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Five Star general in the US Army served as a supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe

Responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of France and Germany

first supereme commander of the NATO

Crusade against "communism Korea and coruption"

Ended the New Deal Coalition

Began NASA

Signed the Federal-Aid highway Act of 1956

22nd Amendment

In Western Europe to relieve the pressure of the Soviet Union

Most imporant naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of WWII

The US Navy defeated an imperial Japanese Navy attack inflecting irreparable damage on Japenese fleet

The soviet Union, UK, and US with Stalin, Churchill, Truman

Goal:
1. how to adminuster punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany
2. The establishment of post-war order peace treaties issues and countering the effects of war

First general secretary of the communist party of the soviet unions central commitee

Idea: socialism in 1 country became the primary line of the soviet politics

He replaced the New Eeconomic polical with a highly centralized command economy and 5-yeaer plans launching a period of rapid industralization and economic colletivization in the country side

The 1st day of the invasion of Normandy

the largest invasion in World History

Capital city of German

Allied bombing campaign in WWII that devasted the city

Bombed by British AF and USAAF

Firestorm destroyed 15 square miles of the city centre

Also call the Crimea Conference and codenamed: The Argonaut Conference

The wartime meeting of the head of the government of the US UK SU

Purpose was to discuss Europes post-war reorganization; discuss the re-establishmentof the nations of war torn Europe

Battle between the empire of japan and US; were the famous "raising the flag" picture took place

American general and field Marshall of the Phillipine Army

1 of 5 men to ever rise the rank of general of the Army in the US Army

Became an effective ruler of Japan and oversaw the sweeping economic, polical and social changes

Forcible transfer of 75000 American and Filipino prisoners of War; chararterized by a wide-range of physical abuse and murders resulted in very high fatalities inflicted upon prisoners and civilians alike by the armed forces of the Empire of Japan

the genocide of 6 million jews along with races, religions, and etc.

A programme of systematic state sponsered extermantion by Nazi Germany throughout Nazi occupied territory

1st city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the US Army AF dropped an atomic bomb towards the End of WWII

International organization who stated aims are facitating copperation in international laws and socail progress, international sercuity economic development human rights and acheivekment of World Peace

replaced the league of nations

to stop wars between countries and to provide a platform of dialouge

A US policy using military economic and diplomatic stratergies to staall the spread of communism, enhance America's secuity and influence abroud and prevent a "domino effect"

a policy set forth by US President stating that the US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into Soviet Sphere.

1st major international crisis of the Cold War

This policy ended a communist threat and both countries joined NATO

The basis of the Cold War policy

The Soviet Union blocked the western allies railawy and road access to the sectors of berlin under allied control trying to take control over the entire city as a response to the ___________ was organized

This brought more supplies then the railroad and raods and humilated the soviets the blockage was lifted causing two seperated German states

to symbolize the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into 2 seperate areas from the end of WWII and the and of the Cold War

This caused the states developed there own international economy and millitary allaniance

Soviet Union vs European community "Berlin Wall"

Military conflict between S. Korea supported by the UN and N. Korea supported by the people's republic of China (with military aid from SU)

also called European Recovery Plan; large scale economic program of the US for rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Europe

This plan was for post recovery:
it looked to the future; did not focus on the destruction caused by the wars and effeortes where to modernize European intdustrail business and practices using high effeciency American models reduce artifical trade barriers and instill of sense of hope and self-relience

Accused of being a Soviet spy and convicted of prejury connction with the Charge

Practice of making accusations of disloyalty subversion or treason w/o proper required for evidence

charatized by heighten fear communist influency

Name of a group of robotic spacecraft missions launched by the Soviet Union

1st man-made oject to orbit the eath

also known as serviceman's readajustment act

A omnibus bill that provide college or vocational education for returning WWII Veterns

one year of unemployment compensation

Provided many types of loans for returing veterns to buy homes and start business

Act of matcing attitudes, beliefs and behaviors to what individuals percieve is normal of their society or social group

offical motto of the US dirived from the Bible from Psalms

wrote "The Power of Positive Thinking"

He is a progentior of the theory of "positive thinking"

The silent generation as the people born from

Explained how the sin of pride created evil in the world

This man studying Neo-orthodox theology

This man attacked utopianism as useless dealing with reality

Wrote "The Children Light and the Children of Darkness"

Most influencal leader of the 1940-50's in American public affairs

a literarry iconoclast, poiiner of the Beat Generation, he had a spontanous method of the writing covering topics

This man was a progeniater of the hippie movement

wrote the "The Lonely Crowd"

This is also known as the Cult of True Womanhood

a prevailing view upper and middle class women during the 19th century in Great Britian and US

emoby perfect vitue in all senses

the women who adiad by and promoted these standards were generally literate and lived in the Northeast

