The Immigration and Nationality Act abolished quotas, opening the doors to "those who can contribute most to this country – to its growth, to its strength, to its spirit." The new law created a preference system that focused on immigrants' skills and family relations with citizens or U. S. residents.

Black Power began as revolutionary movement in the 1960s and 1970s. It emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions.

The ruling meant that it was illegal to segregate schools and schools had to integrate. Supreme Court did not give a deadline by which schools had to integrate, which meant many states chose not to desegregate their schools until 1960's

Civil disobedience is a nonviolent form of political protest where an individual or group openly refuses to obey a law for moral or philosophical reasons

was intended to end discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the United States

Communism is a type of government as well as an economic system (a way of creating and sharing wealth). In a Communist system, individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. Instead, the government or the whole community owns these things. Everyone is supposed to share the wealth that they create.

 The conservative rebirth refers to a resurgence of traditional values and policies, often advocating for limited government intervention and a focus on individual responsibility

The policy of containment was a foreign policy strategy used by the United States during the Cold War (1947–1989) to prevent the spread of communism after World War II

A counterculture is a group of people who reject mainstream social values and practices, and instead embrace a different lifestyle

process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country

Détente, a French word that means "relaxation", was a period of decreased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War from the late 1960s to the late 1970s

He persuaded his fellow justices to follow his lead in the unanimous Brown v. Board of Education (1954), which overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), signaled the end of segregation in American society, and gave impetus to the civil rights movement and other contemporary movements for change

Environmentalism denotes a social movement that seeks to influence the political process by lobbying, activism, and education in order to protect natural resources and ecosystems

The Equal Rights Amendment would provide a fundamental legal remedy against sex discrimination for both women and men. It would guarantee that the rights affirmed by the U.S. Constitution are held equally by all citizens without regard to their sex

The Great Society was a set of domestic policy initiatives, programs, and legislation introduced in the 1960s in the U.S. These Great Society programs were intended to reduce poverty levels, reduce racial injustice, reduce crime, and improve the environment.

 Joseph McCarthy was a US senator in the 1950s who made a lot of claims that there were communists hiding in America, but many of these claims were not proven true

 The Korean War was a conflict that occurred from 1950 to 1953 between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, supported by the United Nations, primarily the United States. Americans got involved because they wanted to prevent the spread of communism in Asia, as part of their policy of containment during the Cold War.

The Letter from Birmingham Jail explains why MLK believed people had a responsibility to follow just laws and a duty to break unjust ones.

Levittown was designed to provide a large amount of housing at a time when there was a high demand for affordable family homes.

the belief in freedom, equality, democracy and human rights

He argued for black power, black self-defense and black economic autonomy, and encouraged racial pride

contributed to the overall success of the civil rights movement in the mid-1900s and continues to impact civil rights movements in the present

a term used to describe the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it

a political term that describes a minority of the youth in the mid 1960's who focused on self-fulfillment, the underprivileged and working class, and those who questioned authority

Opposition to liberal policies on taxes, abortion, affirmative action, as well as foreign policy stances on the Soviet Union

a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War to gain supremacy in nuclear warfare

best known for her successful fight against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the 1970s

well known for her writings on environmental pollution and the natural history of the sea. Her book, Silent Spring (1962), became one of the most influential books in the modern environmental movement and provided the impetus for tighter control of pesticides, including DDT

In his first term, Reagan implemented "Reaganomics", which involved economic deregulation and cuts in both taxes and government spending during a period of stagflation. He escalated an arms race and transitioned Cold War policy away from détente with the Soviet Union.

 The Second Red Scare was a period of heightened anti-communist fear and paranoia in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, marked by intense government investigations and widespread suspicion of communist infiltration in American society.

At the core of the sexual revolution was the concept -- radical at the time -- that women, just like men, enjoyed sex and had sexual needs. Feminists asserted that single women had the same sexual desires and should have the same sexual freedoms as everyone else in society.

a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s and was one of the principal representations of the New Left.

the process of people moving from cities to suburban areas, which are residential communities located outside of city centers.

the migration of hundreds of thousands of Americans from the Northern and Midwestern Rust Belt to the Southern Sun Belt due to the climate, economic opportunities, cost of living, retirement, and social and political climate

a military conflict that took place from 1955 to 1975 between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, with the United States supporting South Vietnam and the Soviet Union supporting North Vietnam

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