Period 8: 1945 - 1980 Flashcards
“Sun Belt”
down South area, southern belt along US border (southern CA, AZ, NM, TX, … FL)
G.I. Bill
1944 Bill that provided benefits to veterans (not Blacks tho [redlining])
“containment policy”
keep communism from spreading
Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan
US foreign policy 1947 on: aiding other nations against communism (USSR), kinda “declaration of war” for Cold War
SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) I & II
1972 & 1979 de-nuclear weapon-ing of US and USSR, mutual agreement, deescalation of Cold War
1973 Oil Embargo
beginning of oil crisis Middle East, opponents of Israel (Saudi Arabia) made embargo of oil to punish those who’d supported Israel (US)
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)
anti-communism committee, root out supposed traitors
Detente period (1967-1979)
decreasing of Cold War tensions (Nixon x Brezhnev)
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
LBJ takes full control of any necessary military powers for Vietnam
Exec. Order 9981
1948 desegregated military under Truman
Civil Rights Act of 1964
many civil rights act, 64 is most sweeping just outlaws discrimination full stop.
Southern Manifesto
1956 senators opposition to integration
“The Feminine Mystique”
1963, Betty Friedan, challenged “cult of domesticity”
Cesar Chavez
activist, union leader for mainly Latino farmers, migrant workers
the Great Society
LBJ program, similar to New Deal (education, Medicare, disease, etc)
