APUSH : 8 1945-1980

post wwii culure

g.i bill (for veteran benefits), women out of workforce, baby boom & conformity culture = suburbs(levvitown, etc.), consumerism, teenagers rebel against conformity

beginning of cold war

tension between us and soveits, second red scare

contain communism

marshall plan, truman and eisenhower doctrines

cold war foreign policy

plans for containing communism, easing tensions, deterring soviet aggression

berlin blockade and airlift

1948, soveits blockaded berlin, us responses by airlifting supplies to berlin

korean war

1950-1953, 1st proxy war (countries dont directly fight eachother they fight the others allies) of the cold war

cuban missile crisis

1962, closest us and soveits got to war, soveit missiles discovered installed in cuba, kennedy had a diplomatic solution

vietnam war

gradual us involvement in asia, us didnt want to send troops until after gulf of tonkin resolution 1964

veitnam war backlash

counterculture, draft protests, living room war, american distrust in govt inc.

civil rights movement

1950s and 60s, brown v board of ed., montgomtry bus boycott, held marches on dc, results in civil rights act of 1964 & voting rights act 1965

letters from a burmingham jail

MLK Jr writing abt civil disobedience which ppl spread

civil rights figures

MLK Jr, rosa parks, student non-violent coordination committee

johnsons great society

programs for war on poverty - medicare, medicade, headstart, department of housing and development, backlash bc inc. govt meddling and spending

womens movement

feminine mystique published to encourage fighting gender norms, national org. for women, pushed for equal rights amendment, era fought by conservatives

civli rights expansion

chinano movement for latinos, ceaser chavez led united far workers association, native movments, few lgbtq changes as seen at stonewall

environmental movements

rachel carsons book exposed ddt+other pollutants impact on environment, resulted in epa + clean air & water acts (regulations on pollutant discharges)

jimmy carte presidency

‘77-‘81, camp david accords (peace treaty w/ egypt and isreal), criticized for stagflation practices (high inflation, low economic growth), iranian hostage crisis

iranian hostage crisis