Lecture 7:

The United States at Mid-century

History 2020, United States History 2

1950sA. Characteristics of the Eisenhower Administration:

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B. Suez Crisis: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Election of 1956: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1950sD. Conforming Culture and the Role of Women:

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E. Youth Culture: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

F. Rock and Roll: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Kennedy AdministrationA. Election of 1960:

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B. Characteristics of the Kennedy Administration: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. The New Frontier: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Kennedy AdministrationD. Bay of Pigs:

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E. The Kennedy Assassination: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Civil Rights MovementA. The Warren Court:

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B. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Civil Rights MovementC. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott:

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D. Southern Christian Leadership Conference: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E. Freedom Rides: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Civil Rights MovementF. State Resistance and Education:

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G. Civil Rights Act of 1964: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

H. Voting: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Civil Rights MovementI. Voting Changes:

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J. King’s Assassination and Changes in Strategy: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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K. Affirmative Action and Reverse Discrimination: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Women’s Rights MovementA. Sexual Revolution:

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B. To 1965: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965): ______________________________________________________

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Women’s Rights MovementD. Row v. Wade (1973):

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E. Other Events: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Indian Rights MovementA. Red Power Movement and Background:

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B. Alcatraz: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Bureau of Indian Affairs: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Wounded Knee: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________