race 60’s culture JFK China Vietnam Middle East Cuba Watergate Civil Rights Feminism JFK assassination Energy crisis Great Society Iran Hostage crisis Nixon Vocabulary Collective security Desegregation of military Containment Brown v. Bd. of Education Korean conflict Civil Rights Act of 1964 Vietnam conflict Lyndon Johnson Détente Great Society Decolonization Private sector Nationalist movements Baby boom Nonaligned countries Suburbanization Cold War Sun Belt Oil crisis Conformity Military Industrial Complex Immigration Act of 1965 Liberalism Counterculture Non-violent protest Sexual Revolution Key Concepts 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences. 8.2: Liberalism, based on anticommunism abroad and a firm belief in the efficacy of governmental and especially federal power to achieve social goals at home, reached its apex in the mid-1960s and generated a variety of political and cultural responses. 8.3: Postwar economic, demographic, and technological changes had a far-reaching impact on American society, politics, and the environment.
race JFK Vietnam Cuba Civil Rights JFK assassination Great Society Nixon 60’s culture China Middle East Watergate Feminism Energy crisis Iran Hostage crisis Vocabulary Collective security Containment Korean conflict Vietnam conflict Détente Decolonization Nationalist movements Nonaligned countries Cold War Oil crisis Military Industrial Complex Liberalism Non-violent protest Desegregation of military Brown v. Bd. of Education Civil Rights Act of 1964 Lyndon Johnson Great Society Private sector Baby boom Suburbanization Sun Belt Conformity Immigration Act of 1965 Counterculture Sexual Revolution Key Concepts 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences. 8.2: Liberalism, based on anticommunism abroad and a firm belief in the efficacy of governmental and especially federal power to achieve social goals at home, reached its apex in the mid-1960s and generated a variety of political and cultural responses. 8.3: Postwar economic, demographic, and technological changes had a far-reaching impact on American society, politics, and the environment.
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