3) APUSH Chapter 37: Vocabulary – Flashcards
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the femenine mystique
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Book by Betty Fredman, feminist protest literature. It sparked the modern women's rights movement.
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rock'n roll
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new music form made famous by Elvis and the Beatles. It features heavy beats and driving rythms. It ignored the cultural divide.
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checkers speech
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speech where Nixon denied corruption and illegal campaign donations, claiming his only gift was the family dog Checkers
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McCarthyism
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fear/deep hatred of communism. Senator McCarthy led the anti-communist campaign.
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Army-McCarthy hearings
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McCarthy attacked the army as communist and he was condemned by the government and public
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Jim Crow
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race based laws in the South that encouraged racism
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Montegomery bus boycott
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civil rights protest led by MLK jr and Rosa Parks
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Brown vs. Board of education
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forced schools to integrate
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student Nonviolennt Coordinating Committe (SNCC)
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a group formed by African American college students to fight for their rights
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operation wetback
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deportation of illegal Mexican immigrants (end of bracero program)
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ferderal highway act of 1956
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$26 bil plan to build the interstate. Created to allow troops to mobilize quickly in case of Soviet Union invasion.
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policy of boldness
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focusing on creating superbombers and strategic air command instead of the army and navy
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hungarian uprising
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american's refusing to aid hungarians opposing the communist stronghold on their country
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battle of dien bien phu
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first conflict with vietnam, resulted in splitting the country
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suez crisis
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America withdrew from support of the suez canal and France and Britain kept us in the dark
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organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)
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group that controlled oiled prices greatly influenced western economies
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sputnik
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the first space satelite, it was launched by the russians
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kitchen debate
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a heated debate between Nixon and Khrushchev in 1959
