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This alliance of agricultural workers had primary strategies during the agrarian revolt.
What is the Farmers Alliance?
Woodrow Wilson affected Latin America with this "moral" policy.
What is "moral imperialism"?
This specific doctrine was a key subject during the Cold War - stating that it was the United States' duty to lead the battle against communism since it was the largest and most powerful democracy.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This Supreme Court Decision in 1954 overturned the 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson ruling legitimizing "separate but equal", essentially outlawing segregation.
What is Brown vs Board of Education?
Lyndon B. Johnson established key components for this "Society" such as Medicare and Medicaid.
What is the Great Society?
This political party, also known as the People's Party, had a core guiding vision.
What is the Populist Party?
A boom in this transportation sector caused other sectors to expand in the 1920s.
What is the automobile boom?
This plan had a primary objective during the Cold War-a U.S. led effort to rebuild Europe ($) and stop the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This boycott was triggered in Montgomery in 1955.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This resolution, drafted by Congress, gave the president (Johnson at the time) authority to escalate military conflicts (Vietnam) without requiring Congressional approval.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
The Populists proposed specific policies in this political platform in 1892.
What is the Omaha platform?
This "First" legislative program had a primary goal during the era covered in Chapter 21, creating a multitude of new government programs - it was largely what FDR campaigned on in 1932.
What is the First New Deal?
The creation of this organization altered traditional U.S. foreign policy, joining the allies together following WWII. The Soviets responded by creating the Warsaw Pact.
What is NATO?
President Eisenhower dealt with communism aggressively, arguing at one point this policy should be used as opposed to traditional weapons because it gave more "bang for the buck".
What is "massive retaliation"? (Use of nuclear weapons, large scale)
Betty Friedan wrote this book, which called for women to expand their horizons beyond household duties and raising children.
What is "The Feminine Mystique"?
This corollary expanded American power in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This act impacted the American banking system. (Think about keeping the consumer banking such as loans, savings, etc separate from investment banking like stocks...)
What is the Glass-Steagall Act?
This "Scare" took place during the Cold War, fueled by propaganda and Congressional hearings.
What is the (second) Red Scare?
This piece of Civil Rights legislation was passed in 1964, creating a huge rift in the Democratic party between northern and southern Democrats.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This term characterized the economy of the 1970s, combining inflation with wages that were not rising.
What is "stagflation"?
William Howard Taft is associated with this specific type of diplomacy.
What is "Dollar Diplomacy"?
This administration, abbreviated as the NRA, had a specific purpose.
What is the National Recovery Administration?
Chapter 23 questions how this specific war came to an end, or if it even did officially end...
What is the Korean War?
The Civil Rights legislation of 1964 left out this key component, which was passed in 1965 and had equal resistance to it.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This economic policy, a centerpiece of the Reagan campaign, proposed cutting taxes on corporations and upper tax brackets so the savings would permeate throughout the economy.
What is "Reaganomics" (or Voodoo Economics (George H.W. Bush), supply-side economics, or trickle-down economics)?