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Servicemen's Readjustment Act
Definition

1944-

Provided benefits to WWII veterans. Through the veterans adminstration, the bill provided grants for many things including: School and college tuition, low interest morgage, loans, job training, and unemployment payments.

Term
Federal Aid Highway Act, 1956
Definition
The Eisenhower admininstration poured 26 billion dollars into building over 40,000 miles of federal highway. It was the largest American public expenditure in American History.
Term
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Definition

1890-1969

34th President of the USA, which was during 1953-1961. Continued all the major New Deal programs, especially Social Security. He was a conservative. 

Term
Leavittown
Definition
Unincorporated residential community in Western Long Island, New York. Developed between 1956-1961. Example of a completely Pre-planned and mass produced housing complex, more than 17,000 low cost homes were built. The key to this is to no longer rent houses, but ownership. White Americans.
Term
Baby Boom
Definition
Between 1946-1950, 18.2 million "Baby Boomers" were born. 14.6 million were expected. Largest birth rate in US history. Due to men coming home from war. Enormous demand on school systems around country.
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Executive Order 9981
Definition
July 1948, President Harry S Truman. It called on the military to end racial distrimination. It would take years before the military actually ended segregation.
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Negro (Baseball) Leagues
Definition
Largely active between 1920's and late 1040's. Black players were not allowed to play major or minor league baseball, until Jackie Robinson came along.
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Brown v. Board of Education
Definition
3 cases in 1. Early 1950's. Idea that "Seperate but Equal" is actually unequal. The outcome was that there is a federal law saying that segregation is unconstitutional, but nothing will really change until it is practiced.
Term
Emmett Till
Definition

1941-1955

Born and raised in Chicago. Goes back to Mississippi to visit his family for the summer. Goes into a store with other black men, challenged by friends to make inappropriate comments to store owners wife. Days later, the store owner and brother abduct him and assault and murder him, and throw him in the river. The 2 men who did this were prosecuted, but not found guilty. Had an all white jury.

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Jackie Robinson
Definition

1919-1972

Serves in the military. Very talented in athletics, and his strongest sport is not baseball. Never graduates college. In Negro League Baseball on the KC Monarchs in 1940's. In 1947, he becomes part of the Dodgers Professional team. Had verbal and physical abuse from other teams and spectators. Fans sent death threats that triggered FBI investigations.

Term
Citizen's Coucils
Definition
The backlash of Brown v. Board of Education. Whites were trying to protect their segregated world in school systems. There were organized state and local chapters. "Race mixing is Communism."
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Definition

1929-1968

In charge of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. A non-violent protester for civil rights. Becomes leader of Montgomery Bus Boycot. Gave "I have a dream" speech. James Earl Ray assassinated MLK to do something to make him well-known on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN. MLK preached about nonviolence, so being assassinated was very ironic.  This started riots all over the country.

Term
Little Rock 9
Definition
First major confertation between states rights and supreme courts school integration decision. 18 young people start this, but slowly gets down to 9. These 9 went to a white school to be integrated. Military are there to protect physically, but cannot do anything about screaming. All 9 of them go on to be great leaders.
Term
SCLC
Definition
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Martin Luther King Jr was part of it. Challenges Jim Crow laws, which are "seperate but equal". Uses verses from Bible to show Jim Crow is not okay. This starts bombing of churches, and violence gets worse.
Term
Military Industrial Complex
Definition
Relationship between people who made the weapons and the military and government. Considered an "all too friendly" relationship. Eisenhower warned the US about this in his farewell address on Jan. 17, 1961.
Term
The New Frontier
Definition
President JFK campaign in the election of 1960. It was not a set of promises, but a set of challenges. Two ideas were Race to the moon (1969), and peace corp.
Term
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Definition

1917-1963

First Catholic President, at 43, youngest man elected to presidency. 35th President from 1960-1963. Talks about his New Frontier in his campaign against Nixon. This election was the first televised Presidential Debate in 1960. Nixon looked nervous, and Kennedy was calm, Kennedy won the election.

Term
Fidel Castro
Definition

Born in 1926 in Cuba.

Was the leader of Cuba during Pay of Bigs Invasion in 1961.

Term
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Definition

April, 1961

3 months after Kennedy becomes president, hired hitman from the mafia were sent to Cuba to assasinate Fidel Castro. Fell through, so they trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba, falls through also. Air protection did not come through either. Fidel knew about it, and they were waiting, so Cuban exiles were taken over. 1,000 people were imprisoned by Castro's forces.

