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New Deal

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Series of public programs enacted in 1933-1935 by FDR after the Great Depression

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Wagner Act (1935)

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aka National Labor Relations Act of 1935, guaranteed private sector employees the right to unionize and engage in collective bargaining

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Works Progress Administration (3)

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largest New Deal reform; employed millions to carry out public works projects; liquidated during WWII due to worker shortage

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The Other America (3)

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Novel that was an influential study of the poverty in the U.S., published by Michael Harrington; driving force behind the “war on poverty”; 1/5 of the U.S. was living below the poverty line

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Labor-Management Accord (2)

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system set up between unions and employers to create temporary peace; Treaty of Detroit (between GM and United Auto Workers) is an example

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Organization/Corporation Man

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book about management written by William H. Whyte Jr, who described the mentality of workers and argued that organizations/corporations stripped workers of their identity

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Civil Rights Act, 1964

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landmark civil rights law that outlaws discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin

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Marshall Plan

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originated by George Marshall; provided aid to reconstruct Western Europe and stem spread of communism in 1947 post WWII

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Topeka School Board denied Linda Brown admittance to an all white school near her home; Thurgood Marshall said separate but equal violated 14th amendment; Warren independently said separate educational facilities were inherently unequal

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“Cash and Carry”

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1939 US policy to remain neutral while helping Allies; Britain and France could buy US goods if they paid in full and transported them

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Popular Front

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coalition of anti-fascist groups on the left, the most important of which was the American Communist Party

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Executive Order 8802

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passed by FDR in 1941; prohibited discriminatory employment practices by federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war related work; established the Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce the new policy

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“Double V” campaign

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campaign popularized by Black leaders during WWII emphasizing the need for double victory — over Germany and Japan and also over racial prejudice in the US

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Rodney King Riots

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1992 riots in LA that lasted 6 days after 4 LAPD officers were acquitted despite them being filmed beating a black motorist, Rodney King

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Emmett Till (2)

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Murdered/lynched in 1955 for whistling at a white woman by her husband and his friends; partly inspired Civil Rights Movement

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Cuban Missile Crisis (3)

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1962 confrontation between US and USSR in which Soviet missiles were placed in Cuba at Cuba’s request; increased tensions between the two nations; hotline activated to avoid accidents

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John F. Kennedy

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elected in 1960 against Nixon; youngest/most attractive/first Catholic president; assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963; foreign policy was called Flexible Response and domestic policy was called New Frontier

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Suburbia (4)

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residential districts or suburbs outside the boundaries of a city or town; dramatically expanded after WWII; white flight from urban areas; GIs got housing after WWII

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Warren G. Harding (5)

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president from 1921-1923; called for return to normalcy after WWI; had laissez-faire economic policies; corrupt; died in office

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Fannie Lou Hamer (2)

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civil rights leader who became SNCC field secretary; was a sharecropper and was evicted/jailed after registering to vote

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Scopes “Monkey” Trials (5)

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Professor John T. Scopes was teaching evolution in Dayton, TN, which was against the law; defended by nationally know attorney Clarence Darrow; William Jennings Bryan was part of the prosecution; Scopes found guilty and fined $100; hollow victory for Fundamentalists; Bryan died a few days after the trail

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Bonus Army/March

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Group of WWI vets that marched to DC in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of their government war bonuses in cash

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War on Terror (2)

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Initiated by GWB after 9/11; broadly defined “war on terror” aimed to weed out terrorist operatives and their supporters throughout the world

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Hurricane Katrina (2)

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natural disaster that decimated New Orleans; Bush administration widely criticized for its slow and insufficient response to the emergency

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Harvey Milk (4)

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the first openly gay man to be elected to public office; was elected to serve in the SF Board of Supervisors; gay rights activist; assassinated in 1978

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Rachel and her Children

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1987 book by Jonathan Kozol about homeless families in America

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Chicano (3)

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Mexican American empowerment movement; younger Mexican Americans were impatient with the MAPA, or Mexican American Political Association, so they proclaimed a new term, Chicano, to replace Mexican American; pressed for bilingual education

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The Great Society (2)

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LBJ’s version of the Democratic reform program; in 1965, Congress passed many Great Society measures, including Medicare, civil rights legislation, and federal aid to education.

