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Her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white
passenger began the Montgomery Bus Boycott and
the opening battle in the Civil Rights Movement
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Rosa Parks
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This was the amendment to the Constitution that
freed the slaves after the Civil War
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13th Amendment
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This was the amendment that granted black men the
right to vote
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15th Amendment
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This amendment established definition of
citizenship and granted rights of citizenship
regardless of race
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14th Amendment
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This black political group of the 1960s argued
that the non-violent methods of Dr. King had
failed and that to achieve civil rights for all
minorities violence should be used
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The Black Panthers
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A gifted orator and reformer, he was a candidate
for president in the 1896 election for both the
Democratic and Populist parties He served on the
side of the prosecution for the 1927 Scopes
Monkey Trial
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William Jennings Bryan
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A successful Texas businessman, he ran for
president in 1992 on a third-party ticket and won
almost 20 of the popular vote He siphoned enough
votes away from George Bush Sr that Bill Clinton
won the election
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Ross Perot
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A Republican senator from Massachusetts, he
supported American expansion in the late
1800s He also led opposition to the Versailles
Treaty and Wilsons dream of the League of
Nations after WWI
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Her book, The Feminine Mystique, is credited with
sparking the second wave of feminism in America
during the 1960s
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Betty Friedan
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He was an American farm worker, labor leader, and
civil rights activist He co-founded United Farm
Workers and led boycotts and hunger strikes
during the 1960s seeking better working
conditions for migrant farm workers
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Cesar Chavez
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These two laws passed during WWI greatly
restricted Americans rights to free speech and
free press
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Espionage and Sedition Acts
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He was president during WWI
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Woodrow Wilson
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The largest and deadliest battle for American
troops during WWI Corporal Alvin York won the
Medal of Honor and promotion to Sergeant in this
battle
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Battle of the Argonne Forest
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A stalemate partly due to weapons such as the
machine-gun caused both sides to resort to this
type of warfare
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Trench Warfare
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The horrors of trench warfare caused both sides
to develop new weapon systems to try and break
the stalemate These were three new weapons that
caught on
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Tanks, airplanes, and chemical weapons
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This became the policy of America towards
communist expansion following WWII It is also
known as the policy of Containment
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The Truman Doctrine
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This program was created to help rebuild Europe
after WWII and also stop the expansion of
communism into Western Europe
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The Marshall Plan Named after its creator,
Secretary of State George Marshall
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In 1948-1949, when the Soviet Union blockaded
resupply to the American, British, and French
sectors of occupied Berlin, the Allies responded
with this
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The Berlin Airlift
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President Kennedy, Soviet Premier Khrushchev, and
communist leader Fidel Castro went head-to-head
in this 1962 crisis
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
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This symbol of the Cold War was torn down by both
the West and East German people in 1989
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The Berlin Wall
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WWII began in Europe in 1939 when Germany did this
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Invaded Poland
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He was commander-in-chief of all US Army forces
in the Pacific Theater of WWII
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General Douglas MacArthur
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He was the Commander-in-Chief of all US Navy
forces in the Pacific Theater during WWII He was
also a native of Fredericksburg, Texas
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Admiral Chester A. Nimitz
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He was noted for his concern for his troops and
his ability to organize He commanded the US First
Army in the D-Day invasion of Normandy He was
considered a soldiers soldier one who cares
about his men
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General Omar Bradley
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The Daily Double
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He was probably the most famous US general in
Europe in WWII He was noted for his
aggressiveness and impulsive behavior earning him
the nickname Old Blood and Guts
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General George Patton
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The first ten amendments to the US Constitution
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Bill of Rights
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The name of the legislative program President
Kennedy wanted to enact He wanted to help the
poor and provide health insurance to the elderly,
and create a Department of Urban Affairs
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The New Frontier
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The name of President Lyndon Johnsons
legislative agenda He wanted to expand education,
set higher standards for clean air and water, and
end poverty in America
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The Great Society
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Nickname given for economic policies under
President Reagan It was described as
trickle-down economics It was based on
supply-side economic principles
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Reaganomics
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An economic policy set by President Taft which
pushed for American investment in foreign
countries, especially Latin America
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Ida Tarbell
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Muckraker who exposed the Standard Oil Trust
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Ida B. Wells
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African-American woman who wrote about and fought
against the lynching of blacks in the South
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Glenn Curtis
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An aviation pioneer, he was the first to take-off
and land on the deck of a ship Known as the
father of naval aviation
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Marcus Garvey
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Pushing for civil rights for blacks, Garvey
founded the Universal Negro Improvement