Term
Berlin Wall
Definition
Started by USSR to seperate East and West Berlin. Vienna Conference in June, 1961 was between Kennedy and Khrushchev. Khrushchev tried to get Kennedy to withdraw from Berlin, but Kennedy was not willing to compromise, so the Berlin wall was erected.
Term
Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition

July 1962

USSR brought missiles to Cuba, Kennedy does not tolerate this, He decided to blockade Cuba, even though it could turn into a war.

Term
Port Huron Statement
Definition
Completed on June 15, 1962 at a Students for a Democratic Party convention in Michigan. 
Term
First Indochina War
Definition

1946-1954

AKA Vietman War

Longest war in history until war in Iraq. 60% of total death of soldiers were in a rage of 17-21 years old. 1954, Vietman split into North and South.

Term
Ngo Dinh Diem
Definition

1901-1963

President of South Vieman from 1955-1963. 1963, he was assasinated.


US withdrew him before he was assassinated. He was a bad leader

Term
Viet Cong
Definition

AKA National Liberation Front

was a political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War

Term
Operation Rolling Thunder
Definition
President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizes this. Airforce bombing repeatedly on targets on ground in North Vietnam. From 1964-1968.
Term
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Definition

August 7, 1964

Congress passed this resolution plunging to the US into the Vietnam War. Did this because there was a possible attack reported on US military battleships in the gulf, but it turns out there really was no attack.

Term
George Ball
Definition

1909-1994

He objected to increasing US troop involvement in Vietnam, and warned the Presidents Johnson and Kennedy that the US could not win the war. He was completely ignored.

Term
Tet Offensive
Definition
Tet is the Vietnamise lunar New Year. Previously Troops stopped fighting to celebrate. On Jan 30th, 1968 a number of military attacked were pulled of during this, which was one of the most surprising attacks, the North Lost.
Term
My Lai Massacre
Definition

March 16, 1968

US did not find out until Nov 17, 1969. Women and children were raped and killed, more than 500 villagers were executed. Homes were burned or exploded, livestock was killed, wells were poisoned. As soon as the US public found out about this, the support of the war was lost.

Term
Napalm & Agent Orange
Definition

Agent Orange: A mixure of herbicides that US military forces sprayed in Vietnam from 1962-1971. Purpose was to defuliate forest areas that might conceal Viet Cong forces and destroy crops that might feed the enemy.

Napalm: They were containers with 130 gallons of gasoline, and 6% napalm added. When dropped from an altitude of 100 feet, they were able to cover a surfac with flames 270 feet long and 75 feet wide.

Term
The British Invasion
Definition
Led by the Beatles. "Mop Tops" were men who didn't cut their hair and became shaggy.  Included other groups like the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, and The Animals. The Rolling Stones were considered the "bad boys" of the invasion groups. These groups had lyrics about political issues, many were deemed inappropriate for TV audience.
Term
United States v. O'Brien
Definition
On March 31, 1966 David O'Brien and three companions burned their Selective Service registration certificates out of protest to the war.  David was arrested for this-under unlawful to burn government documents. He lost, but it showed other people that they could burn things, people started burning the US flag.
Term
Cohen v. California
Definition
Paul Robert Cohen was arrested in the LA courthouse for wearing a jacket with the phrase "Fuck the Draft" on it. He was charged with being in violation of disturbing the peace. Cohen won under the first amendment and the word "fuck" is now protected under the constitution.
Term
Poor People's Campaign
Definition
Robert F. Kennedy's campaign.  He wanted to focus on the poverty from the war.
Term
Robert Francis Kennedy
Definition
1968 announces he wants to run for presidency. He focuses on the poverty of the war and racial segregation, like MLK he wants to end the war and close the gap between white and black. June 1968 was assassinated in LA-within two months of MLK by Sirhan Sirhan.  Hubert Humphrey steps up to take his place in the election, which is only 6 months away.
Term
Kent State
Definition

May 1970

In Ohio. Kent State organizes a protest to the war.  Governor of Ohio called in the National Guard. Shut down classes for the day. Hudreds of armed soldiers showed up. 4 students were shot and killed by the Ohio State Guard-they shot into the crowd of people. Made it into LIFE magazine.

Term
NATO
Definition

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 1949.

