Chapter 24

Most monetary gains reached ordinary citizens through rising wages

The suburb

It was deeply political and controversial

Residents brokers and realtors dealt in contracts and mortgages the barred the sale to nonwhite residence

Increasing control of land by US sugar companies on the island push small tobacco and coffee farmers off the island and into a search for jobs on the mainland

The common enemies of the Soviet Union and the federal government

He presided over the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways

The constant threat of mutually assured destruction under the doctrine made for more cautious diplomacy

They hoped to convince the new nations to ally themselves with the eastern bloc against european and american imperialists

Americans seemed to have largely withdrawn from open dissent in the public sphere

He brought rhythms and sexual provocative movements of black musicians to white audiences

The movement came as a great surprise it was predicted by only a few

Some justices on the court fear the outbreak of widespread violence was such a bold ruling

The idea of peaceful civil disobedience

The launch of the Soviets Satalite sputnik

The West did not benefit from the industries that spring up from the cold war

Rose by 50%

Reinforce the concentration of poverty in nonwhite urban neighborhoods

Were absorbed with the notion of a common Judeo Christian heritage

Trains and streetcars

Did expansion of core new deal programs

Employers require the national Association of Manufacturers to except the right of workers to organize unions

Americans were conformists and lacked the inner resources to lead truly independent lives

Repudiated the Supreme Court decision and brown versus board of education

The military-industrial complex