The World Wars
The cause of FDR's Day of Infamy Speech
Invasion of Pearl Harbor
In the 1930's, Americans went to the bank to remove all of their savings, but the banks eventually ran out of money
Bank Run
Justified the wars in Korea and Vietnam - the idea that fighting in small countries was important to prevent them from spreading to other nearby nations
Domino Theory
The massive population increase between 1946 and 1964
Baby Boom
America saw a major shortage of this natural resource in the late 1970's AND during the Great Recession of 2008
Gas
This WWII law said that America would supply weapons to any country that was able to come to America to pick up their weapons and had the money to pay for them
Cash and Carry
This was Lyndon Banes Johnson's plan to end the War on Poverty
The Great Society
This 1974 law removed the presidents' ability to move the military without Congressional Approval due to Johnson and Nixon's overstep during the Vietnam War
War Powers Act
These two Supreme Court cases involve the idea of "Separate But Equal" in America
Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
The idea that Americans should all look and act the same in order to not be accused of being communist
Conformity
Both President George W. Bush and George HW Bush went to war with this country.
Iraq
This New Deal program, created by the Glass Steagall Act promises to keep Americans' savings in their accounts if there is another economic crisis
FDIC - Federal Depository Insurance Corporation
The American foreign policy in the 1920's and 1930's
Isolationism
This group, led by John Lewis, consists of college students and young Black Americans who organized the protests of the Civil Rights Movement
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
This presidential law sent Japanese Americans to internment camps during WWII
Executive Order 9066
These TWO Supreme Court Cases involve the limitation of American rights during times of war
Schenck vs. United States and Korematsu vs. United States
If the government deficit spends, the people will prosper due to the increase in domestic programs.
Keynesian Economics
Iran Hostage Crisis
This Supreme Court case garuntees gay marriage to all Americans in all 50 states.
Obergefell v. Hodges
This Great Depression Law was NOT passed, but involved FDR's desire to packing the Supreme Court full of Justices who supported his legislation
Judicial Reorganization Act
This was Woodrow Wilson's plan for the ending of World War I. Aside from the creation of the League of Nations, it wasn't followed by the European powers of the Triple Entente
Wilson's 14 Points
Passed by Bush in 2008, this law bailed out American banks, real estate companies, and other large companies while American citizens saw mass foreclosures
What TWO presidents foreign policy doctrines provided an explanation for containment in Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East?
Truman and Eisenhower
This book was written by Betty Friedan and outlines the ideas of feminism
The Feminine Mystique
This 1965 protest involved crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in order for African Americans to fight for the right to vote, which was excluded from the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Selma March