Created a counterweight to Soviet Armys stationed in Central and Eastern Europle after WWII. Brought countries in that area together.

Term
Warsaw Pact
Definition

1955

Soviet Union and countries surrounding it established a mutual defense organization.

NATO and Warsaw were drawing lines for teams after WWII.

Term
The Cold War
Definition

1945-1991

The rivalry developed after WWII between US and Russia and their allies. Spying becomes huge from both sides. It was waged on political, ecomonic, and propoganda fronts, and only have limited recourse to weapons.

 

Term
The Iron Curtain
Definition

Speech by Winston S. Churchhill.

March 5, 1946.

Stated that physically and figurativily there is an iron curtain dividing Europe.

 

Term
Red Scare
Definition

AKA Red Iceburg.

The expansion of communism in Asia during the Cold War is making the fear in the US continue. Trumen was starting to be viewed as soft against communism.

Term
Domino Theory
Definition

AKA Domino Effect.

THe idea that if yo let one country fall to communism, they become speakers of communism for other countries. First proposed by President Harry S. Trumen to justify sending military aid to Greece and Turkey in the 1940's. It than became popular in teh 1950's when President Eisenhower applied it to South Vietnam.

Term
Truman Doctrine
Definition

March 12, 1947

Harry S. Truman declared immediate ecomonic and military aid to the governments of Greece and Turkey, who were threatened by communism.

Term
HUAC
Definition

House Un-American Activities Committee.

Est. 1938

Committee of the US House of Representatives conducted investigations through the 40's and 50's into alleged communist activities. Right to Freedom of Speech were broken.

Ex. Hollywood 10: A group of 10 Hollywood produers/actors/etc. that were called to teh HUAC committee. They all invoked the 5th Amendment, they lost their jobs, and careers were destroyed. The only way to save your career is to say "No".

Ex. Ronald Reagen: Hollywood actor at this time, trying to get rid of communism in Hollywood, names people to HUAC who are communist.

Term
Senator Joe McCarthy
Definition

1908-1957

Asked people if they are or have ever been part of the American Communist Party. If you don't answer, or say yes, you could lose your job.

Term
Pan-Indianism
Definition
The idea that Indians are the best. Like Pan-Germanism during Hitler.
Term
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins
Definition

In 1960's

Blacks cannot get service in resaurants, so they had sit-ins. They were non-violent civil disobedience. No matter what they did, because otherwise they would get arrested, not matter what others did or how they retaliated. Middle class white america is not starting to help with this. Parents were shocked.

Term
SNCC
Definition

Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

Founded in 1960 in North Carolina.

Staged sit-ins and freedom rides. Freedom Rides: Buses in Washington are integrated, but when it crosses state borders, they do not know what happens, which becomes a issue for federal government

Term
James Meredith
Definition

Born in 1933

Served 9 years in the Airforce. Applied to the U of Mississippi, but was first rejected because he was black. This causes riots when military forces Meredith to be accepted. The song "Oxford Town" by Bob Dylan is talking about this riot.

Term
"I Have A Dream Speech"
Definition
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. made this speech during the March on Washington which attracted about 250,000 people for peaceful demonstration to promote civil rights and economic equality for African Americans. Televised live to an audience of millions.
Term
Bob Dylan
Definition
Born 1941 in Duluth, MN. Grew up in Hibing, MN. Went to the U of M, but never gratuated. Starts making music while in dinky town. Wrote more than 500 songs about the civil rights movements. People used his songs and remade them because he was a bad singer. Performed at the March on Washington were Martin Luther King Jr. does his "I have a dream' speech.
Term
Lyndon B. Johnson
Definition

1908-1973

36th President of the USA. From Texas.

Term
The Great Society
Definition
Term
Civil Rights Act, 1964
Definition
Outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. 
Term
Voting Rights Act, 1965
Definition
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread desenfranchisement of African Americans in the US
Term
Indian Termination Act
Definition

1953

US wants to get out of the business of controlling Indian reservations and stop pouring money into them. They deemed the Natives able to look after their own affairs.

Term
Indian Relocation Act
Definition

1956

Relocating Indians into an urban community, larger communities such as San Fran, LA, Sacramento, etc. Getting Indians used to white culture. Use incentives, usually money, to get them to move and offer to help find a job and apartment but they usually didn't help once they moved. Backfires on the US.

