Jazz Age
Court case that pitted science and religion against each other
Scopes Monkey Trial
President in 1970 that said he would end U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Richard Nixon
This was caused by drought, high winds, and farmers overworking the land
Dust Bowl
Who became President in the election of 1960 because of televised debate
John F. Kennedy
This court case involved students that protested the Vietnam war and used armbands as a symbol of protest speech
Tinker v. Des Moines
Promoted Black is beautiful pride, segregation, & Back to Africa movement.
Marcus Garvey
men got caught breaking in to a hotel that was the Democratic headquarters, President tried to cover it up
Watergate Scandal
WWI veterans that went to Washington to request money they had been promised as a reward for their service
Bonus Army/Marchers
What 2 men landed on the moon in 1969?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
This allowed segregation and created Jim Crow laws in the country. (separate but equal)
Plessy v. Ferguson
A court case involving Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder with only circumstantial evidence
Sacco and Vanzetti
policy used by Nixon with the Soviet Union to relax tensions and limit the development of missiles
Detente
People that lost their homes lived in shacks built out of cardboard and pieces of wood.
Hoovervilles
Organization of American volunteers to help people in developing countries with illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty.
Peace Corps
The court case that claimed that separate but equal was NOT equal and ended segregation in public schools
Brown v. Board of Education
Fear of Communists coming to and infiltrating the government of the U.S.
Red Scare
state law can not require Amish children from going to school past the 8th grade-homeschooling
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Programs created by FDR to try to stimulate the economy. Included all A,B,C agencies
New Deal
An attempted invasion by Cuban exiles of Cuba to try to overthrow Fidel Castro without U.S. military support that failed
Bay of Pigs invasion
This case involved an African-American man that wanted to attend UT Law School in Austin but was not allowed based on race... - the court ruled in his favor
Sweatt v Painter
When people bought stock with borrowed money from the banks and got into debt
on-margin
The term Nixon used to withdraw our troops and leave the fighting between North and South Vietnam
Vietnamization
FDR's plan to add 6 judges to the Supreme Court to get his New Deal programs approved by the court.
Court Packing
13 intense days of pending nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union when silos were placed in Cuba targeting the United States
Cuban Missile Crises
These two court cases involved segregation of Mexican-American children in schools in California and Texas - Courts ruled NO CAN DO!
Medez v. Westminster and Delgado v. Bastrop