Presidents
This president drastically increased the power of the presidency.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1932-45)?
These women in the 1920s defied cultural expectations by wearing shorter dresses and going to parties.
Who are the flappers?
This early protest brought a lot of media attention to the Civil Rights movement and eventually lead to the desegregation of buses.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)?
This economic policy saw the United States stay away from other countries and increase tariffs to keep American businesses safe.
What is Isolationism (1920s)?
This was Reagan's first act as president and was largely symbolic.
What is firing many white house staff and put on a hiring freeze?
Who is Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)?
The role of women was very structured in this decade after a period of relative freedom.
This group aimed for greater respect from authorities, the preservation of their culture, and a return to their original land.
Who are Native American Civil Rights Activists?
This economic approach means 'leave well enough alone' and called for low taxes, low government spending, and low regulation.
What is laissez-faire economics?
This act cut income tax rates by 23% over three years and was signed as soon as Reagan came into office.
What is the Economic Recovery Tax Act (1981)?
This president wanted to work on civil rights but his short presidency was focused on stopping communism.
Who is John F. Kennedy(1961-1963)?
These were the only class of women who continued working despite cultural expectations regardless of the usual expectations of women at the time.
Who are working-class women?
This piece of legislation outlawed workplace discrimination and banned segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Act 1964?
This economic policy came out of the Great Depression and called for more regulation and more spending in difficult times.
What is Keynesianism?
This set of policies was named Reagonomics and consisted of these four parts?
What is, cutting the deficit, tax reductions, deregulation, and control of the money supply?
This president tried to pass the 'Fair Deal' but was unsuccessful and faced the second Red Scare.
Who is Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)?
This act provided federal funding for childcare to encourage married women to work.
What is the Lanham Act 1941?
This group patrolled their neighbourhoods with guns and set up free school breakfasts.
Who are the Black Panthers?
The economy during this time period was characterised by high domestic demand, a major baby-boom, and increasing affluence.
What is 1945-1970? or Post-WW2.
This policy lead to high interest rates and caused many small businesses (especially small farms) to go out of business due to not being able to pay back their loans.
What is bank deregulation?
Americans were tired of this president because he was too involved in decision making and took America into WW1.
Who is president Woodrow Wilson (1912-1921)?
This woman campaigned against the Equal Rights Act in the 1980s and stood for conservative values.
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
This group used non-violent but public campaigns and tried to help farm hands who were poorly paid.
Who are the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)?
This economic problem lead to the decline in popular support for Jimmy Carter and eventually lead to the popularity of Ronald Reagan.
What is Stagflation?
This ideology is used to describe the cultural and economic policies of Reagan and his supporters.
What is 'New Right' thinking?