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Why are the dems hurt after Truman

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Korean war was dragging on

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Who was Ikes running mate

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Nixon

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What was the replacement to the creeping socialism in the 1950s

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Dynamic Conservatism

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What was the largest federal work project in history at that time

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Interstate Highway Act of 1956

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What industry was hurt by the installation of the IHA

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Trains

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What was the view of containment in the early 50s

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Condemned by republicans as futile and immoral

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Who promised a roll back on communist in the early 50s

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Sec of State John Foster Dulles promised to roll back communism and liberate captive peoples

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How did Eisenhower balance the budget

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  • cutting military spending
    • get out of Korean War
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Who was the commie in Vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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Dien Bien Phu

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French battle that they lost even though they had a lot of money to win

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1954 Geneva Confrerence for Vietnam resulted in…

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  • Vietnam split in half
  • Ho in north
  • Dem gov in non communist south
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What showed the limits of Massive retaliation

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1956 Hungarian revolt

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What does CIA do in Iran

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CIA leads coup that installed Mohammed Pahlevi as Shah or ruler of Iran

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What was the Impact of the CIA coup

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  • caused much resentment among the Iranians
  • seen as a puppet of a person
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Who claimed the Suez Canal

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Egyptian President Nasser nationalized Suez Canal

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Who fought against the nationalization of the Suez canal

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British and French planned a secret assault on Canal with Israel

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What was the US take on the Suez canal

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refused to support our European friends

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What was the result of the Suez canal secret assault

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Soviet Union sided with the Egyptians and made French and GB retreat

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When did US become an Oil importer

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by 1948 the US had become an oil importer

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Who did US import oil from

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OPEC import from Saudi Arabia Kuwait Iraq Iran and Venezuela

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OPEC

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Organization of petroleum exporting country

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Housing in 1950s stat

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1/4 of all homes in the 1960’s had been built in the 1950’s

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What was the important invention of the time

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Transistor invented in 1948 led the growth of high tech growth like IBM

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When was the first commercial plane built

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Aerospace industry SAC and Boeing’s 1st passenger jet the 707 in 1957

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The Cult of Domesticity
Women should stay home and raise kid
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What jobs did women want
Clerical and service sectors the “Pink Collar Ghetto”
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Who was THE womens right activist
Betty Friedan’s 1963 book “The Feminist Mystique”
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Televangelist
Bully Graham and oral Roberts used tv to reach millions
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What case was overturned in brown vs board of education
overturned plessy vs furgenson because its not sepreate but equal
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Who overturned plessy vs furgenson
Chief Justice Earl Warren was very Liberal and handed down the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka Kansas in 1954 did away with the 1896 decision
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Who was the governor of arkansas at the time of the little rock 9 and what did he do
Orval Faubus forced Ike hand when he mobilized national guard to stand outside little rock high school
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Who was sent to stand outside the little rock
Ike sent in 101st airborne division to get Little Rock 9
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What org did MLK make
MLK Jr. organized the SCLC in 1957 in response to little rock 9
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who organized SNCC
North carolina college kids and it was more proggressive
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Sputnik
- October 1957 - soviet satellite
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NDEA
Put hundreds of millions into science, National Defense and Education act
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Who was in a spy plane
Francis Gary Powders
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Who is overthrown in Cuba and who does it
Fidel Castro overthrows dictator Batista in Cuba in 1959 and the Soviets are delighted
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GI Bill
gave soldiers opportunity to go to college
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GNP
- gross national product - more than doubles in the 50s
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Conglomerates
Started to buy smaller and diverse buisness to avoid all eggs in one basket
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What type of buisness was popularized by the golden arches
- franchises - right to open a restaurant using parent company system and name
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McDonalds Backstory
- Ray Kroc purchased idea for assembly line food from Mac and Dick McDonald - in San Bernardino CA - first store of the McDonald’s corporation n 1955 Des Plaines IL - Kroc built a nationwide chain of fast food restaurant
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What unions merge
AFL - CIO merge
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What was the impact of baby boomers on the economy
- baby boom increased demands for housing - Birth of the Suburbs - 18 mil Americans moved from cities to suburbs
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First major Suburb
Levittown NY was the first major suburb
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Who mass produced houses
William Levitt used mass production techniques to build affordable cookie cutter housing throughout the northeast
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What companies created the credit cards
Gas companies
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What happened with religon in the 50s
- Response to fight against Godless commies - Under God was added to pledge in 1954 - 1955 In God We Trust added to money
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Most known Televangelist
Billy Graham
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wrote common sense book of baby and child care
Dr. Benjamin Spock
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What office rated movies
Hayes Office was responsible for moral standards in motion pictures
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What was the generation of the 50s called
Silent Generation
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Who Represented the non conformist of the 50s
James Dean
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What movie did James dean star in
rebel without a cause
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Beatniks famous people
Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
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Jack Kerouac Book
On the Road
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Famous Fads from fiftes
- Hula Hoops - Frozen TV dinners - Barbie dolls - Frisbees - Home Bomb Shelters
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First Rock song
Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenton
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Who started Sun Records
Sam Phillips began Sun Records in 1952 and helped launch the careers of many r and b and rock and roll
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Who is the Father of Rock and Roll
Sam Phillips
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What is the foundation of Rock and Roll
Rooted in country r and b boogie and gospel
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Who coined Rock and Roll
Cleveland DJ named Alan Freed coined the phrase rock and roll
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Elvis Presley
King of rock and Roll
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First Rock and Roll Hit
- Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets - first rock and roll hit
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First movie with R a R sound
The Blackboard Jungle
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Rock and Roll Pioneers
- Carl Perkins - Fat Domino - Chuck Berry - Jerry Lee Lewis - Elvis - Little Richard
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Carl Perkins
Blue Suede shoes
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Walking to New Oreleans
Fat Domino
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Johnny B good
Chuck Berry
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Ball of Fire
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Elvis
Jailhouse Rock
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Little Richard
Good Golly Miss Molly
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Only undefeated heavy weight
Rocky Marciano
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Greatest Boxer
Sugar Ray Robinson
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First golf star
Arnold Palmer
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Black baseball player
Jackie Robinson
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Baseball dominance
Yankees
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First hispanic sports star
Pancho Gonzales

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