Life after ww2
authorized the building of highways throughout the nation
Interstate Highway Act
Communism is a type of government as well as an economic system (a way of creating and sharing wealth).
Communism
manufacturing in factory settings using machines plus a labor force with unique, divided tasks to increase production
Industrialization
It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.
Declaration of Independence
The unsuccessful August 1991 coup against Gorbachev sealed the fate of the Soviet Union. Planned by hard-line Communists, the coup diminished Gorbachev's power and propelled Yeltsin and the democratic forces to the forefront of Soviet and Russian politics.
Collapse of the USSR
time period of a rapid increase in the production and availability of consumer goods, an increase in average family income, and a decrease in poverty.
Age of Affluence
A period in the United States history when everyone was so caught up in containment of communism, and investigated people within their community for communism.
Red Scare
the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities.
Urbanization
July 4th, 1776
celebrate declaration of independence
A war against all those who seek to export terror, and a war against those governments that support or shelter them.
War on Terror
soldiers returning home from the war and wished to settle down into family life with their sweethearts, and GI Bill benefits promised the decent pay, access to good jobs, and affordable housing that made raising a family possible.
Baby Boom/G.I. Bill
The Roaring Twenties was a time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards.
Roaring Twenties
a house divided into and rented out as separate residences, especially one that is run-down and overcrowded.
Tenement Housing
Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government
Natural Rights
Environmental issues are the harmful effects of human activities on the environment.
Environmental Issues
the creation of communities in an area surrounding a city
Growth of the Suburbs
A name for the 20's when jazz was created by African Americans as a very upbeat style of music
Jazz Age
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
Capitalism
when a group of people agree to give up certain rights and accept a central authority in order to protect their other rights.
Social Contract
Globalization is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a more connected and interdependent place.
Globalization
The main goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major federal programs that addressed civil rights, education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, and transportation were launched during this period.
LBJ’s Great Society
The economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries
Great Depression
a group of employees in a certain trade, industry, or corporation that organize to improve their salary, benefits, and working conditions.
Organized Labor (Unions)
the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
September 11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history.
September 11, 2001