The Feminine Mystique- Challenged women to get away from suburban housewifery, causing a second wave of feminism to occur.
Rock'n'roll- Was a style of music that was a combination of black rhythm and blues with white bluegrass and country.
Checkers Speech- An address by vice-president Nixon who saved his place on the ballot by defending himself against accusation of corruption, stating that the only gift was his family dog, Checkers.
McCarthyism- Senator McCarthy accusing high-ranking officials and other Americans of conspiracy with communism, causing anti-communist paranoia.
Army-McCarthy hearings- McCarthy accused members of the army, showing his extremism and led to his downfall.
Jim Crow- Based on the "separate but equal" facilities for black and whites to prevent racial mixing in public , it was an informal system made by custom, violence and intimidation.
Montgomery Bus Boycott- Was a protest that started by Rosa Park's refusal to move to the back of the bus, lasting from December 1, 1955 to December 26, 1956.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas- Abolished racial segregation in public schools, with the Supreme Court stating that "separate" was anything but equal.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)- Was political organization that was towards "participatory democracy," emerging from civil rights, antipoverty and antiwar movements.
Operation Wetback- Government program to deport as many as one million Mexican migrant workers.
Federal Highway Act of 1956- Led to construction thousands of miles of modern highways, allowing people to move from their house to urban jobs.
Policy of Boldness- Foreign policy that changed the containment strategy to one that was focused on the Soviet Union to attempt to get rid of communist influence around the world.
Hungarian Uprising- Demonstrations in Hungary against the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev suppressed the Western uprising.
Battle of Dien Bien Phu- French forces were defeated by Viet Minh nationalist loyal to Ho Chi Minh, causing the French to end their colonial rule.
Suez Crisis- Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, leading the British and French to attack Egypt, without aid from the United States.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)- Aimed to control access to and prices of oil, taking power away from Western oil companies and investors.
Sputnik- The first Soviet satellite launched into Earth orbit on October 4, 1957.
Kitchen Debate- Nikita Khrushchev and Vice President Nixon met at the American National Exhibition in Moscow to spar over capitalist consumer culture versus Soviet state planning.
Abstract Expression- Experimental style of modern art, started by Jackson Pollock's spontaneous "action paintings."
International Style- A modernist architectural style known for its "curtain-wall" designs of steel-and-glass.
Beat Generation- Bohemian writers and personalities, such as Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs who advocated free-form experimentation in life and literature.
Southern Renaissance- Was a literary outpouring among 20th century southern writers by critically appreciating of the region's burdens of history, racism, and conservatism.