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A Changing U.S.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Baby Boom | Period where birth rates dramatically increased in the United States from 1946 to 1964 |
| Suburb | Residential area on the outskirts of a city |
| Levittown | Suburban communities with mass produced homes that were affordable |
| G.I. Bill | Law that gave returning veterans money for education, starting a business, or buying a home |
| Interstate Highway System | Network of roads that connected the country created by President Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Executive Order 9981 | Desegregation of the military, done by President Harry Truman |
| Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled that segregation in schools is unconstitutional |
| Little Rock Nine | Group of black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School, which was previously all white |
| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin illegal |
| Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Law that outlawed literacy tests to vote and helped protect African Americans right to vote |
| John F. Kennedy | 35th President of the United States, Democrat, 1961 to 1963. Assassinated during his first term in 1963 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | 36th President of the United States, Democrat, 1963 to 1969. Was Kennedy's vice president and became president when Kennedy was assassinated. Won his own election in 1964. Refused to run again in 1968 due to unpopularity of the Vietnam War. |
| Richard Nixon | 37th President of the United States, Republican, 1969 to 1974. Resigned in 1974 following his involvement in the Watergate scandal. |
| Nuclear Test Ban Treaty | 1963 treaty signed by U.S. and Soviet Union to ban testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere. Signed while John F. Kennedy was president |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles. |
| Great Society | Policies and programs created by President Lyndon B. Johnson to fight poverty and racial injustice in the United States |
| Medicare | Federal program that provides health insurance to elderly people (age 65 and older) |
| Medicaid | Federal program that provides healthcare to low-income people |
| Ping Pong Diplomacy | Term used for an improvement in the relationship between the U.S. and China during Nixon's presidency. Earned its name from table tennis games played between the two countries |
| Watergate | Scandal where people broke into the Democratic National Committee's office to steal information about Nixon's opponents in the 1972 election. Nixon's attempts to cover it up led to his resignation in 1974 |
| Draft Dodgers | Americans who opposed the war and left the U.S. rather than fight. Many went to Canada during the Vietnam War |
| Conscientious Objector | Person who refuses to enter the military due to moral or religious reasons |
| Counterculture | A culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture. Led to different styles of clothing, music, and social attitudes |
| Ronald Reagan | 40th President of the United States, Republican, 1981 to 1989. Known for his strong anti-communist stance and economic policies to reduce government involvement |
| Reaganomics | Economic policies of Ronald Reagan that focused on cutting taxes and reducing government spending |
| Supply Side Economics | Economic idea that cutting taxes and regulations will lead to more economic activity. Also known as trickle down economics |
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