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- WARSAW PACT
- Military alliance between Soviet Union and the nations of East Europe. To counter act NATO
- TAFT HARTLEY ACT
- Pro-business, a Federal law of 1947 whose purpose was to reduce the power of the labor unions
- AUTOMATION
- A method of manufacturing in which special machines control the operations of other machines, thereby reducing the amount of human labor involved in the production process.
- MIGRANT WORKERS
- Farm workers who move, or migrate, from one place to another to harvest seasonal crops.
- BLACK MUSLIMS
- African American followers of Islam...involved in the Civil Rights Movement of 1960's
- PRICE CONTROLS
- A policy in which government officials establish price levels for different products in order to avoid extreme inflation.
- BLACK PANTHERS
- A revolutionary group of African Americans who believed in violent methods for remedying racial injustice
- CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
- Federal law declaring discrimination on the basis of race and sex to be illegal...public facilities opened..greater job opportunities
- SUBURBS
- Communities outside a major city but near enough to the city for residents to travel to and from city workplaces.
- BI PARTISANSHIP
- Both political parties (Democrats and Republics) support the president's policies
- CIVIL DISOBEDINCE
- The strategy of purposely disobeying laws that are considered to be unjust...immoral.
- DISCRIMINATION
- The practice of favoring one group in the population while blocking or restricting another group.
- DESEGREGATION
- To end the practice of racial segregation in schools, restaurants, and other public places.
- BABY BOOMERS
- Children born post World War II. 1946-1964
- BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA
- A supreme court case of 1954 in which racially segregated schools were declared unconstitutional. The beginning of the end to Jim Crow
- CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS
- laws to enforce the right of African Americans, other minorities, and women to vote and to have equal access to public faciliites
- ENGEL VS VITALE
- A U.S. Supreme Court case of 1962 that declared unconstitutional the reciting of an official prayer in the public school
- CONSERVATIVE
- A person who believes that the Federal government's role in the economy should be kept to a minimum...slower to change their ideas.
- LIBERAL
- A person who believes that the Federal government should intervene in the economy and give assistance to people in need...provide a safety net. when dealing with society.
- DE FACTO SEGREGATION
- Racial segregation that results from two races living in different neighborhoods rather than from laws requiring segregation.
- MC CARTHYISM
- Red scare of 1950s, the practice of recklessly accusing someone of supporting or belonging to the Communist party.