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Kitchen Debate (1959)

A public debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at an American exhibition in Moscow.

Bretton Woods (1944)

Conference that established the postwar international economic system.

World Bank

International organization that provides loans for economic development and reconstruction.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Organization created to stabilize currencies and promote international trade.

Military-Industrial Complex

Term used by President Eisenhower to describe the close relationship between the military, government, and defense contractors.

Sputnik (1957)

The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union.

National Defense Education Act (1958)

Federal law providing funding for education, especially in science, math, and foreign languages.

The Affluent Society (1958)

Book by economist John Kenneth Galbraith criticizing excessive consumerism and inequality.

The Other America (1962)

Book by Michael Harrington exposing widespread poverty in the United States.

Veterans Administration (VA)

Government agency that provided benefits and services to military veterans.

Collective Bargaining

Negotiation process between unions and employers over wages and working conditions.

Teenager

A distinct consumer and cultural group that emerged after WWII.

Beats (Beat Generation)

Group of writers and artists who rejected conformity and materialism.

Baby Boom

Large increase in births between 1946 and 1964.

Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

Supreme Court case that ruled courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants.

National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)

Federal program that funded construction of the interstate highway system.

Sunbelt

Region stretching across the South and Southwest that experienced rapid growth after WWII.

Kerner Commission (1968)

Presidential commission investigating urban riots.

Key People: Dwight D. Eisenhower

34th President of the United States (1953–1961).

Key People: Miles Davis

Influential jazz musician and pioneer of cool jazz.

Key People: Allen Ginsberg

Poet and leading figure of the Beat Generation.

Key People: Jack Kerouac

Writer and Beat Generation leader, author of On the Road.

Key People: Billy Graham

Prominent evangelical Christian preacher.

Key People: Dr. Benjamin Spock

Pediatrician and author of a bestselling child-care guide.

Key People: William J. Levitt

Real estate developer who built large suburban housing communities known as Levittowns.