Vocabulary
American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
Containment
President Lyndon Johnsons domestic policy that passed many programs such as Medicare and medicaid.
Great Society
Democrat President from 1993-2001; passed the Brady Bill gun legislation, signed NAFTA, Lewinsky scandal and was the 2nd President to be impeached
Bill Cinton
Anti-immigrant beliefs. The policy of protecting the interest of people born in the homeland USA
Nativism
Massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting. All part of the New Deal.
WPA-Works Progress Administration
Plan the US came up with to help revive war torn countries in Europe and paid $13 Billion in aid.
Marshall Plan
First law to limit trusts and big business.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Muckraker that wrote "The Jungle" and told about the gruesome details in the Chicago meat packing industry.
Upton Sinclair
Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico to ask Mexico to attack the US in exchange for land
Zimmerman Telegram
Founded in 1966 and called for equal employment and pay for women
NOW- National Organization for Women
Purpose was to obtain equal rights for Native Americans and protested at the site of Wounded Knee. Led by Dennis Banks and Russell Means
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Act that prohibited the making, sale, or shipping of any impure or falsely labeled food and drugs.
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Japanese American who challenged the constitutionality of internment camps during WW2 and was arrested for refusing to report to one in California.
Fred Korematsu
A period of fear of communist and communism
Red Scare
The only labor union to accept skilled workers. Was created by Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Movement of over 300,000 African Americans from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920 for work
Great Migration
Law that would establish legality of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.
Kansas Nebraska Act
American feminist, activist, and writer. Wrote the book "The Feminine Mystique"
Betty Friedan
Journalism that exploits, distorts, and exaggerates the news and stories to attract readers
Yellow Journalism
Led by farmers and advocated for the coinage of silver. Protected farmers and workers from powerful bankers
Populist Party
Americans were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to support the war effort.
Victory Gardens
112,000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps causing loss of homes and businesses due to war time suspicion.
Executive Order 9066
Led the USA through the last few months of WW2 and made the controversial decision to drop the atomic bombs in Japan
President Harry S Truman
Overproduction of goods led to less money for farmers.
Farm Issues
World organization proposed by Pres Woodrow Wilson that promoted international cooperation and peace. The US would not ever join it and was dissolved in 1946.
League of Nations