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movement of African Americans escaping the Jim Crow South in search of better jobs in the North
Great Migration
this amendment established women's suffrage
19th Amendment
hands-off government interference in the economy
laissez-faire
Camp David Accords
founder of the SCLC; led the Civil Rights Movement with non-violent protests
Martin Luther King Jr.
a rebellion responsible for the Founding Fathers realizing the Articles of Confederation were too weak
Shay's Rebellion
citizenship, due process, and equal protections; this amendment was used to gain civil rights
14th Amendment
the Federal Reserve System, known simply as "The Fed." It was implemented to establish economic stability in the U.S. by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy.
Federal Reserve Act of 1913
Watergate Scandal
Created a series of reforms during the Great Depression known as the New Deal; he is also the only President to have been elected to 4 terms
Franklin D. Roosevelt [FDR]
fear of communism in the United States; it happened twice
Red Scare
amendment stating you may have rights that are not listed in the Bill of Rights
9th Amendment
this act from 1887 took tribal lands away and were sold to whites moving west; this act also was passed to assimilate Native Americans into American culture
Dawes Severalty Act of 1887
the closest we came to a nuclear war was in the 1960s during John F. Kennedy's presidency when spy planes discovered nuclear war heads in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Common Man President who under his leadership "universal white male suffrage" took effect
Andrew Jackson
The acts called for the admission of California as a "free state," provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
power is shared between the national and state governments
federalism
political leaders who used bribes for votes; they were effective among immigrant voters
Political Machines
the easing of relations between the US and the USSR. This foreign policy was used during Nixon and Ford's presidency
Detente
Ida Tarbell; Jacob Riis; Upton Sinclar
Collectively they are known as....
muckrakers
A plan introduced by Benjamin Franklin before the American Revolution that stated the colonies needed to work together for the common good. The plan failed.
Albany Plan of Union
a national income tax was established
16th Amendment
this group was farmed in the west as a result of high taxes and low crop prices; this group formed the Populist political party
Farmer's Alliance
this proposed legislation would have ensured women have equal protection in the workplace. It was never ratified
Equal Rights Amendment [ERA]
The two men associated with the Revolution of 1800
John Adams & Thomas Jefferson