The Feminine Mystique
Explained the boredom and imprisonment of the typical housewife who was beholden to the needs of her family at the expense of her own needs. Argued that women should seek fulfilment and careers as well.
Great society
An extension of the New Deal: War on Poverty
Office of Economic Opportunity, Medicare, Medicaid, immigration act
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
Cold war
A conflict between two belligerents where neither engages in conflict with the other
GI Bill
Containment
Truman took measures to contain the spread of communism. The U.S. would provide economic and military support to any country fighting communism
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Cesar Chavez
Engel vs. Vitale
Prohibited prayers in school
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Watts Riots of 1965
After the arrest of a black motorist by white officers, rioters killed over 30 people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in Los Angeles
EPA
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
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
Southern resistance to integration
Argued that the Supreme Court had engaged in a gross abuse of power
House Unamerican activities community searched for communist influence in American society (Government, military, film industry, Boy Scouts)
Counter culture
Baker vs. Carr
Mandated fair congressional districts
Marshall plan
The extensive economic aid plan to rebuild the European economy and encourage democracy
Phyllis Schlafly
Organized the conservative opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Roe v. Wade
Nixon's appointments (who he'd assumed who be conservative) ruled in favor of abortion rights
N.O.W.
Advocated for women's rights using many of the same tactics as the civil rights movement
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
Attitudes towards Germany
Malcom X
Advocated countering white violence with black violence