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The domino theory (3)

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Eisenhower’s policy on Vietnam; if France’s war efforts in Southeast Asia, especially Vietnam, failed, then all non-communist governments in the region would collapse; even when France did pull out, this theory drove the US to continue fighting North Vietnam

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New Left

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a youth-dominated political movement of the 1960s, embodied in such organizations as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (2)

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joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 in direct response to a minor naval engagement known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident; of historical significance because it gave LBJ authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of military force in Southeast Asia

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Contract with America (3)

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Multi-point program offered by Republican candidates and sitting politicians in the 1994 midterm election; blow to Clinton administration; led to takeover of House and Senate by GOP

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Port Huron Statement (2)

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manifesto adopted in 1962 by 60 students determined not to be a “silent generation,” broad critique of American society and called for more genuine human relationships; proclaimed a “new left” and formed the “Students for a Democratic Society” envisioning a nonviolent youth movement transforming the US into a “participatory democracy” as an end to materialism, militarism, and racism

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The Religious Right

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United States political faction that advocates social and political conservatism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools

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Reaganomics (2)

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federal economic polices of the Reagan administration, elected in 1981; combined a monetarist fiscal policy, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting to reduce government size and stimulate economic growth

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GI Bill of Rights (3)

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provided for college or vocational education for returning GIs; provided one-year of unemployment compensation; also provided loans to buy homes and start businesses.

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“Black Power” (2)

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doctrine of militancy and separatism that rose in prominence after 1965; its activists rejected MLK’s pacifism and desire for integration.

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Freedom Riders (2)

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Civil Rights activists who traveled across the South on a crusade to end segregation in facilities serving interstate bus passengers; when southern officials failed to come to their aid, JFK dispatched federal marshals to protect the rider

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United Farm Workers (2)

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headed by Cesar Chavez; succeeded in making working conditions better for Chicano “stoop laborers” who followed the planting cycle of the American West

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“Silent Majority” (2)

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Nixon administration’s term to describe generally content, law-abiding middle-class Americans who supported both the Vietnam War and America’s institutions; attempted to make a distinction between these white ppl and agitators (civil rights, anti Vietnam, etc.)

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Military industrial complex (2)

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Term coined by Eisenhower; feared that the combined lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries that contracted with the military would lead to excessive Congressional spending

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Roe v. Wade

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1973 — all state laws prohibiting abortions were made unconstitutional based on a woman’s right to privacy

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Affirmative action

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policies of the government aimed at increasing access to jobs, schooling, and opportunities to people previously discriminated against

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Calvin Coolidge (4)

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taciturn, pro-business president (1923-1929) who took over after Harding’s death; restored honesty to government; accelerated the tax cutting and antiregulation policies of his predecessor; his laissez-faire policies brought short-term prosperity from 1923 to 1929.

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Truman Doctrine (2)

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A doctrine developed by Truman in accordance with the containment policy that promised economic aid to those fighting communists; would later drag US into more conflicts such as Vietnam and Korea

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Clara Bow (3)

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an American actress who rose to stardom in the silent film era of the 1920s; her acting artistry and high spirits made her the premier flapper; leading sex symbol of the roaring twenties

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Al Smith

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ran for president in the 1928 election for the Democrat Party; known for his drinking and lost election to Hoover; first Roman Catholic to run for president, and it was during a time many people were prejudiced against Catholics

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“Black Tuesday” (2)

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day that NYSE crashed; marked the beginning of the Great Depression, a period of economic hardship in US lasting from 1929 to 1939.

