100's
What is a generation?
Shared characteristics + years
What caused the Baby Boom?
WWII
Where are suburbs located?
Outside Cities
Who lives in suburbs?
Families
What are the two reasons that make the Sunbelt a location that people move to?
Warm + Job Opportunities
What caused the labor shortage that started the Bracero work program?
WWII
Who instituted the New Deal?
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
What age group of African Americans is moving to the south?
Under 30's
What is the 22nd Amendment?
No president can serve three terms
What president served more than two terms?
FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
What does the word Bracero mean?
Farmhand
What is a reason, other than inflation, that college tuition has became so expensive?
Such a high demand, colleges can charge what they want
What is Senator McCarthy known for?
Accusing government officials of communism
What law made Unions give a 60-day warning before going on strike?
Taft-Hartley Act
What brought McCarthyism to an end?
No arrest made...looked like a fraud
What 3 things does the G.I. Bill give veterans and their families?
A low cost loan for a mortgage or help with rent
Healthcare through the VA
Grants(free money) to go to college or trade school
Why were Labor Unions being called a communist?
Workers were getting more rights
Workers were taking money from businesses
McCarthyism
What did the EPA do for all the laws, regulations, and agencies that were overlooking the environment?
Centralized and federalized
What did the EPA investigate and take action against in the 1970's
Hole in the Ozone layer
Why did the Bracero Program continue after the war was over?
No one wanted to work in the fields
What are the four things that Reagan wanted to reduce?
1. Income Taxes and Capital Gain Taxes
2. Federal spending
3. Government regulation
4. Inflation
What are Positive Rights
Rights given by the government
Usually have a cost(tax) associated
What was passed in response to the USSR launching Sputnik?
National Defense Education Act
What are the four goals of the Great Society?
-Ending poverty
-Reducing Crime
-Abolishing Inequality
-Improving the environment
What are Negative Rights
Rights that cannot be taken away
Are "free"
If used incorrectly can be taken away