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Desegregation of the Armed Forces
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- 1948, issued by Truman
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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- Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was a denial of the equal protection of laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment
- Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Little Rock, AK
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- Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock’s Central High School to enforce court-ordered desegregation
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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- Goal was a peaceful integration of all the races in all areas of society
- Theory of nonviolent civil disobedience
- Head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Affluence in Society
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Post WWII was marked by
- Unprecedented prosperity
- Population explosion (baby boom)
- Rapid and extensive suburbanization
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Woman in the Workplace post WWII
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- Housewife became the new ideal for women
7
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Federal Highway Act of 1956
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- Eisenhower passed
- Created the interstate highway system
- Vastly accelerated the growth of suburbia
MTEL History
flashcards
Decks in class (35)
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1) Political, economic, and cultural features of Native American societies19
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2) European Exploration, Immigration, and Settlement of N. America18
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3) Regional Divisions of England's N. American Colonies16
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4) Political and Economic Relations between Colonies & Europe8
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5) Ethnic and religious diversity of American Colonists & Intellectual Heritage of Anglo-American Colonies6
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6) Growing Social and Political Divergence of the Colonies from England3
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7) Events, Interests, Issues Behind the American Revolution19
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8) Strengths and Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation5
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9) Debate over U.S. Constitution7
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10) Major Political and Economic Developments of the Early Republic16
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11) Rise of Popular Politics during Jacksonian Era5
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12) Origins and Accomplishments of Antebellum Reform Movements8
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13) Key Events and Issues Related to Westward Migration9
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14) Differences between the northern and southern economic systems and ways of life and Sectional Conflict7
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15) Issues and Events Leading to the Secession Crisis8
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16) • Significant leaders, strategies, battles, and turning points of the Civil War19
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17) Presidential and congressional Reconstruction, its accomplishments and failures11
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18) Continued Westward Expansion (1877 to 1920)4
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19) Causes and Consequences of Industrialization16
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20) Business and Labor in an Era of Industrial Expansion15
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21) Immigration, Internal Migration, Urbanization11
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22) Populism and the Crises of American Agriculture3
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23) Progressive Movement24
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24) The Movement for African American Civil Rights6
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25) Major Developments in the Arts and Literature (1877 to 1920)7
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26) Key events and issues related to U.S. expansionism (1898 to present)8
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27) Causes and consequences of U.S. intervention in World War I13
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28) Major cultural, social, and economic developments of the 1920s16
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29) Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression12
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30) Causes, key events, and consequences of U.S. participation in World War II13
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Cold War19
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Fifties7
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Sixties7
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1960s - present5
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World History10
