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What country had the worlds strongest economy right after World War II?
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The United States
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What was the cause of the Post-War boom of goods in the U.S.?
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Other countries after the war needed goods to rebuild and they bought lots of these goods from the United States
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What two agencies which dealt with finances were held in Washington, D.C.?
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The Word Bank and The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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What is a recession?
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A recession is a period when an economy shrinks
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What is suburbanization?
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A movement of people from cities to communities outside an urban core. Where single house families had lawns and access to good schools.
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What is the Sunbelt?
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The states in the South and Southwest of the U.S.
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What programs did President Truman and Congress create?
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Programs for veterans, the elderly, and the poor.
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What did President Dwight Eisenhower get funding to build?
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An interstate highway system
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The Middle East;s decease in Oil Exports led to Oil price booms and what in the U.S.?
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A serious recession.
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What is segregation?
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Forced separation, in education and housing
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What is Discrimination?
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Unequal treatment or barriers.
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Although slavery had been abolished, African American still faced what?
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Segregation and discrimination
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What landmark ruling case declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional?
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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
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Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
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He was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement.
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What did Martin Luther King, Jr. used as protest?
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He used peaceful marches and boycotts
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