period 8 terms apush

beatniks

beatniks

social movement for young people that focused on anti-materialistic ideas. usually this meant drugs, jazz/jazz clothing style, and sex

Alliance for Progress

gave money to latin american nations so they would adopt democracy and the social reform that Amerca had gone through

Fair Deal

Truman recommended that all Americans have health insurance, that the minimum wage be increased, and that all Americans be guaranteed equal rights

modern republicanism

Eisenhower called for reduced taxes, balanced budgets, less government control over economy, more state control over previously federal powers

new frontier

John F. Kennedy made a speech saying that Americans needed to prepare to make sacrifices in order to cross an unknown “new frontier”. This was representative of the views of the democratic party at the time.

Great society

Program by Lyndon B. Johnson that provided aid to education, created medicare, urban renewal/conservation, and a fight against poverty. This helped a ton with civil rights and environmental issues at the time

War on poverty

Legislation (also by Lyndon B. Johnson) that focused on social welfare and getting rid of poverty

Mutual coexistence

Policy that lessened tensions between US and Soviet Union by reducing hostility

Suez canal crisis

Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt towards their Suez canal. Britain and France were both on Israel’s side and were pro-intervention, which the US didn’t agree with because they were worried it would mess with Soviet relations

Kent state shootings

4 Kent state students were shot/killed by Guardsmen during a protest of the Vietnam War. A bunch of arguments/civil lawsuits about if the Guardsmen were actually under threat/if the shootings were justified

Military-industrial complex

The relationship between industries and the military where companies would make tanks/fighter jets for the military and would get paid in return

Freedom Riders

Group of white and African American civil rights activists that took bus trips through the south to protest segregated bus terminals

Brown v Board

Ruled that segregated schools between white and black children were unconstitutional, even if the schools were “equal”. This went back on the separate but equal ideology.

Civil rights act 1964

act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin

Stonewall uprising

NYC police raided a gay club, which resulted in a bunch of gay rights protests

Alcatraz sit in/occupation for American Indians

Native Americans wanted to claim Alcatraz island because it was rightfully theirs. They set up their own society with indigenous jobs and schools and everything, which the American government didn’t appreciate

Roe v Wade

Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court where the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States generally protects the right to choose to have an abortion

Chicano power movement

Mexican-Americans started advocating for a social/political reform and filed legal cases to be recognized as a class of white Americans to they could gain civil rights.

Immigration/nationality acts of 1965

(Hart-Celler Act) outlawed the National Origins act (restricted immigration from the Eastern Hemisphere based on race) and discrimination against Southern/Eastern Europeans, and Asians.

Silent spring

A book by Rachel Carson in 1962, talks about the harm caused to the environment by using pesticides. Accused the chemical industry of spreading lies and the government blindly accepting them