Final 6th Grade Flashcards
Win by a lot
Landslide win
How does a president win the election
electoral votes
Secret government documents that lied about the US winning the Vietnam war
Pentagon Papers
requires the president to get congressional approval before sending troops to an armed struggle.
War Powers Act
a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel
Camp David Accords
Who started Watergate?
5 people who worked for Nixon broke into a democratic headquarters
Reagan’s economic plan lowered
Income taxes
The theory that influenced his economic policies
Supply side economics
Cold war broke apart what country?
Soviet Union
NAFTA was made by?
Bill Clinton
Globalization concern
US would lose jobs to other countries where wages are lower
Silent spring author
Rachael Carson
SALT was made by?
Nixon
Did politicians believe Nixon abused power as president?
Yes.
Edmond Muskie had quoted
hostile relations in the 70s with Soviet Union and the US
Dètente
a system of laws requiring racial discrimination and segregation
Apartheid
Internet and World Wide Web (www)
Information revolution
president, vice president, and cabinet members.
Executive branch
Law makers ( house and senate)
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
nine justices
USA is a?
Democracy countries
China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea are?
Communist countries
increased involvement in Vietnam War.
Escalation
US in WWII why?
Pearl Harbor attack
Why were there fireside chats?
because everyone had a radio and he wanted them to use the banks
Berlin wall location
East and west Berlin, Germany.
North Vietnam leader
Ho Chi Minh
Case that led to school segregation ending
Brown v. Board of Education
American and British forces invaded France to stop Germany from controlling France.
D Day
To give people jobs and to end unemployment
New Deal
Women in WWII
Men’s jobs
Holocaust victims were
Jewish
created UFW and he worked for better pay for migrant workers.
Cesar Chavez
famous photographer who made Migrant Mother picture.
Dorothea Lange
