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20 Cards in this Set
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Baby boom |
A large amount of babies were born in the years after WWII. It increased our population by 13% |
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Comsumerism |
The belief that it is good for people to spend a lot of money on goods and services |
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Sunbelt |
Weather was better Jobs at defense plants Jobs at high tech industries |
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Rustbelt |
Midwest Steel and heavy industry Cold weather |
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Franchising |
The right to sell a company's goods or services in a particular area |
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Pop culture |
Music,fashion,gadgets of a certain time period. |
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1965 Immigration Act |
Allowed for immigrants to come from Asia, Africa, and Latin America |
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Jim Crow Laws |
After the Civil War (1870's) Laws passed to segregate whites and blacks Mostly in southern states |
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Martin Luther King Jr |
Natural leader that used Peaceful tactics |
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Rosa parks |
Sat in front of bus in Montgomery,Ala. She was told to get up and police arrested her. |
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Bus boycott |
Car poop Walk to work Some lost jobs- couldn't get there Bus companies almost bankrupt Blacks won this case |
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Sit in |
1960s civil rights movement picked up momentum |
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Freedom Riders |
From the North They went south to try to end segregation Both blacks and whites participated |
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James Meredith |
Wants to enroll and riot broke out Courts ordered U. Of Mississippi to let him in Merediths life was threatened JFK sent federal marshals to help out He was the first black at Ole miss |
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March on Washington |
August 28,1963 250,000 people at Lincoln Memorial Organized by black leaders For support of civil rights Men, women, black and whites Waved flags, sang,songs,and speeches |
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PAC |
Try to get government to help Organize public awareness |
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NAACP |
Horrified over racial violence Use legal system to achieve goals |
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UFW |
Untied farm workers association Tried to improve pay amd conditions of farmers and migrants |
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AIM |
A commission to review treaty commitments and violations |
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NOW |
pushed for same social and economic rights as men Women should be able to work any job Equal pay for equal work Wanted an equal rights amendments added to the Constitution |
