Eisenhower / Kennedy
This supreme court case resolved that separate facilities is never equal and always inherently oppressive, paving the way for integration
Brown v. Board of Education
LBJ promised, as president, this transformation of America, one into a ______________
Great Society
This was created under Nixon as a way to protect Americans from chemical hazards
Environmental Protection Agency
The PACTO strike was when unionized workers in this industry were fired en masse
Airtraffic controllers
A mostly symbolic law that limited wage differences to those of merit and seniority, eliminating ones based on gender.
Equal Pay Act 1963
This immigration reform did away with the last remnants of the quota system
Immigration Act of 1965
This was a backdoor way for Nixon to arrest hippies and Black people
War on Drugs
Amnesty
Reagan promoted this immigration concept for hardworking illegal immigrants to stay in America
The Republics, led by Newt Gingrich, promised to balance the federal budget while the Democrat Clinton was president with this deal
Contract with America
this was Kennedy's promise to improve America through an investment in scientific exploration, particularly the space race.
New Frontier
This law was passed to tackle poverty (part of the War on Poverty) by funding education and work training for those below poverty.
Economic Opportunity Act
This was promoted under the Nixon administration as a way to solve racial inequality in the workforce, but it never seemed to work quite right.
Affirmative Action
Bush said that Reagan's policy for tax cuts to the wealthy was a form of magic that he called ___________
Voodoo Economics
President George W. Bush promoted this education reform that pushed schools towards standardized testing at the cost of critical thought
No Child Left Behind
Eisenhower signed this law, the first of its kind since 1875, protecting Black voting rights. It was mostly symbolic and failed to fix the problems of the American South.
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This was a program created to help acclimate impoverish children into public school systems so that they do not fall behind.
Headstart
This is the term that refers to the high inflation and unemployment rates and interest rates that occurred at the same time.
Stagflation
Regan, the opposite of a progressive, was generally against this R word that made Teddy Roosevelt so famous
Regulation
This law, passed by W. Bush and supported by Obama, gave the federal government increased avenues to skip warrants while collecting evidence, all in the name of homeland security.
Patriot Act
Eisenhower had to send soldiers to protect the rights of young Black children in this Southern state in 1957
Arkansas
These two programs were designed to promote access to healthcare, one for the poor and the other for the disabled.
Medicare / Medicaid
A shortage of this product was one of the reasons Carter lost the 1980 election
oil
These six words killed George H. W. Bush's chance at reelection
This medical plan was designed to diminish the total number of Americans without healthcare while forcing all Americans to have health insurance or face tax penalties.
Obamacare