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Iron Curtain
The Soviet Union had policy of isolation during the Cold War, the barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.
The term was popularized by Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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Brown V. Board of Education
The plaintiffs wre denied based on the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson, which established the “separate but equal” doctrine that stated separate facilities for the races was fine as long as the facilities were “equal. which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional -
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA was made directly relating to the pressures of national defense. After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the Cold War, a broad contest over the ideologies and allegiances, space exploration emerged as a major area of contest and became known as the space race. -
Chicano Mural Movement
The Chicano mural movement began in the 1960s in Mexican-American barrios throughout the Southwest. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture. Chicano muralism has been linked to pre-Columbian peoples of the Americas, who recorded their rituals and history on the walls of their pyramids. -
Cesar Chavez
Part 2, "The Struggle in the Fields," examines the importance of César Chávez and his efforts to organize farm workers in the central valley of California. It delineates the various components of Chávez's strategy for farm worker: strikes, boycotts, pilgrimages, fasts—and emphasizes his commitment to nonviolence and the importance of faith and prayer in achieving his goal. -
Feminism
Just as the abolitionist movement,women more aware of their lack of power and encouraged them to form the first women’s rights movement--the protest movements of the 1960s inspired many white.middle-class women to create their own organized movement for greater rights--known as second-wave feminism. More radical feminists,were dissatisfied with merely redressing economic issues, there fight included representation on a political platform and abortion rights (just like now) -
Assassination of JFK
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States,was shot as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who had embraced Marxism and defected for a time to the Soviet Union. Oswald never stood trial for murder, because, while being transferred after having been taken into custody, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby, a distraught Dallas nightclub owner. -
Daisy Girl Ad
a controversial political advertisement aired on television during the 1964 United States presidential election by incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. Though only aired once, it's considered to be an important factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater and an important turning point in political and advertising history. It remains one of the most controversial political advertisements ever made. -
Anti War Movement
When the war in Vietnam began, many Americans believed that defending South Vietnam from communist aggression was in the national interest. Communism was threatening free governments across the globe but as the war dragged on, more and more Americans grew weary. The small antiwar movement grew, pressuring American leaders to reconsider its commitment.Peaceful demonstrations turned violent. -
Hippies
Part of a countercultural movement that rejected the mainstream American life. The movement originated on college campuses in the United States, although it spread to other countries like Britain. The movement arose in part as opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War but hippies were often not directly engaged in politics they advocated nonviolence and promoted openness and tolerance as alternatives to the restrictions and regimentation they saw in middle-class society. -
Stonewall Riot
police raid of the Stonewall Inn—a gay club located on New York —turned violent as patrons and local sympathizers begin rioting against the police.The Stonewall Riots were followed by several days of demonstrations in New York and regarded by many as history’s first major protest for homosexual rights -
Hollywood 10
10 members of the Hollywood film industry publicly denounced the tactics employed by HUAC, an investigative committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, during its probe of alleged communist influence in the American motion picture business. These prominent screenwriters and directors, who became known as the Hollywood Ten, received jail sentences and were banned from working for the major Hollywood studios.
