APUSH 26-31 – Flashcards

code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II

elected Vice President in Roosevelt's 4th term

Black leader, who threatens a march to end discrimination in the work place; Roosevelt gives in with companies that get federal grants.

established by the government to promote patriotism and help keep Americans united behind the war effort.

the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy on June 6, 1944; also known as D-Day

an act of great destruction and loss of life

a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine

in 1940, Japan's foreign minister proposed the expansion of japan , and wanted to take over territories in asia under western control

April 1942, American soldiers were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps by their Japanese captors. It is called the Death March because so may of the prisoners died en route.

Chinese nationalist leader that was against Mao; supported by the US; loss to Mao, so he and his followers fled to Taiwan

commander of the US forces in the Philippine Islands who directed the Allied occupation of Japan

United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)

Passed in 1947 in response to perceived threats from the Soviet Union after WWII. It established the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Council.

In 1947, William Levitt used mass production techniques to build inexpensive homes in surburban New York to help relieve the postwar housing shortage. Levittown became a symbol of the movement to the suburbs in the years after WWII.

fair treatment

Korean leader who became president of South Korea after World War II and led Korea during Korean War.

a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites

governor of SC, leader of the Dixiecrats, ran for president under State's Rights Party in 1948

In 1946, Bernard Baruch presented an American plan to control and eventually outlaw nuclear weapons. The plan called for United Nations control of nuclear weapons in three stages before the United States gave up its stockpile. Soviet insistence on immediate nuclear disarmament without inspection doomed the Baruch Plan and led to a nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

A 1935 law, also known as the Wagner Act, that guarantees workers the right of collective bargaining sets down rules to protect unions and organizers, and created the National Labor Relations Board to regulate labor-managment relations.

Author who wrote The Other American. He alerted those in the mainstream to what he saw in the run-down and hidden communities of the country.

Program which apprehended and returned some one million illegal immigrants to Mexico

U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Nobel Peace Prize (1964)

a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947

In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.

actual purchasing power of income

-Launched on February 1, 1960 -Started by four black college freshmen in Greensboro, North Carolina -Students sat down at lunch counters and demanded service even if it was restricted for "whites only"

Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)

Illegal practice of refusing to make mortgage loans or issue insurance policies in specific areas for reasons other than economic qualifications of applicants

USSR and US conferring on peace in 1955, couldn't agree on demilitarization or Open Skies but suspended nuclear tests

militant civil rights leader (1925-1965)

a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice

George Stanley McGovern, Ph.D (born July 19, 1922) is a former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee. McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election in a landslide to incumbent Richard Nixon. McGovern was most noted for his opposition to the Vietnam War. He is currently serving as the United Nations global ambassador on hunger.

herbicides used to clear all vegetation in Vietnam to cut off food supplies and reveal hiding places

This secured the rights of freedmen., it gave citizenship to African- Americans

racist gov. of Alabama in 1962 ("segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"); runs for pres. In 1968 on American Independent Party ticket of racism and law and order, loses to Nixon; runs in 1972 but gets shot

he requested more military aid in S.Vietnam

United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923)

workfare not welfare, required recipients to register for employment (brainchild Daniel Patrick Moynihan, attempts died in Congress but proved basis for welfare reform in the 90s)

United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)

opposed ERA, focused on social, cultural, and moral problems, opposed gevernment paying for daycare

the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national culture) can co-exist peacefully and equitably in a single country

emphasizing and promoting African cultural patterns

political organization of the United States which had an agenda of evangelical Christian-oriented political lobbying. Formed by Jerry Falwell. Organization made up of conservative Christian political action committees which campaigned on issues its personnel believed were important to maintaining its Christian conception of moral law. This group pressured for legislation that would ban abortion and ban the states' acceptance of homosexuality.

organization of migrant workers formed to win better wages and working conditions led by Cesar Chevez

(1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy

Think Tank-ultraconservative/conservative Strong anti-regulation of markets more concerned with gov intervention with economy. less social issues PhD Academics 60% of directors sitting on 1.3 boards 25million a year budget

Using race or sex to give preferential treatment to some people.

1978 - Passed by President Carter, these called for the gradual return of the Panama Canal to the people and government of Panama. They provided for the transfer of canal ownership to Panama in 1999 and guaranteed its neutrality.

One of the chief figures in the Iran-Contra scandal was Marine Colonel Oliver North, an aide to the NSC. He admitted to covering up their actions, including shredding documents to destroy evidence. IMP. Although Reagan did approve the sale of arms to Iran he was not aware of the diversion of money to the contras. This still tainted his second term in office.

Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)

(GB1) Bush place embargo on Iraq, put miltary in Saudi, West Europe and Arabs now against Iraq

In the 1994 congressional elections, Congressman Newt Gingrich had Republican candidates sign a document in which they pledged their support for such things as a balanced budget amendment, term limits for members of Congress, and a middle-class tax cut.

counterrevolutionary group in Nicaragua that opposed the Sandinistas

overthrown by the US and late tried, convicted, and imprisoned for drug trafficking

This billionaire was a third-party candidate in the 1992 presidential election won 19 percent of the popular vote. His strong showing that year demonstrated voter disaffection with the two major parties.

A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.

A leftist American politician who promotes the environment, fair consumerism, and social welfare programs. His book Unsafe at Any Speed brought attention to the lack of safety in American automobiles.