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Rapid expansion of residential areas outside cities, marked
by single-family homes and car culture.
Suburban America
Legislation providing benefits to World War II veterans, including education and housing assistance.
GI Bill
Supreme Court case declaring school segregation
unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
A failed attempt by the US to overthrow Cuba's government led by Fidel Castro in 1961.
Bay of Pigs
A tense standoff between the US and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
A key leader in the civil rights movement, advocating for nonviolent resistance against racial discrimination.
MLK Jr.
African American students who faced opposition while integrating a previously all-white school in Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
Civil rights activists who challenged segregation on buses in the American South in 1961.
Freedom Riders
Senator who fueled the "Red Scare" by accusing government
officials of communist sympathies.
Joseph McCarthy
Director of the FBI known for controversial tactics, including surveillance of civil rights activists.
J. Edgar Hoover
Period of high birth rates in the U.S. following World War II.
Baby boom
Alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, sparking speculation and controversy.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Couple executed for espionage, accused of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Civil rights protest against segregated buses, led by
Martin Luther King Jr.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Prominent civil rights activist advocating for black nationalism and self-defense.
Site of a significant clash between Native American activists and federal authorities, symbolizing Native American resistance and their fight for self-determination
Wounded Knee
Native American activists seized the abandoned prison island to protest government policies and demand recognition of Native American rights.
Occupation of Alcatraz
Leaders of the United Farm Workers, advocated for farm workers' rights and better working conditions through peaceful methods.
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
A civil rights group formed in 1960 by young African American activists, known for organizing nonviolent protests.
SNCC
Major military campaign during the Vietnam War in 1968 by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces.
Tet Offensive
Legislation restricting union power, allowing states to pass
right-to-work laws.
Taft-Hartley Act:
Landmark legislation prohibiting discrimination based on race and outlawing segregation.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Truman's domestic agenda for social welfare and economic reform
Fair Deal
Congressional committee investigating alleged communist infiltration in the U.S.
HUAC
Eisenhower's term for the intertwined interests of the
military and defense contractors
Military-Industrial Complex