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1. red-lining

An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.Pediatrician and author of the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946), which emphasized children's need for the love and care of full-time mothers - Caused women's movements to form further.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

2. 'Baby Boom'

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.Pediatrician and author of the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946), which emphasized children's need for the love and care of full-time mothers - Caused women's movements to form further.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.

3. Ralph Ellison - Invisible Man

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.Pediatrician and author of the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946), which emphasized children's need for the love and care of full-time mothers - Caused women's movements to form further.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

4. Dr. Benjamin Spock

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.Pediatrician and author of the Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care (1946), which emphasized children's need for the love and care of full-time mothers - Caused women's movements to form further.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.

5. Montgomery, AL Bus Boycott

In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. - After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

6. Taft-Harley Act

7. Rosa Parks

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama). - Triggered the national civil rights movement.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

8. Serviceman's Readjustment Act [G.I. Bill]

1944 - provides Veterans of WWII with unemployment insurance and money for housing and to continue their education at government expense. - Allowed veterans to come back to a life they can enjoy and made the public happy.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.

9. UNIVAC

An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.In 1946, scientists working under a US Army contract developed one of the nation's earliest computers—known as ENIAC to make military calculations. Several Years later, a newer model called the UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) would handle business data and launch the computer revolution. - It allowed Americans to work more quickly and efficiently creating more free time which led to new forms of leisure activity becoming popular.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.

10. White Citizens' Councils

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.This was a white supremacist organization formed in 1954. It amounted to about 60,000 members, most being in the South. - It opposed integration and fought for the protection of the 'European-American' culture against other ethnicities. Members were highly associated with the KKK.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.

11. 'The American Dream'

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An ideal state of success that involves owning a house, being able to provide for your family and attain certain material objects through hard work. - The concept is a driving force in many works of American literature either positively or negatively.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

12. Southern Manifesto

An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.The manifesto was a document written by legislators opposed to integration. Most of the signatures came from Southern Democrats, showing that they would stand in the way of integration. - Led to another split/shift in the Democratic Party and caused more segregated tension throughout the U.S.

13. National Defense Education Act (1958)

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.Law that authorized the use of federal funds to improve the nation's elementary and high schools. - Inspired by Cold War fears that the United States was falling behind the Soviet Union in the arms and space race, it was directed at improving science, math, and foreign-language education.

14. General Douglas MacArthur

An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.He was one of the most-known American military leaders of WW2. - He liberated the Phillipines and made the Japanese surrender at Tokyo in 1945, also he drove back North Korean invaders during the Korean War.

15. Red-baiting

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.Accusing someone or a group that they are communist, socialist, or more left than they appear. - Used by McCarthy and the belief of McCarthyism.

16. 'Iron Curtain'

An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy. - Used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countriesPeople believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

17. A vast wasteland!

18. 'Duck-and-Cover'

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.Schoolchildren practiced crawling under their desks and putting their hands over their heads to protect themselves from an atomic bomb attack. - Used during the Cold War between nations.

19. Jack Kerouac - On The Road

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.Was the author of the best-selling book On the Road, which epitomized the Beat Generation of the late 1940s and early 1950s. - He was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969)An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.

20. Explorer I

The first US satellite to enter space after the USSR's Sputnik 1 and 2. Created in a time where the Cold War's space race was fully underway. It was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 31, 1958. - It was the first satellite to recognize the Van Allen radiation belt, and was able to send information to the US for 4 months until it ran out of battery. It was the first of 90 spacecrafts in the Explorer series.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

21. Bretton Woods Conference

People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.1944, (FDR) , The common name for the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference held in New Hampshire, 44 nations at war with the Axis powers met to create a world bank. -Goal was to stabilize international currency, increase investment in under-developed areas, and speed the economic recovery of Europe.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

22. Governor Strom Thurmond

Ran against Truman in the Election of 1948; supported the southern wing of the Democratic Party, - Led the Dixiecrats.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.

23. Central Intelligence Agency [CIA]

An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.Created by Congress in 1947. The CIA functions under the direction of the National Security Council. It serves to: coordinate information-gathering activities of all federal agencies (especially those in the Departments of State and Defense), analyze and evaluate information collected, and keep the President and National Security Council updated on all the information obtained. - The CIA also conducts intelligence operations across the world, in its efforts to obtain information. It is a very secretive organization, and even Congress is largely uninformed of most of its activities, except for a few key members of Congress.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.

24. massive retaliation

The 'new look' defense policy of the Eisenhower administration of the 1950's was to threaten 'massive retaliation' with nuclear weapons in response to any act of aggression by a potential enemy. - Emergency protection during the Cold War.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.

25. Thurgood Marshall

1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated. Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, fought this case. - Helped move along the process of integration.People believed that their neighborhood should remain one race. The FHA took two colors--red and green. The FHA didn't give home loans in red areas where the inner city was; black neighborhoods were marked with red ink. - Led to the Civil Rights movements during the 50s and 60s.An author who wrote the book 'Invisible Man' in 1952. - This book described the life of a black person who finds that none of his supporters view him as a real man.An increase in population by almost 30 million people. - This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families.

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