apush unit 8.4-8.6

GI Bill

veterans are given opportunity to pursue hs/college diplomas and given financial aid for housing after WW2

taft-hartley act

congress says that unions can’t strike if it challenges public interest, truman attempts to veto to gain support of workers but fails

wallace

progressive opponent of truman, dislikes his cold war policies

thurmond

opponent of truman, want to preserve segregation, dixicrat

dixicrats (state’s rights democratic party)

right wingers who want to preserve segregation

dewey

republican who strongly opposes truman

1948 election

truman has a surprising win and lots of votes from supporters of anticommunism foreign policy, truman wins due to heavy campaigning

GDP & per capita

grows exponentially after ww2 due to growing middle class and growth of consumer market

nucleur families

traditional family style inspired by cold war propaganda

baby boom

population increase after ww2, caused by early marriage & better treatment of child polio

federal housing administration

gives opportunity to buy houses, long term mortgages with low interest

veterans administration

housing for vets with very low mortgage

levittown

mass produced surburb housing, did not allow non-whites through illegal practices

shelley v. kraemer

said that discriminatory covenants were not allowed but brokers worked around this by steering non whites away

redlining

illegal policy where banks would not loan money to black people who wanted to live in white communites

william myers

moves into a levittown as a black person and faces heavy discrimination and assault

sun belt

the west and southern regions which increased in migration due to good climate and jobs in petroleum, increase in asian and latino communities

executive order 9981

signed by truman, banned segregation in the armed forces, effect of committee on civil rights

committee on civil rights

created by truman to find and resolve racism and segregation

24th amendment

abolished the poll tax in 1962

brown v board of education

overturned plessy v fergeuson. led to integration in schools

southern manifesto

believed that the surpreme court overstepped and didn’t want to integrate schools

little rock nine

orval faubus, national gaurd sent to secure the school from black students but eisenhower protected them

montgomery bus boycotts

started by rosa parks and mainly led by MLK

emmett till

young black teen wrongfully accused of flirting with a woman and beaten to death

white christian’s council

group aimed to intimidate black people not using violence

james dean

inspired teenagers to feel anguish and rebellion

marliyn monroe

television star often seen as a symbol of female sexualization

common sense book of baby and child care

promoted women staying at home as wives

ywca (young women’s christian association)

had more attendance and focused on public service

beats

writers, musicians, who challenged politics and culture and formed enclaves and appreciated black culture

mattachine society

first gay rights activism group