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U.S.A. History Final
final exam review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| FDR's first 100 days | 15 new acts proposed to Congress were passed immediately. all went into effect in FDR's first 100 days |
| Roosevelt's relationship with Congress | very good. worked well and efficiently together |
| Homefront gov't agencies that regulate economy | *Agricultural Adjustment Act. *Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. *National Recovery Admin. *Civilian Conservation Corps. |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | Italian immagrants accused and convicted of murdering 2 men in robbery in 1920. Both executed in 1927 |
| Japanese-American Internment | Japanese put into camp so they could not attack again (Pearl Harbor) |
| Examples of containment policy under President Truman | Korean War entered to stop China&North Korea from spreading communism to South Korea |
| Domino Theory | belief that if one country in a region fell to communism then the surrounding countries would follow |
| Sputnik | First man mad satelite in space. Soviet Union. Made U.S. feel beaten in Space Race. long range missile concerns. |
| U.S. in Space Race | goes w/ Arms Race. wanted to show technoloty and power. US vs Soviet Union |
| U2 incident | Soviets shot down plain w/guided missile flying 15 miles through air. shatted US confidence&showed we were lagging behind in Space Race |
| Senator McCarthy | McCarythism. face of anticommunist US. used influence to root out&accuse people of being communists. Attacked: gov't officials. Hollywood stars. US army. |
| Goals of New Frontier | Education, medical care, increased minimum wage, tax cuts, increase federal spending |
| Bay of Pigs Invasion | attemped invasion of Southern Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro |
| Great Society | President Johnson's domestic programs which carried on JFK's ideals of gov't which focused on meeting societal needs. minorities&immigrants |
| Causes for US entry into Vietnam | Gulf of Tonkin: North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacked US destroyers in international waters off Gulf of Tonkin, 30 miles from N.V. 1965-1973 |
| Anger at Draft | being forced to enter war when they did not support or believe in what they were fighting for. college students exempt |
| Brown v Board of Ed. | Young black girl wanted to attend white only school. Supreme Court overturns Plessy v Ferguson. legal end to education segregation |
| Affirmative Action | laws that benefit minorities and women to make up for past discrimination from society |
| Civil disobedience | Bus boycotts, freedom rides, Rosa Parks, sit-ins |
| Defacto Segregation | society segregation. de jure=laws |
| changing roles of women in society | women began pushing for more rights: equal pay, reproductive rights |
| Nixon's use of "executive privilege" | means don't have to disclose info so Nixon put gaps in Watergate tapes |
| Camp David Accords | Carter brough Egyptian and Israeli leaders to Camp David to compromise. Peace in the middle east |
| NATO | North American Treaty Organization. alliance so if one country went to war, all would come to defense |
| U.S. Relations w/ Middle East in 1970s | friends w/ Isreal and Egypt. The Iran Hostage Crisis caused ugly relations. |
| Oppurtunity cost in Reagan administration | decrease of federal spending meant less social programs. tax cuts meant less gov't money |
| Trickle-dpwn economics | by having wealthier big companies, the money would trickle down to the little people |
| End of Cold War and Gorbachev | a weakened Soviet Union b/c of failing economy. meetings with Bush led to INF treaty 1987. detente=eased tensions. |
| Iran Contra Affair | U.S. CIA armed Nicaraguan freedom fighters in secret b/c didnt like gov't. Nicaraguans sold weapons on Iran (our enemy) b/c needed $. Violation of US laws |
| Persian Gulf War | related to oil. Iraq invaded Kuwait and we got involved by helping Kuwait |
| NAFTA (North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement) | 1994 agreement removes most barriers to trade (tarriffs) &investment among N. America. not very successful |
| Hillary Clinton | President Clinton's wife. Head of healthcare reform |
| Impeachment | Clinton impeached b/c of sexual relations w/ a white house intern |
| Growth of Diversity | immigrants. more latin americans |
| Advances in Medicine | new treatment and research. HIV/AIDS, cancer, surgery (microscopic) |
| Advances in technology | computers, cars, planes, phones (cells), cameras |
| recycling | used products to create new products. help environment. |
| Two Party system | Democrats and Republicans dominate US politics |
| the re-count | Bush&Algore. Florida votes=so close state mandated re-count. lasted 36 days |
| Supreme Court's Ruling | discontinue recounts. Bush = president |
| Changing role of American Society after 9/11 | greater security entering and leaving. limits on individual freedom=Patriot Act |
| Marshall Plan | 1947-51. plan to strengthen economies of Western Europe. |
| Truman Doctrine | support Greece and Turkey w/economic and military aid to prevent fall to Soviet |
| 38th parallel | seperate North and South Korea |
| 17 parallel | seperate north and south vietnam |
| nuclear arms reduction | SALT: reduced arms. Ford. Soviet Union&US |
| Star Wars | Reagan. a sheild for nuclear arms (not possible) |
| reason for middle east/arab affair intervention | petroleum needed |
| enemy vs friend | WW2, Korean War, Vietnam |
| Berlin Wall | seperated East and West Germany |
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