Cold War
Principle/Concept stated by George Kennan that became the justification for the US pursuing a Cold War against the USSR and all Communism
Containment
The reconstruction amendments eliminated slavery, granted voting rights for African American males and also provided this
Civil Rights (14th)
Although not personally corrupt, this president was adversely impacted by both the Whiskey Ring and Credit Mobilier scandals that occurred during his presidency
Grant
Plessy vs Ferguson effectively legalized this practice throughout the South in its decision
Segregation/Jim Crow
Desegregated the military
Truman
Provided for the direct election of senators
17th Amendment
The economic arm of US Cold War policy, essentially rebuilt and revitalized Western Europe
Marshall Plan
The Freedman's Bureau was a govt program designed to assist emancipated slaves get an independent start. The reality was most former slaves relegated themselves to a new condition of labor that rarely gave them opportunities for economic freedom
Sharecropping
One of the earliest victims of muckraking (courtesy of Thomas Nast). He symbolized the illicit excesses of big city political machines
Boss Tweed
Executive order 9066 is an unfortunate example of government justifying depriving civil rights in the name of security as it removed these citizens to camps for most of WWII
Japanese Americans
Spanish American War
McKinley
One of the two New Deal Acts ruled unconstitutional
NRA or AAA
The Cuban Missile Crisis originated in some part due to this previous failed CIA mission/invasion to try and overthrow the Cuban Govt.
Bay of Pigs
The emergence of this group during Reconstruction reflected the difficult reality behind African Americans being able to exercise freedom peacefully.
KKK
his impeachment revealed a deep rift between this president and his own party after the Civil War
Johnson
This organization built off the efforts of NAWSA, Suffrage, and the symbolism of Rosie the Riveter to push for equal rights during the 1960's
NOW
Established the Peace Corps
Kennedy
Supreme Court Decision that ushered in the beginning of the end of segregation
Brown v Board
Coining the Soviets as the "evil empire" this president is largely credited with bringing an end to the Cold War with his multiple meetings with Soviet Leaders
Reagan
Reconstruction failed for many reasons, but one clear factor was the insistence of instituting this plan that placed the South in military districts before readmitting them into the Union
Radical Reconstruction Act or Military Reconstruction Act
Ida Wells spearheaded an attack against the government's indifference to the unspoken crime of this impacting and striking fear in African Americans in the South through the late 1800's and early 20th century
Lynching
The Palmer Raids following WWI were in response to the fear of ideologies that emerged during WWI. This became known as the
Red Scare.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding
Act that put restrictions on a President's ability to declare War largely in response to the recklessness of Vietnam.
War Powers Act
The nuclear war fear of the 50's could partially be attributed to the concepts of Massive Retaliation and Mutual Assured Destruction that ironically were examples of this US Nuclear strategy
Deterrence
The controversy surrounding the election of 1876 was essentially that the Republican candidate would win in spite of not having a majority popular vote on the condition that he would end this
Reconstruction policy
The Pentagon Papers exposed some of the "inconvenient" truths surrounding the decision making behind this war
Vietnam
The effort to assimilate Native Americans in the late 1800's with this act that gave them individual land holdings backfired as it further deteriorated their culture and traditions.
Dawes Act
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft
The Elkins and Hepburn acts of the early 20th century concentrated on regulating rates surrounding this industry
Railroad