Great Depression
What ended the Great Depression?
WWII
Why did the US enter WWII?
Which 2 superpowers became rivals after WWII?
US and Soviet Union
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Issues the Great Society address
Name the 3 Rs.
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What was the Manhattan Project?
Secret building of the atomic bomb
What is containment?
Ended the Civil Rights Movement
Characterized by high inflation and high employment
What is stagflation?
What is the WPA?
Relief program that provided jobs to Americans
To pay for the war
What is the Red Scare?
Fear that communist were working in the government
Banned discrimination in public places
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Nixon's policy to ease Cold War tensions
What is detente?
What is the FDIC?
Protected bank deposits up to 2500
What was the result of the Yalta Conference?
Germany was divided into 4 occupation zones.
What was the effect of the Interstate Highway System?
Growth of suburbs
Banned discrimination in housing
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Long term result of the Watergate Scandal
American lost trust in the government
Why did the Court Packing bill fail?
Congress said it disputed checks and balances
What is fascism?
A government system that puts the needs of the state above the individual
Cuban Missile Crisis
Overturned by Brown v Board of Education
What is Reaganomics?