What are the 4 cardinal virtue of the Cult of Domesticity

The head mistress of the Cult of Domesticity

Book by the Cult of Domesticity

evangelial christain evangelist

theology crisis and dialectial theology

an approach to theology in Protestantism that was developed in the aftermath of the 1st WW

This is charaterized as a reaction against doctrines of 19th century liberal theology and reevaluation of the teaching of the Reformation

A group of American Post WWII

expirements with drugs and alternative froms of sexuality an interest in Eastern religion a rejection to materialism and the idealizing of exuberant,means of expression and being

Books from the Beats

They call him "moondog"

An Amerian disc-jockey

promoting African American rhythm and blues music on the US and Europe under the home of "rock-n-roll"

This man was destroyed by the Payola scandal

poet opposed militarism, materirism and sexual repression

Leading figure of the beat generation

"Howl"

practiced Buddism

this case proved lack of equality, in favor of black applicant, the "seperate but equal" doctine of racial segregation

involved a black man who refused admission to the school of Law of UT the president prohibited integrated education

Instead of granting the plaintiff a write of mandamus the case continued the case for 6 months which allowed state time to create a law school only for blacks which it established HOuston Texas rather than in Austin

Mr. Conservative

This man had an impact on the libertarian movement

rejected the legacy of the New Deal and fought through the conservative coalition to defeat the New Deal Coalilation

mobilized a large conservative constituency to win the GOP primiaries

Barry Goldwater greatest accomplishment

Warren Court was led by

This Court was led a liberal majority that used judicial poer in dramatic fashion, to the consternation of conservative oppenents.

This Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and thhe federal power in dramatic ways

This brought an end to racial segregation in the US, incoropating the Bill of Rights and ending officially-sanctioned voluntary prayer in public schools.

This as recognized as a high point in judicial power that has receded ever since but with a substantial continuing impac

Best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of the civil rights in the US and around the world

Used nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Ganhi

Presented as a heroic leader in the history of modern american liberalism

Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the S. Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 (1st president)

An american civil rights organization that had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement

a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the US on the initiavtive President.

Social Reforms were the elimination of poverty and
racial injustice

New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched during this period

This resembled the New Deal

The Negro is your Brother

Written by MLK Jr. from the city jail in Birmingham, Alabama.

Response to a statement made by 8 white Alabama clergy man "A Call For Unity"

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students

regard to voting rights and by extension racial desegregation.

This overturnied the Democratic Party's use of all-white primaries in Tx and other stated here the party used the rule

segreated and sent its black children to separate, run down facilities

The school district was forced to desegregate but the mayor and polic chief of the city did not approve of this measure, when school started they joined over 300 whites in front of the school.

There goal was to prevent the enrollment of three black students, as result the town turned turmoil as 3 balcks were hanged in effigy as part of demonstration

Texas governer supported the protests and even dispatched texas ragners to prevent integration

Murdered in Mississipi at aged 14 after flirting with a white women

Noted as one of the leading events that motivated in the African- American Civil Rights Movements

one of the principal organization of the American Civil Rights Movement, it emered from a series of student meetings at Shaw University.

This group focused on "black power" and protesting against the Vietnam War

A group of Black students wo enrolled in Little Rock Central High School

the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school and then they attended the intervention of the president, this is considered to be one of the most important evens in the AA Civil Rights Movement.

On the first day of school troops from the National Guard would not let them enter the school and they were followed by mobs making threats to lynch

"the first lady of civil rights"

"the mother of the freedom movement"

An international icon of resistance to racial segregation , she organzited and collaborated with the civil rights leaders

Secretary of NAACP

as styled in a sound recording released after the
event)^[1][2] was a large political rally in support of civil
and economic rights forAfrican Americans that took place inWashington, D.C. on Wednesday

Martin Luther
King, Jr. delivered his
historic "I Have a
Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorialduring the
march

was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and
religious organizations,^[4] under the theme
"jobs, and freedom

is widely credited with helping to pass the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights
Act

- a political and
social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama,
USA, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system

resulted in a crippling financial deficit for the
Montgomery public transit system, because the city's black population who were
the drivers of the boycott were also the bulk of the system's paying customers

He is one of four people who served in all four elected federal offices
of the United States: Representative, Senator, Vice President and President

succeeded to the presidency
following theassassination of John F. Kennedy,
completed Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right, winning by
a large margin in the 1964 Presidential election.

- was greatly supported by the Democratic Party and, as President, was responsible for
designing the "Great Society"
legislation that included laws that upheld civil rights, Public
Broadcasting, Medicare, Medicaid, environmental
protection, aid to education, and his "War on Poverty."

He was renowned for his domineering personality and the "Johnson
treatment," his coercion of powerful politicians in order to advance
legislation.

