typed but the dumb flashcard thing deleted this slide and the next two.
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Council of Economic Advisers
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Was established by the one thing that i already put down.
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Taft-Hartley Act
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gave judges the power to end some strikes.
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United Automobile Workers (UAW)
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signed a contract with GM that linked wag increases to increases in the cost of living.
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Committee on Civil Rights.
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created by truman to examine racial issues
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Dixiecrats
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a political party that wanted to continue racial segregation
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J. Strom Thurmond
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presidential candidate
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Henry Wallace
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former vice president that helped found the progressive party
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Thomas Dewey
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presidential candidate.
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Fair Deal
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Truman's Deal that promised full employment, a higher minimum wage, a nat. health insur. prog. and many other things that were good things
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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
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automation
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process that greatly increased production by introducing machines to streamline processes
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George Meany
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AFL-CIO's first president
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Highway Act of 1956
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contributed to suburban growth by expanding the national highway system.
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baby boom
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large increase in the population during the 1950's
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Warren Commision
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spent 10 months reviewing evidence
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War on Poverty
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Johnson's attempt to fight poverty in the US
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Office of Economic Oppurtunity
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a congress bill enacting with a budget of $1 billion
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