Vocabulary
First female Supreme Court Justice
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
First immigration ban against Chinese
Chinese Exclusion Act
Modern women that change the social norms of women( Roaring Twenties)
Flappers
Court case about segregating Mexican American students in school, used the same arguments as the Brown vs. Board of Education
What is Mendez vs. Westminster
What action did Congress take to help protect native plants and animals from extinction?
What is passed the Endangered Species Act?
Supply side/trickle down economics, gave tax breaks to the wealthy and big businesses to help stimulate the economy
What is Reaganomics ?
Formed to protect workers rights against Robber Barons, ex: Knights of Labor
Labor Unions
U.S. President Truman’s policy to contain and stop the spread of communism by any means necessary. Gave $300 million to Greece and Turkey.
Truman Doctrine
This orginization used all necessary means to defend the community and provide the community needs
What is the Black Panther Party?
FEMA
What is Federal Emergency Management Agency
Homeland Security
OPCVL stands for.....
Origin
Purpose
Content
Value
Limitations
Designed to prevent companies from engaging in unfair practices that eliminated fair competition
Sherman Antitrust Act
Gave loans to help WWII veterans buy homes and go to college when they returned to civilian life
G.I. Bill
Guarantees equal protection under the law, used to argue against racism and injustice in most civil rights cases (like in Brown v Board of Education)
14th Amendment
Who is Steve Jobs
Massive dust storms in the midwest, caused by poor farming techniques and severe drought. Forced farmers to move West.
What is the dust bowl?
Prohibited unfair practices by railroads such as charging higher rates for shorter routes
Interstate Commerce Act
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, this president ordered a " quarantine" and then threatened the Soviet Union govt. that if they don't give into demands then the U.S. would use force
Who is President John F. Kennedy
Written by MLK arguing for the use of civil disobedience
What is the Letter from Birmingham Jail
The election year we first heard the words " recount" during the presidential election
Election 2000
George Bush
Al Gore
New Deal reform that guarantees your money is protected in banks
FDIC
Economic philosophy based on the " survival of the fittest"
Social Darwinism
How did some Americans show their anit- war sentiment during the Vietnam War?
What is organizing mass protests and burning draft cards
This president sent troops to Little Rock ,Arkansas to enforce a ruling to desegregate public schools
Who is President Eisenhowser
This president resigned from office as a result of Watergate
Who is President Nixon?