Simultaneously, he greatly escalated direct American involvement in the Vietnam War

is a U.S. civil rights organization that originally played a
pivotal role forAfrican-Americans in the Civil Rights
Movement.

Membership is still stated to be
open to "anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and is
willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the
world."

He was the initiator and organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride,
which eventually led to the desegregation of inter-state transportation in the United States.

co-founded the Committee of Racial Equality, which
later became the Congress of
Racial Equality (CORE)

he unofficial name for legislation first introduced byUnited States President Lyndon B. Johnson

This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response
to a national poverty rate of around
nineteen percent

speech led the United States
Congress to pass the Economic Opportunity Act, which
established the Office of
Economic Opportunity (OEO) to administer the local application of federal funds targeted
against poverty.

As a part of the Great Society, Johnson's
belief in expanding the government's role in social welfare programs from
education to health care was a continuation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal

Democrat Commissioner of Public Safety for the city ofBirmingham, Alabama, during theAmerican
Civil Rights Movement.

His office gave him responsibility for administrative oversight of the
Birmingham Fire Department and the Birmingham Police Department,
which had their own chiefs.

became an international symbol of bigotry.

infamously directed the use of fire hoses,
and police attack dogs against peaceful
demonstrators, including children

His aggressive tactics backfired when the spectacle of
the brutality being broadcast on nationaltelevision served as one of the
catalysts for major social and legal change in thesouthern
United States and helped in large
measure to assure the passage by the United States
Congress of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.

Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs
Invasion, the Cuban Missile
Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the African
American Civil Rights Movementand early stages of the Vietnam War.

was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the crime but was shot
and killed two days later byJack Ruby before any trial

he spoke of the need for all Americans to be active
citizens, famously saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask
what you can do for your country."

- An icon of modern American liberalism

It would stand as the most severe riot in Los
Angeles history

34 people had been killed, 1,032 injured, and 3,438 arrested

political sloganespoused by black racialists and a name for various associated
ideologies
-

It is used in the
movement among people of Black African descent throughout the world, though
primarily by African Americans in the United States

The movement was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s,
emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural
institutions to nurture and promote black collective interests^[3] and advance black values^[4],
as opposed to multiculturalism

expresses a range of political goals, from defense against racial
oppression, to the establishment of separate social institutions and a
self-sufficient economy (separatism)

but it helped usher in black radical thoughts, and
action against what was considered to be an elusive, yet visible higher power

Kwame Ture

He rose to prominence first as a leader of theStudent
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, pronounced "snick")
and later as the "HonoraryPrime
Minister" of the Black Panther Party

Initially anintegrationist, Carmichael later became
affiliated with black
nationalist and Pan-Africanistmovements

He popularized the term "Black Power"

- was anAfrican-American Muslim minister,public
speaker, and human rightsactivist

To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African
Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its
crimes against black Americans

His detractors accused him of preaching racism,black supremacy, antisemitism, and
violence.
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While in prison became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole
in 1952 he became one of the Nation's leaders and chief spokesmen

Less than a year after he left the Nation of Islam, he was assassinated
by three members of the group while giving a speech in New York.

As a spokesman for the Nation of Islam he taught black supremacy and deified the leaders of the
organization. He also advocated the separation of
black and white Americans, which put him at odds with the civil rights
movement, which was working towards integration

was an African-Americanrevolutionary
leftist organization.

achieved national and international notoriety through its involvement in
the Black Powermovement
and in U.S. politics of the 1960s and 70

The anti-racism of that time is today considered one of
the most significant social, political and cultural currents in U.S. history. The group's
"provocative rhetoric,militant posture, and cultural and political
flourishes permanently altered the contours of American Identity”

Founded in Oakland, California,
byBobby Seale and Huey P. Newton

the organization
initially set forth a doctrine calling primarily for the protection of African American neighborhoods from police brutality

he organization's leaders espousedsocialist and communist (largely Maoist)
doctrines, however the Party's earlyblack
nationalist reputation attracted a racially diverse membership

“What We Want, What We Believe”

reference toactivists, educators, agitatorsand others in the 1960s and 1970s who sought to
implement a broad range of reforms, in contrast to earlier leftist or Marxist
movements that had taken a more vanguardistapproach to social justice and focused mostly on labor unionization and questions ofsocial class

was associated with the Hippie movement and college campus protest movements

known for his involvement in the animal rights,
and the anti-war and civil rightsmovements of the 1960s

was a student
protest which took place
during the 1964–1965 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley

protests unprecedented at the time, students insisted that the
university administration lift the ban of on-campus political activities and
acknowledge the students' right to free speech andacademic freedom

is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural
group, or subculture,
that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day,^[1] the cultural equivalent of political opposition

can also be described as deviating away from the norm
of society, or what is perceived to be normal

This deviation takes a group or behavior to be segregated from the norms.