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POTUS Truman
President Truman's domestic and foreign policy after WWII.
GI Bill of Rights
Provided readjustment benefits for soldiers, including college tuition, unemployment benefits, and low-interest loans.
Taft-Hartley Act
Labor Management Relations Act that reduced the power of labor unions.
Fair Deal
Truman's plan to extend the New Deal with initiatives like national health insurance and slum clearance.
Dixiecrat
Southern Democrats who opposed Truman's civil rights policies.
Civil Rights under Truman
Desegregation of the armed forces.
Dynamic Conservatism
Eisenhower's approach of fiscal conservatism with a social liberal perspective.
Interstate Highway Act
Legislation to create a national network of highways.
Civil Rights Under Eisenhower
Desegregation of Washington D.C. and military units.
Mass Consumerism
The widespread purchasing and consumption of consumer goods.
Conglomerate
A major corporation that includes smaller companies in unrelated industries.
Baby Boom
A significant increase in the birth rate following WWII.
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Pediatrician who popularized child-rearing practices and polio vaccine.
Planned Obsolescence
Business practice of designing products to wear out quickly.
Mass Culture
Cultural norms that emphasize traditional family values and gender roles.
Subculture
Groups that challenge or exist outside traditional norms, like the Beat movement.
Rock n Roll
A musical genre associated with the youth subculture of the 1950s.
Beat Movement
A literary and social movement promoting nonconformity.
Betty Friedan & The Feminine Mystique
Critique of traditional female roles in society.
White Flight
The movement of white Americans from cities to suburbs.
Berlin Blockade
Soviet Union's cutoff of land access to West Berlin in 1948.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance formed in 1949.
Cold War
The geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the West after WWII.
Domino Theory
The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Shift in U.S. foreign policy from containment to brinkmanship.
McCarthyism
The practice of making unsubstantiated accusations of communism.
Red Scare
The fear of communism and communist infiltration in the United States.
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
Committee created to investigate alleged disloyalty among private citizens.
Blacklist
A list of individuals accused of being associated with communism, preventing them from getting jobs.
Hollywood 10
Group of filmmakers blacklisted for alleged communist ties.