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14 Cards in this Set
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GI Bill
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gave loans to vets for college and homes
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Interstate Highway System
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construction of homes, roads, and shopping
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Suburbia
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suburban housing boom
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Levittown
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Levitt dreamed of everyone in US owning a home
built Levittown NY on long island suburb of NYC and Levittown Pa suburb of Philly |
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Benjamin Spock
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wrote Baby and Child Care, traditional male dominant views
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Alfred Kinsey
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Sexual Behavior in the HUman Male, Playboy
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Jack Kerouac
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wrote On the Road counter culture
traveled across US Hobo-style |
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Beat generation
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counter culture group
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Harry Truman and the Fair Deal
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extension of New Deal
gave Universal Health Care, Support for Housing esp. urban, Civil Rights, 1st president to address NAACP |
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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Modern Republic reduced size and scope of federal gov and authority
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Hidden Hand Presidency
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Dwight D Eisenhower was known for messing up it was said he was a puppet of his advisors but it was all done on purpose
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Executive Order 9981
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1st Major Desegregation
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Jackie Robinson
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1st black to play MLB
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Brown Vs. Board of Ed
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separate but equal is unconstitutional
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