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1953-1961 Eisenhower's administration years
Golden Age of the Fifties idea that the fifties were perfect while they really weren't
New Economics government should regulate and stabilize the economy but not intrude directly in the private sector and taxes should be cut to stimulate growth
AFL-CIO combined two different unions. first leader was George Meany. became more affluent and powerful
Teamsters Union (David Beck) plagued by scandals of corruption and violence
George Meany first leader of AFL-CIO
Jimmy Hoffa part of teamsters union. president
"consumer culture" advertising, new products, credit cards, revolving credit cards, payment plans
"Southern Manifesto" of 1956 the resistance in the South from the idea that segregation should end no matter what
Brown v the Board of Education began the end of segregation. took many years to work. integrated all public schools
Thurgood Marshall led the team of NAACP lawyers in Brown v the Board
massive resistance retaliation in the South against integration
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white man in Montgomery Alabama
Montgomery Bus Boycott African Americans wanted the integration of buses
Joseph McCarthy McCarthyism. Red Scare. exposed on national television
john Foster dulles secretary of state who shaped foreign policy. "massive retaliation" wanted to bomb china
Fidel Castro came into power in Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev bnew soviet leader. wanted peaceful coexistence
U-2 spy plane shot down over soviet union. gary powers was pilot
IBM manufactures and markets large business systems
John Maynard Keynes British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments
William Levitt "levitt-towns" sub urbanization
Dr. Benjamin Spock wrote Baby and Child Care. instructed womenon how to best raise their children
Dr. Joan Salk developed a vaccine for polio
urban renewal program program of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use
soap operas new form of entertainment. targeted women
John Glen first American to orbit the Earth
beats-beatniks group of intellectuals and rebellious writers led by Jack Kerouac and poet Allen Ginsberg-spontaneity, use of drugs, and social rebellion
Little Rock, Arkansas nine African American students were integrated into a white school
Martin Luther King Jr. leader of nonviolent civil rights movement
SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference-under King, organized ministers and churches in South to get them behind civil rights movement
massive retaliation use of nuclear weapons on enemies. John Foster Dulles
brinkmanship the idea that communists would back down if brought to the brink of war due to US nuclear superiority
Francis Gary Powers American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency[1] U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
Eisenhower Doctrine economic and military aid would be given to any country threatened by communists
Shah Reza Puhlavi took over government in Iran
SEATO Southwest Asia Treaty Organization. regional defense pact of eight. (US, GB, Fr, Austr, Phil, Thai, Pak)
OPEC Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Venezuala-organization of petroleum exporting countries
Hungary wanted to pull out of Warsaw Pact and established an increasingly democratic government
Highway Act authorized construction of interstate highway system
Nixon California senator who attacked anti-communists in Alger Hiss case
SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee-sit in movement
Kenneth Clark doll study for brown v board case
Elvis Presley described as white man with a negro sound
17th parallel where Vietnam was divided
Asia, Africa, S. America third world countries
James Dean rebel without a cause, portrayed the revolt of teenagers
Jackie Robinson broke color line. Brooklyn Dodgers. 1947
Hobby first woman in Republican cabinet
1954 brown v the board of education
1948 creation of the state of isreal
1953 korean armistice
France agreed to give up Indochina
Dien Bien Phu place where the battle took place (fall of indochina)
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