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Final 6th Grade Flashcards

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Win by a lot

A

Landslide win

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How does a president win the election

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electoral votes

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Secret government documents that lied about the US winning the Vietnam war

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Pentagon Papers

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requires the president to get congressional approval before sending troops to an armed struggle.

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War Powers Act

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a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel

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Camp David Accords

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Who started Watergate?

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5 people who worked for Nixon broke into a democratic headquarters

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Reagan’s economic plan lowered

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Income taxes

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The theory that influenced his economic policies

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Supply side economics

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Cold war broke apart what country?

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Soviet Union

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10
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NAFTA was made by?

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Bill Clinton

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Globalization concern

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US would lose jobs to other countries where wages are lower

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Silent spring author

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Rachael Carson

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13
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SALT was made by?

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Nixon

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Did politicians believe Nixon abused power as president?

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Yes.

Edmond Muskie had quoted

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hostile relations in the 70s with Soviet Union and the US

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Dètente

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a system of laws requiring racial discrimination and segregation

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Apartheid

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Internet and World Wide Web (www)

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Information revolution

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president, vice president, and cabinet members.

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Executive branch

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Law makers ( house and senate)

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Legislative branch

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Judicial branch

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nine justices

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USA is a?

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Democracy countries

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China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea are?

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Communist countries

23
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increased involvement in Vietnam War.

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Escalation

24
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US in WWII why?

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Pearl Harbor attack

25
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Why were there fireside chats?

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because everyone had a radio and he wanted them to use the banks

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Berlin wall location

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East and west Berlin, Germany.

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North Vietnam leader

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Ho Chi Minh

28
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Case that led to school segregation ending

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Brown v. Board of Education

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American and British forces invaded France to stop Germany from controlling France.

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D Day

30
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To give people jobs and to end unemployment

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New Deal

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Women in WWII

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Men’s jobs

32
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Holocaust victims were

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Jewish

33
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created UFW and he worked for better pay for migrant workers.

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Cesar Chavez

34
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famous photographer who made Migrant Mother picture.

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Dorothea Lange

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