Chapter 12
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- Vietnam War
- a war in which the U.S. helped the government of South Vietnam in its struggle with the communist government of North Vietnam
- Title IX
- federal legislation that prohibited discrimination in education whether in academics or athletics
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- federal legislation that refused federal funds to any school system that did not end segregation; the legislation also made racial discrimination in public places, such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels, illegal
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC
- an organization founded in 1960 to coordinate and publicize sit-ins
- baby boom
- a period following WWII in which many children were born
- National Organization for Women (NOW)
- an organization formed to work for the economic and legal rights of women
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- an organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to work for civil rights for African Americans
- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
- - a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution to ensure equal rights for women; the amendment failed to get the required votes
- suburbs
- residential areas around cities
- Minimum Foundation Program for Education Act
- legislation passed in 1949 that lengthened the school year to nine months and raised standards for buildings, equipment, transportation, and school curricula
- Brown v. Board of Education
- a U. S. Supreme Court case in which the Court declared that the separate-but-equal schools were unconstitutional
- National School Lunch Act
- legislation introduced by Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell in 1946 that outlined a program to ensure that school children received nutritious lunches
- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
- a special-purpose district in metropolitan Atlanta that operates the bus and rail system
- affirmative action program
- a program designed to provide work and education opportunities for women and minorities
- reapportion
- redraw voting districts to ensure districts of equal population sizes
- Korean War
- a war that broke out in 1950 when communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea
- sit-in
- a type of demonstration where people enter a public building and refuse to leave until their demands are met.
- one-person, one-vote concept
- the policy that every citizen's vote should be equal to every other citizen's vote no matter where the person lives
- Watergate
- political scandal in which the Nixon administration was accused of abuse of power
- National Women's Political Caucus
- an organization to promote women's issues
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- federal legislation that enforced equal voting rights among all races
- women's rights movement
- - an effort by women to change the way women viewed themselves and their contributions to society and to ensure equal rights for women
- Cold War
- a period of hostility between the U.S. and the Soviet Union following WWII.