Avery's Flashcards
16 amendment
Income tax approved
17 amendment
Direct election of senators
18 amendment
National prohibition
19 amendment
Women can vote
20 amendment
Abolished the lame duck period
21 amendment
Repealed prohibition
22 amendment
2 term amendment
23 amendment
Gave D. C. the right to vote
24 amendment
Abolition of the poll tax
25 amendment
Presidential succession
26 amendment
18 year olds the right to vote
Plessy v Ferguson
Separate but equal doctrine
Great Society
A domestic program that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs
By Lyndon b Johnson
Modern Republican
Eisenhower’s Govenrment plan: “Conservative when it comes to economics, more liberal when it comes to social programs”
Marshall Plan
1947, $5.3 billion to Europe to help rebuild post-War, underlying purpose of preventing communism
Truman Doctrine
Containment, idea that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection
Vietnam
Military struggle between the US and Vietnam concerning communism
FDIC (Abby’s)
Made by Congress to maintain stability and to ensure public confidence in the nation’s financial system
Social Security (Abby’s)
Federal insurance that provides benefits to retired people and those who are unemployed or disabled
Pump-primary
Open primary, cross over between voting for parties
Totalitarianism (Abby’s)
System of gov. that’s centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