Association He also was a leader of the
Back-to-Africa Movement
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She became known during the 1960s as a lawyer,
author, and conservative activist She fought
against modern feminism and the Equal Rights
Amendment
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Phyllis Schlafly
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The process by which special interest groups can,
through voter participation (petitions), propose
bills to their legislature for a vote
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Initiative
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A process by which all voters can express their
will by a direct vote on bills offered by the
legislature
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referendum
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The process by which voters can remove an elected
official from office before the next scheduled
election
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Recall
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This amendment states that powers not
specifically granted to the federal government in
the Constitution belong to the states or the
people
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10th Amendment
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Established by an act of Congress in 1887, this
was created to regulate railroad shipping rates
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The Interstate Commerce Commission
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OPEC
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Oil Producing and Exporting Countries This
organization sets production rates and fixes
prices per barrel of oil
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This post-WWII law provides money for education,
small business loans, and farm loans to US
servicemen
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GI Bill of Rights
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A rebirth of African-American culture led by
poets, authors, artists, musicians, and
movies Provided an outlet for African-Americans
intellectuals who continued to oppose segregation
and discrimination
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Harlem Renaissance
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The US trade policy concerning China The US
wanted all countries to respect Chinas territory
and government and assure free trade for all
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Open Door Policy
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Begun in 1901 and finished in 1914, the
construction of this greatly diminished the
travel time of ocean-going vessels between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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Panama Canal
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A renowned Philadelphia doctor who was an avid
practitioner of bleeding Member of the
Constitutional Convention Treasurer of the US
Mint from 1797-1813
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Benjamin Rush
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Early advocate for the American
Revolution Played a role in the Boston Tea
Party Placed the most visible signature on the
Declaration of Independence
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John Hancock
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He was a founding father, a signer of the US
Constitution, and the first Chief justice of the
Supreme Court He was most famous for negotiating
a treaty with great Britain that settled issues
left from the Revolutionary War The treaty was
named for him
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John Jay
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He was a Catholic from Maryland He supported the
revolution against Great Britain He was longest
living signer of the Declaration of Independence
dying in 1832
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Charles Carroll
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One of the most educated of the founding fathers,
he emigrated from Scotland He was the president
of the College of New Jersey He pushed for
independence from Britain
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John Witherspoon
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He was an African-American Methodist preacher and
a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who
advocated the use of passive resistance
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Martin Luther King, JR
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These mostly Southern laws or statutes enforced
segregation and restricted the rights of blacks
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Jim Crow Laws
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An African-American leader and educator, he
believed blacks should gain an education and
raise themselves up rather than fight for civil
rights
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Booker T. Washington
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This landmark law made it illegal to discriminate
based on race, sex, and religion and gave the
government powers to enforce all civil rights
laws including desegregation
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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This 1954 Supreme Court case outlawed segregation
in public schools
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Brown v. Board of Education
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In 1944, Korematsu v. The United States upheld
this
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The constitutionality of detaining
Japanese-Americans in camps during WWII
Authorized by Executive Order 9066
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In 1947, Mendez v. Westminster was the first
Supreme Court case to successfully challenge this
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Segregation of children by race/ethnicity
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The 1948 Supreme Court case, Delgado v. Bastrop
ISD decided this
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Segregation of Mexican-American children was
illegal in Texas
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In 1950, the Supreme Court ruled in this case
that UT law schools separate facility for blacks
failed to qualify as separate but equal and
Herman Sweatt won the right to attend UT Law
school
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Sweatt v. Painter
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When you are arrested and the police advise you
of your rights they are complying with a Supreme
Court decision in this case
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Miranda v. Arizona Factoid After winning his
case, Miranda was later stabbed in a bar parking
lot. Ironically, as he lay bleeding to death, his
assailant was handcuffed and read his Miranda
Rights
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The right to free speech, press, assembly,
petition, and religion
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1st Amendment
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The right to bear arms
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2nd Amendment
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You cannot be required to testify against
yourself and you cannot be tried twice for the
same crime (double jeopardy)
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5th Amendment
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This banned the transportation, sale, and
consumption of alcohol
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18th Amendment
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The 21st Amendment did this
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Repealed the 18th Amendment
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This pseudo-scientific belief argued that the
human race could be improved through breeding and
was used as an excuse for marriage restrictions,
segregation laws, and a push to lower immigration
quotas from inferior countries Pseudo means
false
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Eugenics
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This policy argues that government should
interfere as little as possible in business