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PATRIOT Act (3)

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law passed due to 9/11 attacks; sought to prevent further terrorist attacks by allowing greater government access to electronic communications and other information; criticized by some as violating civil liberties

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Occupy Movement

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the name of the original protest that launched the populist anti-Wall Street movement in the late 2010 and early 2011 that protested inequality and corporate political power

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Proposition 6

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proposed Calif. law that would ban gay/lesbian teachers from working in public schools and would ban public school employees from supporting gay rights

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Iran-Contra Affair (2)

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scandal that erupted after the Reagan administration sold weapons to Iran in hopes of freeing American hostages in Lebanon; money from the arms sales was used to aid the Contras (anti-Communist insurgents) in Nicaragua, even though Congress had prohibited this assistance

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The Counter Culture (3)

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white middle-class youths, called hippies; New Left, against Vietnam War, turned back on America because they believed in a society based on peace and love; rock-n-roll, colorful clothes, and the use of drugs, lived in large groups

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World Trade Organization

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international trade organization that prompted strong protests from anti-global trade forces in Seattle, Washington in 1999

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Malcolm X (3)

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Minister of the Nation of Islam; urged blacks to claim their rights by any means necessary; more radical than other civil rights leaders of the time

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Bush v. Gore (3)

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Because of the closeness in the election of 2000, Gore ordered that ballots be recounted in Florida because of a potential mistake; Florida Supreme Court authorized a recount in all counties; Result: Such a recount is unconstitutional because there is no standard set in the Constitution to do such nor does the state of Florida have the right to set up a new election law

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NAFTA (2)

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1994 — established free trade zone between Canada, United States and Mexico; net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets

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Phyllis Schlafly (2)

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conservative female political activist; stopped the ERA from being passed, seeing that it would hinder women more than it would help them.

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deindustrialization (2)

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process by which US industry transferred industrial plants abroad to take advantage of cheaper labor and tax breaks; between 32 and 38 million jobs were lost during the 1970s due to deindustrialization.

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Bush Doctrine

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policy adopted by the Bush 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

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Defense of Marriage Act (3)

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passed Congress in 1996; defined marriage as between only a man and women; however many states and companies extended benefits to same sex partners and many states legalized same sex marriage

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Barack Obama

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44; former community organizer and lawyer in Chicago

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My Lai (2)

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1968 — American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai; also led to more opposition to the war.

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Credibility gap

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lack of popular confidence in the truth of the claims or public statements made by the federal government, large corporations, politicians, etc.

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Tet Offensive (2)

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1968 — National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year (Tet), which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment

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Duck and cover

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Schoolchildren practiced crawling under their desks and putting their hands over their heads to protect themselves from an atomic bomb attack

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The Feminine Mystique (2)

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1963 — best-selling book by feminist thinker Betty Friedan; challenged women to move beyond the drudgery of suburban housewifery and helped launch what would become second-wave feminism

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McCarthyism

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1950 — McCarthy began a sensational campaign against communists (entertainers, teachers, democrats, gov’t officials, screenwriters) that led to more than four years of charges and counter charges, ending when the Senate censured him in 1954

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Fair Deal

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President Truman’s domestic policy (1948) that included civil rights and an extension and enlargement of the New Deal — health insurance, federal aid to education, public housing

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Fordism (2)

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system of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford; principles based on assembly-line techniques, scientific management, mass consumption based on higher wages, and sophisticated advertising techniques

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

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restrict the United States military from “witch-hunting” secretly gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members or applicants, while absolutely barring “openly” gay or bisexual people from joining the military, and expelling those already serving during Clinton’s term

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Harlem Renaissance

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black artistic movement in New York City in the 1920s, when writers, poets, painters, and musicians came together to express feelings and experiences, especially about the injustices of Jim Crow

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Ford Hunger March

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communist auto workers decided to march on the Ford Motor Co.’s River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Mich. for demands like jobs for laid off workers, immediate payment of wages, rest periods

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David Koresh (2)

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led The Branch Davidians, a Texas cult; taken by federal agents and was found to have illegal firearms

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TEA Party

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political movement known for its conservative positions and its role in the Republican Party; members of the movement have called for a reduction of the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing government spending, and for lower taxes (taxed enough already)

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2008 Bailout (2)

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Economic Stabilization Act; law enacted in response to the subprime mortgage crisis authorizing the US Secretary of the Treasury to spend up to $700 billion

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Proposition 63

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established English as Calif.’s official language

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