APUSH
Dr. Urban
Review Sheet – 1945-present
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Women’s roles during and after WW2
Red scare (1920s, 1950s)
Civil Rights movement
Brown v. Board (1954)
o De facto vs. de jure segregation
o Legislative accomplishments
o Nonviolent resistance
o Urban decay
o Divisions within movement
o Racial integration vs. black separatism
o Influence on other minority groups
Great Depression and New Deal (review)
Increased role of federal gov’t, 1960s
o Social programs, national defense, Vietnam
Cuban Missile Crisis
Conservative resurgence – Rise of the New Right
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
George Wallace
Barry Goldwater
LBJ’s Great Society programs
Michael Harrington
Ralph Nadar
Rachel Carson
Détente
Vietnamization
Reaganomics
Iran- Contra Affair
Truman, Reagan, and Containment
End of Cold War
Clinton as “New Democrat” (moderate Democrat)
Clinton’s impeachment
Persian Gulf War, 1991
21st century energy concerns
21st century demographic changes
growing income inequality
9/11