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Laissez-Faire
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This social reform movement based on religious
principles was dedicated to the betterment of
industrial society through the application of
charity and justice Groups included the YMCA and
the Salvation Army
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Social-Gospel Movement
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The theory that if one country fell to Communism
then others nearby would fall as well was used to
help justify American involvement in Vietnam
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The Domino Theory
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They were the dictators of Nazi Germany, Fascist
Italy, and Communist Russia during WWII
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Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin
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He wrote Grapes of Wrath which told the story of
a family migrating from the Depression-era Dust
Bowl
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John Steinbeck
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She was the first African-American woman to be
elected to the US Congress and the first woman to
run for president
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Shirley Chisholm
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One of the leading lawyers of his day, he
represented the defense in the Scopes Monkey
Trial
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Clarence Darrow
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She was a leader in the American Womens Suffrage
Movement
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Susan B. Anthony
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He made history when he flew solo non-stop from
St. Louis to Paris, France in 1927 in his plane,
The Spirit of St. Louis
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Charles Lindbergh
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Acronyms
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The Great Depression
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization Originally
formed as an alliance to protect Western Europe
from the Soviet Union
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NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement A free trade
agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico
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NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA
was formed in response to the USSRs launching
if the Sputnik satellite
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GATT
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT was
an international agreement on trade signed in
1947. In 1995, it was replaced by the World Trade
Organization (WTO)
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HUAC
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House Un-American Activities Committee This
committee held hearings on communist influences
in America beginning in 1938 and into the 1970s.
Some government employees were accused as
communist spies and many accused Hollywood
writers, actors, and producers were blacklisted
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This American flying unit supported the
Nationalist Chinese Army during WWII
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The Flying Tigers
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This group was the first African-American
fighter squadron Called the Red-Tails, they
earned a reputation as skilled pilots
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The Tuskegee Airmen
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Wind Talkers
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Navajo Indians used as code talkers for the US
Army US radio operations in the Pacific during
WWII could not be broken as the enemy could not
understand the Navajo language
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When the Philippines were invaded and taken by
the Japanese, US and Filipino soldiers who had
surrendered were forced to endure this brutal
march to prison camps
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The Bataan Death March
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Much of the cost of WWII for America was financed
by selling these to the American public
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War Bonds
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He was president when the Great Depression first
struck in 1929
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Herbert Hoover
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This was Franklin Roosevelts plan to end the
Depression
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The New Deal
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Roosevelt calmed the American public through
these radio talks
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Fireside Chats
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This was established to guarantee the publics
bank accounts in case of bank failure
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC
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Created by FDR to allow the old to live in
dignity, this Second New Deal program consumes a
great deal of todays government budget
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Social Security
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He formed the Rough Riders to fight in the
Spanish-American War He became President upon the
assassination of President McKinley He created
many national parks He pushed through the Pure
Food and Drug Act
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President Theodore Roosevelt
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He became president upon the death of FDR He
authorized the use of atomic bombs on Japan He
desegregated the United States Army He announced
a doctrine to contain communism wherever it may
try to expand
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President Harry S. Truman
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He ended the Vietnam War through his policy of
negotiation and Vietnamization He visited
Communist China and began a new relationship
between it and the US He was the only president
to resign
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President Richard M. Nixon
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He tried to end poverty in America through his
Great Society program He greatly increased the
numbers of US soldiers fighting in Vietnam He
helped push through the Civil Rights Act 1964
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President Lyndon Johnson
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He was youngest president to be elected He was
the first Catholic president He got the Soviet
Union to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis He was
assassinated in 1963
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President John F. Kennedy
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He was the segregationist, democratic governor of
Alabama during the time of the Civil Rights
Movement He literally barred the door against
blacks attempting to seek admission to the
University of Alabama When he ran for president
during the 1972 election an assassination attempt
left him paralyzed
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George Wallace
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Journalists who exposed corruption, abuse, and
other social problems
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Muckrakers
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A type of journalism that is biased, and often
based on false information and sensationalism for
the sake of attracting readers
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Yellow Journalism
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A preference for native-born citizens accompanied
by hostility towards immigrants during the 1800s
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Nativism
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Written by Upton Sinclair, this book exposed the
horrible sanitary conditions and procedures in
the meat-packing industry
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The Jungle