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| 343775891 | civil rights | Rights for all people, Does not discriminate, All people are equal; no matter what gender or race they are | |
| 343775892 | Linda Brown | a 3rd grader in Kansas who had to go a long distance to go to the segregated "colored" school, even though a segregated "white" school was nearby. | |
| 343775893 | Brown vs. Board of Education | Court case in which the Board of Education was sued, saying segregation was unconstitutional. The case was won and segregation in schools was outlawed. | |
| 343775894 | desegregation | The opposite of segregation, Schools were "integrated", or "mixed | |
| 343775895 | Rosa Parks | In 1956, she refused to give her seat up to a "white" man on the bus. She was arrested.This led to the Montgomery Bus boycott | |
| 343775896 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Civil Rights Leader, led the I Have a Dream Speech, was assassinated | |
| 343775897 | nonviolent protest | A way to show you don't agree with something without being violent, Some examples are boycott, march, speech, sit-in | |
| 343775898 | Freedom Riders | people (all races) rode the public bus around town, they did not sit in the "assigned" sections - "white" people sat in the "black" section, or the people all sat together and there were no "sections" | |
| 343775899 | March on Washington | many people marched to Washington DC, Dr. MLK, Jr. led his speech there (I Have a Dream), They wanted to end segregation, They also wanted to end the unfair economic practices (different pay for the same job) | |
| 343775900 | Civil Rights Act | Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public places was illegal | |
| 343775901 | prosperity | People had jobs and money to spend,The economy was doing very well | |
| 343775902 | veteran | Someone who has been in the military | |
| 343775903 | baby boom | During WWII, many people put off getting married and starting families (remember - people were rationing and being extremely thrifty with their money), After WWII, many young people started families, This caused an increase in the number of babies being born | |
| 343775904 | generation | Group of people the same age | |
| 343775905 | Harry Truman | President in 1949, Wanted to present the Fair Deal to Congress | |
| 343775906 | Fair Deal | Created more jobs, Built houses, Protected the rights of African Americans, Congress, and many Americans, DID NOT approve of it | |
| 343775907 | Great Society of the 1960's | Goal of the government, End all poverty - allow all people to have jobs and money, End racial injustice - people would be treated equal, no matter their race | |
| 343790382 | President Robert F. Kennedy | President of the US during the Space Race, Was the youngest president, Created the Peace Corps (sent volunteers to other countries to teach, grow food, and start businesses) | |
| 343790383 | Space race | between the US and the Soviet Union to explore Space | |
| 343790384 | Sputnik | the Soviet shuttle that went into space first | |
| 343790385 | Alan Shepard | the First American in space | |
| 343790386 | John Glenn | the First American to orbit the Earth | |
| 343790387 | Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin | the first astronauts to go to the moon (1969) | |
| 343790388 | Vietnam Conflict / War | a group from S. Vietnam, the Vietcong, tried to overthrow (take over) the government, US began sending troops to S. Vietnam to help stop Communism, Americans were very divided about the US involvement in this Conflict / War, ended in a cease fire | |
| 343790389 | draft | system in which young men were 'registered' to go into the military on their 18th birthday | |
| 343790390 | Vietnam Wall | built in DC in 1982 to honor all the fallen soldiers in Vietnam | |
| 343790391 | demonstration | Type of protest people did during the Vietnam Conflict / War | |
| 343790392 | cease-fire | a decision to stop fighting | |
| 343790393 | Korean War / Conflict | North Korea was Communist, South Korea was non-Communist, North was trying to invade on South and turn it Communist, The US tried to stop the spread of communism | |
| 343790394 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | President of the US, Developed the Federal Aid Highway Act | |
| 343790395 | Federal-Aid Highway Act | Law that made it possible to drive across the country without traffic lights creating US Highways | |
| 343790396 | vaccine | Medicine shot | |
| 343790397 | Polio | degenerative, and causes people to not be able to walk, A vaccine that prevented it was developed in 1956 by Jonas Salik | |
| 343790398 | President Richard Nixon | President elected in 1969, Brought the troops back from Vietnam | |
| 343790399 | Cesar Chaves | Formed a Farmer's Union, Wanted to improve conditions for migrant workers (workers who move from place to place for work - often associated with the seasons / crops) in California | |
| 343790400 | Andy Warhol | Artist, Used "Pop Art" in his work , Painted scenes you would see in everyday life during this time to make a point |
