1950s And 1960s Society

1950s and 1960s society terms ● dixitcrats­any of the Southern Democrats who seceded from the party in 1948 in opposition to its policy of extending civil rights
● Levittown­ four large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons
● Camelot­a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur
● warren commission­investigate the assassination of United States President John F.
Kennedy that had taken place on November 22, 1963
● community action/ headstart­ local private and public non­profit organizations that carry out the Community Action Program (CAP), which was founded by the 1964
Economic Opportunity Act to fight poverty by empowering the poor as part of the War on Poverty.
● beatniks­an American psychologist and writer, known for advocating psychedelic drugs ● modern republicanism­During the campaign of 1952, Eisenhower criticized the statist or big government programs of Truman's Fair Deal, yet he did not share the extreme views of some Republican conservatives.
● JFKS new frontier­ Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic
National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him.
● alliance for progress­offered economic and technical assistance to latin countries
● great society­a domestic program in the administration of President Lyndon B.
Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs
● VISTA­voluteers in service to america also called domestic peace corps
● dept. of housing and urban development­ A U.S. government agency created in 1965 to support community development and increase home ownership
● clean air act­ United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. It requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from airborne contaminants known to be hazardous to human health.
● Haight­Ashbury(san­fran)­named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury streets. It is also called The Haight and The Upper Haight. The neighborhood is known for its history of hippie subculture.
● dept of health education and welfare­is a cabinet­level department of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the health of US citizens
● richard nixon­the 37th President of the United States, served from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office

● peace corps­ providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand American culture, and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries.
● office of economic opportunity­the agency responsible for administering most of the
War on Poverty programs created as part of United States President Lyndon B.
Johnson's Great Society legislative agenda.
● medicare/medicore­A federal health insurance program, administered by the Social
Security Administration, that provides health care for the aged.
● conformity/consumerism­buying material goods, came to be equated with success
● allen ginsberg­an American poet and one of the leading figures of both the Beat
Generation of the 1950s and the counterculture that soon would follow. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression
● Students for democratic society­a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the New Left. The organization developed and expanded rapidly in the mid­1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969.