Organizations
This organization was created to fight for workers' rights.
labor unions
This president caused controversy within the White House.
Bill Clinton
Leader of the Soviet Union who marked a new era of change.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were "Free and Independent States" from Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
In the late 1940s, the United States adopted this policy to halt the spread of communism in Europe and Asia.
Containment
This organization lobbied for legislation guaranteeing equal rights for women.
NOW (National Organization for Women)
International network linking computers and allowing almost instant transmittal of text, images, and sound.
internet
The goal of this was to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control.
Operation Desert Storm
Anti-Federalists would not ratify the Constitution until this was added
Bill of Rights
This fueled debate over national security during the 40s and 50s
communist infiltration (communism)
The primary goal of this organization was to prohibit segregation in public schools
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
This was signed into law in 2001 to strengthen America's national security to combat terrorism.
US Patriot Act
She was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor
1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Articles of Confederation
Hoover's 3 goals to get the United States back on its feet after the Great Depression
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This organization worked to improve living conditions on reservations.
AIM (American Indian Movement)
Created a free trade zone for Mexico, Canada and the United States
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
This required employers and educational institutions to give special consideration to women, African- Americans, and other minority groups, even though these people were not necessarily better qualified.
Affirmative Action
The idea that a government gets its power from the people that it governs
Consent of the goverened
Western European and Northern American nations formed an alliance to defend against possible Soviet aggression.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
The primary goal of this organization was to improve conditions for migrant workers.
UFW (United Farm Workers)
Improved economy, along with improved police forces, combined to?
lower crime rates
President Reagan’s strategy for downsizing the federal government included deep cuts in government spending on social programs.
Reaganomics
A law that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union
Northwest Ordinance
Two results of Urbanization
1. increase in crime
2. Development of tenement houses