People
An African American activist and Baptist minister, being a founding leader of the movement until his assassination in 1968, having been involved since 1955.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr?
What was a fight in Congress against segregation in public schools?
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
What was the time period between 1946 and 1964 when the American population rapidly increased?
What is Baby Boom?
A program that provided education and housing for veterans after the World War II
What is the GI Bill?
What were mass-produced and low-priced family houses?
What were Levittowns?
The youngest president elected in United States History, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963, being the 35th president. He was also a huge advocate for civil rights, an inspiration during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and established the Peace Corps. Additionally, he was an advocate for the space program.
Who was John F. Kennedy
What was the name of a national organization that focused on advocating for equal job opportunities for women?
What was a health care program for people aged 65 years old and above?
What was Medicare?
What was the foreign US policy made in 1947 to protect the European countries from communism and to provide financial aid?
What was the Truman Doctrine?
Members of the counterculture movement in the 1950s-1960s (ex: jazz)
Who were Beatniks?
First-ever African American to play in major league baseball, helping change the racial divide of the sport forever
Who was Jackie Robinson
Who were the students promoting participatory democracy, civil rights, and opposing the Vietnam War through campus protests?
What was "Students for a Democratic Society"?
What was the rejection of traditional American values? (ex: hippies)
What was counterculture?
What was JFK's domestic and foreign policy that supplied the minorities?
What was the New Frontier
What was a society where buying and using goods and services became central to identity, social status, and happiness
What was consumer culture?