Malcom X
Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
N.O.W.
Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
Engel vs. Vitale
Prohibited prayers in school
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger, and subsequent arrest sparked a massive bus boycott
Sit-in movement
Thousands of black folks sat a segregated food counters and refused to move until they were taken out by force and jailed
March on Washington
Hundreds of thousands gathered for a peaceful protest in front of the lincoln memorial. MLK gave his 'I have a dream' speech
Counter culture
A movement, mostly among young people who cast off societal restraint with rebellious clothing and experimental drug use
Brown v. Board of education
The Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal and schools had to be integrated. Overturned plessy v. Ferguson from 1896
Made discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or sex illegal
Phyllis Schlafly
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
Decolonization
After WWII there was a massive movement of decolonization throughout the world. Many of these new nations were unstable and needed aid, creating perfect conditions for proxy wars
Baker vs. Carr
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Self-determination Act of 1975
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Marshall plan
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
EPA
Created in response to growing backlash from environmental disasters. Sought to place limits on pollution in the air and water
The Feminine Mystique
GI Bill
Southern resistance to integration
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
Watts Riots of 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibited racial discrimination in the voting booth
Attitudes towards Germany
Wanted to keep Germany weak so they wouldn't pose a threat.
Wanted to extract reparations for all the damage Germany had caused
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Black Panthers
Cold war
