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US History Final
KRHS US History Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery |
| 14th Amendment | awarded citizenship to African Americans |
| Poll Tax | a fee that citizen's paid to vote. It restricted African Americans, Native Americans and poor whites. |
| Martin Luther King Jr | leader of the blacks for the Civil Rights movement |
| Black Codes | laws made by states to keep blacks from being equal |
| Malcolm X | an advocate for blacks who taught black supremacy |
| KKK | Ku Klux Klan; white supremacists |
| Betty Freidan | president of Nat'l Org for Women; led feminist movement |
| Feminism | movement that advocates equal opportunity for women |
| NOW | Nat'l Org of Women; leader in feminism movement |
| Seneca Falls Convention | a women's rights convention held in 1848 |
| Margaret Sanger | founder of Planned Parenthood; leader in reproductive rights |
| Title IX | gave women equal access to all education program or activity |
| Inchon | landing; battle site in Korean War |
| Pusan | S. Korean city; Battle of Pusan |
| Pyongyang | capital of N Korea |
| Seoul | capital of S. Korea |
| Kim Il Sung | was leader of N. Korea |
| Syngman Rhee | first president of S. Korea |
| Douglas MacArthur | the general that led the war in Korea |
| 38th Parallel | line that divides N and S Korea |
| TET Offensive | N. Vietnam broke cease fire and attacked S Vietnam duing Tet (New Year's) festivities |
| Operation Rolling Thunder | US bombed the Vietnam jungle for a long time |
| 17th Parallel | line that divided N and S Vietnam |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | was leader of S. Vietnam |
| My Lai Massacre | US troops killed a village of 700 in S. Vietnam |
| Ho Chi Minh | leader of N Vietnam |
| McCarthyism | Sen McCarthy read of names of people who were thought to be communist in the gov't. Created fear in the US. |
| Hollywood 10 | people in entertainment industry accused of being Communist sympathizers. |
| Witch Hunt | another word for McCarthyism |
| Joseph McCarthy | the senator of Wisconsin who led the witch hunt |
| Father Knows Best | radio show and tv show portraying the perfect American family |
| Leave It to Beaver | tv show portraying perfect life |
| Trickle Down Economics | tax breaks to businesses hoping it would trickle down |
| Okies | people fleeing the dust bowl that were from Oklahoma |
| CCC | Civilian Conservation Corps; built trails and provided jobs |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority; provided economic development in TN Valley |
| FDIC | Federal Depositor's Insurance; insures deposits up to $200,000 |
| Social Security | the number that people have; started by FDR to ensure that people would be provided for in their old age. |
| WPA | Works Progress Administration; employed millions of unskilled workers in public projects. |
| Hoovervilles | shanty towns built by homeless people during the Great Depression |
| Buying on Margin | buy stock and don't have to pay for it for a while |
| Black Tuesday | the day the stock market crashed |
| Speculation | taking big risks in stock market hoping for big gain |
| Dust Bowl | when all the top soil blew away in the Midwest; made a huge dust storm |
| Hoover Dam | dam built by WPA during the Depression |
| Mary McLeoud Bethune & the Black Cabinet | informal advisory group of African-Americans to FDR; Mary was the only woman. |
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