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APUSH Test 4
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Taft-Hartley Act (1947) | extended and modified the 1935 Wagner Act. It prohibits certain union practices and requires disclosure of certain financial and political activities by unions. The bill was initially vetoed by President Truman, but Congress overrode the veto. |
Equal Rights Amendment | The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex. The amendment was passed by Senate in 1972, but failed to gain the support of conservatives in the House |
Camp David Accords | Signed by President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in September 1978, established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt in March 1979 |
detente | period of the easing of Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1979 |
National Highway Defense Act | authorized the building of highways across the nation for commerical and military use |
Loving v. Virginia | Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States (1967) |