Key+Concepts+for+Unit+9+-+Class+1+10-11

During this class, I will have you read pages 1019-1020 in your textbook. Listed below are some of the key concepts that we talked about in class:


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 * GROWTH OF CITIES AND SUBURBANIZATION: 1950s to the Present**
 * Suburbanization: Why? How? Impact?
 * cheap, mass-produced homes
 * Highways v. Interstate (autobahn's influence)
 * more $$$
 * GI Bill
 * land
 * (implicit and/or explicit) racism
 * schools
 * Baby Boom ($, health, education)
 * Suburbs of suburbs, then suburbs of suburbs of suburbs
 * gov't $ encouragement of homeowning
 * Inner cities
 * blockbusting, redlining, funding issues, schools, busing, ghettos
 * What did that leave for the inner cities?
 * funding issues
 * 1990s/2000s: Gentrification
 * downtowns
 * single-family unit housing v. mixed use

The "Silent Majority" (Define it - what is the impact of the word choice used here?) Nixon's Southern Strategy (Define it - How did Nixon appeal to Southerners who, traditionally, had been Democrats for the past century?) - Look at this link showing how the US voted in presidential elections. Liberal legislative reforms under Nixon (increased funding for food stamps, Social Security payments, Environmentalism - EPA, OSHA established, furthered affirmative action through the Philadelphia Plan, etc.) The difference in political ideology between liberals and conservatives The impact of the Supreme Court on legislation and how a president can shape the Supreme Court (i.e. Nixon appointed four justices) Judicial activism vs judicial review