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| an unprecedented population growth |
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| The 1956 Interstate Highway Act |
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| passed by Eisenhower spend 26 million dollars on 40,000 miles of road |
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| provides loans to veterans for education, homes, and business |
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| the head of joint AFL and CIO in 1955 |
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| The National Outdoor Recreation Review Commission |
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| established in 1958 which began the process toward conservation |
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| different companies combine |
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| the first credit card established in 1950 which raised credit a lot |
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| book by J.D. Salinger about fitting in |
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| questions conformity, reject materialism and popularize marijuana use |
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| will limit union power by saying state can prohibit union shop, the president can ask for a 90 day cooling off period |
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| the governor of New York who lost the election to Truman |
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| "conservative when it comes to money, liberal when it comes to human beings" |
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| broke the color barrier in pro baseball by pllying for the Brooklyn Dodgers |
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| Supreme Court case which declared "separate but equal" |
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| Linda Brown/ Brown V. the Board of Education |
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| eight year old that had to ride a bus to a blacks only school. Court case declared 'separate facilities are inherently unequal" |
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| arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white person. This caused the Bus boycott |
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| had a PhD in Philosophy and was a Baptist minister. Started the bus boycott. Established the idea of peaceful non-violent protests |
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| allowed the justice department to take control of all courts cases that deal with civil rights |
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| stopped voter discrimination |
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| sought for reparations for lost land |
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| established to eliminate reservations as political entities and assimilate indians into American society |
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