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Civil Rights/Modern

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TermDefinition
24th Amendment Abolished poll taxes
Brown v. Board of Education Desegregated public schools; 1954
Cesar Chavez He help migrant farm workers gain better pay & working conditions by organizing a boycott
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Outlawed discrimination in employment and public places based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
Martin Luther King, Jr. He advocated for non-violent, peaceful protesting
Voting Rights Act of 1965 Eliminated literacy tests and all other prerequisites for voting
Iran Hostage Crisis After the Shah of Iran fled to the U.S., revolutionaries took Americans hostage.
Camp David Accords A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that ended 30 years of hostilities between the two nations
Iran-Contra Affair Scandal including arms sales to Iran in order to send money to help the Contras in Nicaragua even though Congress had objected
NAFTA A trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that encourages free trade
Effects of 9/11 War with Afghanistan; US PATRIOT Act, Dept. of Homeland Security
Hurricane Katrina Devastating hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast; flooding caused by failure of the levee system and geography of New Orleans
2008 Election Barack Obama, first African American president, elected
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) The US federal agency with a mission to protect human health and the environment; and stop pollution
Global Diffusion When cultural ideas spread quickly around the world via TV, movies, music, sports.
Mongtomery Bus Boycott Blacks stopped using the Montgomery buses in response to Rosa Parks' arrest for not giving up her seat for a white man.
Detente the easing of hostile relations, especially between the U.S. and communist countries.
2008 Presidential Election First time an African American won the presidency (Barack Obama)
Sandra Day O'Connor first woman supreme court justice. appointed by Reagan
Family and Medical Leave Act provides eligible employees with unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family or medical conditions.
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