Chapter 27 Flashcards

(10 cards)

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GI Bill of Rights

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Encouraged returning vets to get an education and also have them a year of unemployment benefits while they were looking for jobs

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Office of Price Administration

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During the war, they stop inflation by imposing maximum prices on goods

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3
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Jackie Robinson

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First African American to be inducted into the baseball hall of fame

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4
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Commission on Civil Rights

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Wanted to give African Americans their civil rights

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5
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Dixiecrats

A

Southern democrats

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6
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Thomas E. Dewey

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Republican, new york governor

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Fair Deal

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An extension of Roosevelt’s “New Deal”

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Richard Nixon

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California Senator, accused of profiting from a secret slush fund set up by wealthy supporters

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9
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Modern Republicanism

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Eisenhower’s specific style of running the government

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Brown v. Board of Education Topeka

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Ruled that public schools must be racially integrated

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