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Unit 7 CP United States History 1950’s, 1960’s, Civil Rights Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon
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1950’s Postwar America GI Bill of Rights Suburbs, Levittown Nuclear Family Consumer spending Jackie Robinson Military Executive Order
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1948 Election Truman (D) – Fair Deal Thomas Dewey Dixiecrats – Strom Thurmond – South Carolina – Anti civil rights
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1952 Election Dwight D Eisenhower – I Like Ike – Middle of the road – Dynamic Conservatism – Balanced budget, cut taxes, minimum wage – Brown vs. Bd. Of Education
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The American Dream Woman’s place in the home Baby Boom Polio Vaccine The Teenager Automobile Organization Man – Advertising – Conglomerates – franchise
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Popular Culture Mass media Movies Rock and Roll – Elvis Beat Movement – Jack Keouac Television – Stereotypes – westerns
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The Other America Urban Poor White Flight Urban renewal – Displaced persons Activism – Mexicans – Native Americas Termination Policy ended in 1963
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