Period 8 + Period 9

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  • G.I Bill

    Helped qualify veterans for financial help
  • Tan-Hartley Act

    Modified the Wagner Act of 1935 and was also known as the Labor Management Act
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    Cold War

    Global geographical conflict between the USSR and US
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    Globalization

    The increase in connectiveness of international cultures and governments
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    Baby Boom

    Post WW2 boom in birth rates
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    Second Red Scare

    Fear of communist infestation in the US during the Cold War
  • Marshall Plan

    Plan to rebuild western Europe after war
  • NATO

    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization built to help protect the US from the Soviet Union
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    Beatniks

    A social movement during the mid-20th century that was a form of counterculture and a focus on anti-materialistic lifestyles
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    Korean War

    US fought Korea to try and stop communism from spreading
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    Sunbelt

    The collection of the Southernmost states
  • Levittown

    First truly mass-produced suburb
  • Operation Ajax

    Iranian army lead overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad
  • Brown v. The Board of Education

    Ended legal segregation in the education system
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    African Americans refused to ride public transport buses in Montgomery Alabama in protest of segregated seating
  • Interstate Highway Act

    Authorized the building of highways across the nation
  • Sputnik

    The world first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union
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    Counterculture

    The rebellion of traditional culture and the growth of new forms of style, music, and identity
  • Students for a Democratic Society

    National Student Activist Organization that operated under a participatory democracy
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    Sit-in Movement

    Non violent civil rights movement in Greensboro, NC
  • Eisenhower's Farewell Address

    Warned the nation about the possible corruption in the "military-industrial complex"
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    Flexible Response

    A defense strategy employed by JFK that makes the US ready at all times in a case of war
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    An indirect confrontation during the Cold War that threatened the US with USSR missiles in Cuba
  • Silent Spring

    Environmental book written by Rachel Carson that attacked the economic impact of WW2
  • March on Washington

    Protests arose at the Capital to fight for equal rights, fair wages, and education
  • The Feminine Mystique

    A book written by Betty Friedan to describe the traditional womanhood that has been in place for centuries
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Outlined that no person in the United States shall be denied their rights due to race, sex, or religion
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gave the president the right to retaliate and or promote the maintenance of international peace
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    Great Society

    A series of domestic programs enacted by President Lyndon Johnson
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Outlawed discriminatory voting laws in the south
  • Malcolm X

    Muslim minister and human rights activist who was assassinated
  • Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965

    Established quotas for immigrants coming into the US
  • Black Panthers

    Marxist-Leninist black political power organization
  • Tet Offensive

    A North Vietnamese attack launched against South Vietnam
  • Election of 1968

    Republican Richard Nixon defeated Democrat Hubert H. Humphry in a landslide
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    Vietnamization

    A strategy to remove American involvement in the Vietnam war
  • Stonewall Riot

    Civil Rights protests led by black and LGBTQ+ women
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    Détente

    Period of increase in weapons trading by the Soviet Union
  • Kent State

    Un armed students protesting against the Vietnam War were shot at
  • Pentagon Papers

    Revealed that Johnsons administration was deceiving the public
  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Amendments that lobbied against gender discrimination
  • Watergate

    Burglars broke into the offices in Washington DC and exposed Nixon's administration
  • War Powers Act

    Limited presidential authority to wage or declare war
  • Environmental Protection Agency

    Protects people and the environments from significant health risks
  • Roe v. Wade

    Ruled that women should hold the right to an abortion as well as other reproductive rights
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    Stagflation

    Slow growth and a high unemployment rate accompanied with inflation
  • Indian Self-Determination Act

    Allowed Indian Tribes more autonomy in their own governments
  • Regents of California v. Bakke

    Ruled that using racial quotas was unconstitutional
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    Reaganomics

    New economic policies that President Reagan introduced that were based upon balancing the federal budget and defensive spending
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    Iran-Contra Affair

    US scandal that involved Iranian arms trafficking
  • Persian Gulf War

    The invasion of Kuwait began an air and land war between the US and Iran
  • Breakup of the Soviet Union

    Economic stagnation and hardship caused the Soviet Union to collapse
  • North America Free Trade Agreement

    Better known as NAFTA, and was made to remove all tariff and non tariff bans on trade in the US, Canada, and Mexico
  • Contract with America

    A plan to nationalize the congressional election
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    Dot-Com Boom

    The rise of the internet and website use
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    War on Terror

    An US campaign launched after the attack of 9/11
  • Bush v. Government

    The impeachment trial of President Bush which was one of the firsts in history
  • 9/11

    Two planes crashes into the Twin Towers and was one of the most deadly terrorist attacks on US soil
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    War in Afghanistan

    US invasion of Afghanistan to help fight the war on terror
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    Iraq War

    Started over speculated evidence that the Iranian leader Saddam Hussain played a part in the 9/11 attacks
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    Great Recession

    The drop in the US economy that impacted millions and tanked the stock market
  • Obamacare

    Created by President Obama to give benefits to uninsured Americans
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    Arab Spring

    The period of unheld political power in Arab dominated nations
  • Death of Osama Bin Laden

    The US assassination of Osama Bin Laden, carried out by Seal Team 6, and ended the war on terror
  • Tea Party

    An American fiscally conservative political movement
  • Obergefell v. Hodges

    Legalized same sex marriage
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    Covid-19 Pandemic

    Outbreak of a virus that affected the globe and shut down almost all parts of society international, as well as killing millions