Amendments
Right to a fair and speedy trial
6th Amendment
nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States
SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
Mass withdrawals from banks, causing financial collapse.
Bank Runs
Sputnik
Ms. Kala Brown
Rights of citizens and equal protection under the law
14th
SCANDAL ALERT:
secret arms sale to Iran for hostages, and profit for the Contras in Nicaragua
Iran-Contra Affair/Scandal
When people speculated and borrowed money to invest in the stock market, planning to pay it back when they earned a profit.
Buying on the Margin
an imaginary line of latitude that became the boundary between North and South Korea
38th Parallel
Policy of conceding to aggressor to avoid conflict.
Appeasement
Direct election of senators
17th
Slogan for Reagan's massive buildup of the military
"Peace Through Strength"
Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.
Dust Bowl
a federal law enacted to prohibit interference with military operations, prevent insubordination in the military, and combat support for U.S. enemies
Espionage Act (1917)
Diem's South Vietnamese government was unpopluar due to dictatorial rule, and systemic discrimination against this majority...
Buddhist
Rights reserved to the people
9th
3 causes of the Soviet Union collapse
Economic shortages (failures), Gorbacheev's reforms, military spending, nationalist movements
created in 1934 to restore investor confidence and prevent another financial catastrophe like the 1929 stock market crash
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
an amendment to the Monroe Doctrine asserting that the United States had the right to intervene in Latin American nations to manage their financial or political instability.
Roosevelt Corollary
LBJ's plan for America (think social reform)
Great Society
Three amendments that impact the vote.
13th, 19th, 26th
Reagan's plan to combat stagflation.
DAILY DOUBLE: name both terms
Reaganomics
*Trickle down economics
The event that ended the Great Depression
WWII
a 13-day standoff in 1962 between the US and Soviet Union, bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war
Cuban Missile Crisis
A term Ms. Brown uses for "that thing over there" .... as in, "Hand me that ________"
Medoulli