Progressive Prez. Policies
United States only supports Latin American nations that align with our democratic ideals
What is Moral Diplomacy
This policy was implemented by FDR and it's intention was to help the nation recover from the Great Depression by providing relief, recovery, and reform.
What is the New Deal?
Main policy used during the Cold War to fight the dirty red communists.
What is containment?
No more beer or liquor, this amendment got repealed because Americans love the booze and criminals were the ones capitalizing
What is the 18th Amendment?
This court case dealt with the internment of Japanese Americans and their rights being taken away from them.
What is Korematsu vs United States?
All three progressive era presidents had different visions for America, however, they all three signed policies to protect this and break up these. Of course, Taft does get some flack for the whole Pinchot Affair.
What is the environment and monopolies
The main focus of this policy was to combat the war on poverty and establish Civil Rights for all especially voting rights. The gains from this policy are forgotten due to the war in Vietnam.
What is the Great Society?
speaker of the famous line..."Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Bold statement which was shortly before the fall of Communism
What was Ronald Reagan?
If you make too much money, this amendment will hurt your check book and your return from the IRS
What is the 16th amendment
Expansion of trade between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada put in place by Bill Clinton...bye bye American jobs!!!
What is NAFTA?
President Taft signed off on this policy that encouraged trade and minimized military threats in Latin America...quite the opposite as his buddy TR
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Programs included in this policy are the Peace Corps, landing a man on the moon, raising social security benefits, improving education, and providing Medicare. Its founder got shot in Dallas.
What is the New Frontier?
Woodrow Wilson wanted to achieve long lasted peace after WW1 and created this policy for the world to follow. Too bad his own nation said no thanks.
What is the 14 points?
Part of this amendment ensures we are equally protected under the law...but don't tell that to Fred!
What is the 14th Amendment?
Lucky because of this New Deal program (acronym), our money is insured in banks. So they'll be no need to run if the stock market crashes.
What is the FDIC?
This region was the basis of the Progressive Presidents foreign policies. Hint: a language and a continent.
What is Latin America.
Initiated by our first African American president, this policy gave all Americans the opportunity to have health insurance. Many business owners weren't happy!
What is the Affordable Health Care Act?
This policy turned out to be a significant mistake seeing how it turned over war-making decisions solely over to LBJ and not in the hands of Congress. The War Powers Act later overturned it...
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
These 3 amendments focused on the African Americans and how they had been treated in the past. Southern states implemented laws though to bypass these amendments.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th?
"It is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins." - Clarence Darrow
The quote here came from this highly publicized case
What is Scopes v. TN
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
What is rugged individualism?
3 policies leading up to our involvement in WW2 followed the Neutrality Acts. These policies proved that we weren't really isolated and we were already supporting the Allies aka the United Kingdom
What are Cash & Carry, Lend Lease Act, and The Atlantic Charter?
This amendment made all the 18 year old's happy because now they could politically participate.
What is the 26th amendment?
These two Civil Rights Supreme Court Cases are tied together. One overturned the other. Proving that our constitution is a living and breathing document.
What are Plessy v Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education?