Postwar Prosperity
Gave World War II veterans benefits like unemployment pay, loans to buy a home or start a business, and money for education
GI Bill Rights
NAACP
The goal of this domestic policy was to turn the United States into a more egalitarian society by opening up opportunities for all Americans.
Great Society
the U.S. Supreme Court held that the government must provide a lawyer to anyone accused of a felony who cannot afford one.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
The “Baby Boom” generation created a new, anti-conformist Youth Culture in the 60s. Many who protested the draft
Hippies
A surge in the birth rate after WWII
Baby Boom
laws that segregated people based on race in the South
Jim Crow Laws
Part of the Great Society Programs this early childhood education program brought health education, medical care, nutrition and encouraged parent involvement for underprivileged children
Project Head Start
The Supreme Court announced that it would not permit the use of a confession obtained by the police as evidence in court, unless the suspect was first told of his constitutional rights
Miranda v. Arizona
the theory that American leaders were afraid that if they did not make a stand, Communism would spread further in Southeast Asia
Domino Theory
A system, for the national defense, to be able to move troops or evacuate cities in case of war. It also encouraged the migration of middle-class Americans to the suburbs
Interstate Highway System
Martin Luther King delivers this famous speech at the March on Washington that demanded racial discrimination against African Americans must end immediately.
"I Have a Dream"
This Scandal forced President Nixon to resign and caused more Americans to distrust the government.
Watergate
State laws against abortion in the first three months of pregnancy were prohibited on the grounds of a woman’s right to privacy.
Roe v. Wade
Congress gave the President war-making powers in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
With higher incomes and lower unemployment, American families bought vast quantities of mass-produced goods, from refrigerators and washing machines to cars and television sets
Mass Consumption
Students both white and black from 30 states, formed another new civil rights organization to organize civil rights protests
: the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or “SNCC.”
This policy ended restrictive quotas and the "national origins system
Immigration of 1965
the Supreme Court ruled that Affirmative action programs taking race into account for university admissions were approved but racial quotas were prohibited.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
President Nixon's policy for Vietnam that ended the draft and reduced and later ended the number of soldiers in Vietnam
Vietnamization
a typical American family—white, middle-class, living in the suburbs, with the father at work, the mother at home, and two or three children
Mass Media and Culture
This Civil Rights Movement disagreed the non-violence and interracial cooperation approach and felt was too slow and limited despite its earlier successes. They believed in Black Nationalism and militant.
Black Power Movement
Part of the Great Society these two healthcare programs are still around today
Medicare and Medicaid
the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the earlier decision of Plessy v. Ferguson and held that segregation had no place in public education because it led to facilities that were inherently unequal.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
the concern to impress the public favorably often led to a twisting of the facts by the government and led to
“Credibility Gap”