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Pricing
1939
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women who worked in manufacturing plants during WWII were symbolized by Rosie the Riveter, which showed the economic power of women
1939 - August 1945
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1946 - 1991
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difference in political beliefs between the US and the USSR
1947
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created the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Council
1947
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supported containment, and said that the US would protect free people resisting communism
-Greece and Turkey
1948
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Truman proposed to extend the New Deal for this new era. Increased minimum wage. Social Security expanded. Slum cleanup.
1948
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Alger Hiss
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
1950
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during the cold war: if 1 area was overtaken by communism, other nations would follow
1950 - 1953
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North Korea invaded South Korea
the UN sent in troops
China sent in troops to fight the UN
cease-fire in July 1953
1950
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Republican senator from Wisconsin
accused many people of communism in the State Department
1950
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people began to move away from the cities because of may factors: automobiles, road system, Federal Housing Administration, better living conditions.
1953
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integration of military forces
desegregation
1954
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desegregation in public schools is illegal
contradicted Plessy v. Ferguson "separate but equal" ruling
1954 - 1975
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North- led by Ho Chi Minh
South- supported by the US
north attempted to overthrow the south, and the south asked for aid to fend off communists
1955
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refused to give up her bus seat
preceded the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama
1956
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expanded highway system
1957
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stimulated by Brown v. BOE and civil rights activism
October 1957
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Soviet satellite launched into space
concerned the US because they realized they were behind technologically
increased science education in the US
1960
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free speech movement at Berkeley
-women's liberation, anti-materialism, opposition to the Vietnam War
drugs and sex
hippies
Woodstock Festival
1960
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students would sit in Whites Only sections and refuse to leave until they were served
1960
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by 1960 over 40 million homes owned TVs
1960
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increasing employment and education for women
questioned traditional women's roles
1961
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provide economic aid to Latin America to help the region resist communism
1961
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East Berlin was under Communist control, fell in 1989
April 1961
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attempted invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained Cuban refugees
goal was to overthrow communist Castro
failed
October 1962
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American spy plane discovered Soviet missile sites in Cuba
Kennedy blockaded Cuba and declared that any missile attack on the US would result in retaliation against the USSR
USSR removed the missile sights and US lifted the blockade
1963
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published The Feminine Mystique which attacked traditional opinions on women
founded NOW
1963
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believed in peaceful civil disobedience
"I Have a Dream"
1964
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prohibited discrimination in public places
1965
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voters couldnt be forced to take literacy tests
July 20, 1969
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Neil Armstrong- first man to walk on the moon
1970
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university protest against Vietnam War
4 students killed
led to other uprisings on college campuses
1972
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US and Soviets to stop building nuclear missiles for 5 years
1973
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legalized abortion in the first trimester
1979
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reduced and limited number of missile launchers and bombers
1946 - 1956
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1954 - 1970
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made popular culture their subject matter
images such as household items, advertisements, celebrities, fast food, cartoons, mass media imagery
often used forms of mechanical production- downplayed the idea of originality
tested boundary between art and life
1960
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took product labels and logos out of a commercial context and displayed them as art
borrowed images from tv, advertising, mass media
-Campbell's Soup Can (1966)
-Boxes
-Marilyn
1960
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the use of existing images and objects to create new works of art
household goods, ads, celebrities, fast food, cartoons, images from mass media
-Marilyn by Andy Warhol
1960
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bold, solid colours
smooth, even surfaces
conceal evidence of the artist's production
in rebellion to the Abstract Expressionist painters before them
1960
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suggests that happiness can be achieved through the purchase of goods and services
cars, houses, TVs, furniture, modern appliances
advertisement and product placement
fast food chains in the suburbs
1960
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simple geometric shapes, separate from reality
Amaryllis by Tony Smith
1960
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many artists reproduced images from mass media (TV, newspaper)
1960 - 1975
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pure, geometric, abstract art
properties of space, scale, and materials were explored as ends in themselves rather than metaphors for human experience
natural materials
the idea of pushing art to its boundaries was characteristic of the counterculture sentiment of the 60s
1960
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repetition of forms
1960
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reject traditional sculpture
placing artwork directly on the floor or wall
1964 - 1970
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test the limits of what could be considered a painting
optical illusions