Term
AIM
Definition
American Indian Movement. Founded in Minneapolis in 1968. Civil Rights Organization for the American Indians. Wanted to get back what is rightfully theirs from the government, their rights are often overlooked. Its original purpose was to help Indians in urban ghetto who had been displaced by government. It eventually encompassed the entire spectrum of Indian demands.
Term
Russel Means
Definition

Born in 1939

In 1942 the Means family settles in San Fran Bay area because of the relocation plan. In 1970 he becomes the director of AIM. The kind of individual that was affected by these policies.

Term
"Indians Of All Tribes" at Alcatraz
Definition
In 1963 Alcatraz became a "Federal Surplus Property." This was originally Indian land so now they wanted to take it back. Indians of All Tribes occupied Alcatraz from November to June 1969. This attempted to draw Indian entity into a single group. Not a nice place, but the Indians said it was no worse than what they had been living in. By June 1970 it fizzles out because life is getting in the way-had to go back to life and school.
Term
Trail of Broken Treaties
Definition
November 1972. March on Washington organized by AIM involving 1,000 angry Native Americans. Planned as a peaceful march, but becomes an occupation of the federal office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This becomes a news opportunity for media.
Term
Self-Determination Act
Definition
1975 after Wounded Knee. 180 degree flip- turn over much of authority and responsibility to Indians for their communities. By Gerald Ford.
Term
Wounded Knee Occupation
Definition
February 27, 1973. Indian activists seize the town of Wounded Knee. Lasts for 71 days. 2 Indians were shot and killed, whites were held hostage. Russell Means was a leader in this and when he went to Washington he was immediately arrested. After this his activists were stuck in Wounded Knee, running out of food, until planes came and dropped food for them. This becomes an embarrassment for Federal Government because of how long it has lasted. 
Term
Leonard Peltier
Definition
Born in 1944. Still in prison to this day. One of the three indicted murderers for the murder of the FBI agents that went on the Indian Reservation to find someone. He was the only one convicted because he had a new judge who found him guilty. There were a lot of inconsistencies in the trial and a lot of people think he is innocent and should be let go. He made a statement saying that he knows he will not have a fair trial because it is in the white community.
Term
Executive Privilege
Definition
United States v. Nixon, 1974.  Executive privilege-the executive branch has a privilege to privacy to discuss possible decisions. They reasserted this privilege in this case-you don't have the privilege to withhold information if it has to do with a criminal investigation. This was during Nixon's criminal investigation-he admitted there were crimes but he had nothing to do with them.
Term
Pentagon Papers
Definition

1969

Papers that contain a history of the US role in Indochina from WWII until May 1968. Ellsberg stole these papers and told the press about them, eventually publishing them to the New York Times, criticizing the war and showing that it is unwinnable.

Term
Daniel Ellsberg
Definition

Born in 1931

Saying the war is not winnable. Becoming critical of the war and the politics of the war. Wants to withdraw from the war (he is a marine). He was the one to publish the pentagon papers.  He is arrested and charged with felonies for this, he knows he will be charged for theft and revealing federal secrets about war in 1971. He was found innocent in 1973.

Term
Richard Milhous Nixon
Definition

1913-1994

37th president of the US, ran in 1968 after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. February 23-24, 1969: Nixon orders plans for secret bombing of Cambodia, says he will end the war by winning the war.

Term
Henry Kissinger
Definition

Born in 1923

Nixon's right hand man. Knowingly and willingly prolonged the war to keep his job as Secretary of State-1973-77 (Even though Nixon said he wanted to end the war by winning it).

Term
Detente
Definition
Periods of easing of Cold War tensions between the US and the Soviet Union from 1967-1979. The era was a time of increased trade and cooperation. Ended in the signing of SALT treaties.
Term
Paris Peace Accord
Definition
Term
The Plumbers
Definition

"The Whitehouse Plumbers"

Five men are arrested on June 17, 1972 trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel and office complex.  G. Gordon Liddy of the FBI and James W. McCord-security Chief were two of the five. August 1, 1972-$25,000 cashier's check ends up in one of these guys' bank from Nixon to pay them off for their break in.

Term
War Powers Act
Definition
Law passed by Congress on Novemeber 7, 1973. Over the veto of Nixon. Restrained the president's ability to commit US forces overseas by requiring the executive branch to consult with and report to congress before involving US forces. Taking back their constitutional right to war, taking back what they gave them, they had their free reign of war for 9 years.
Term
Watergate
Definition

Watergate Hotel:

Washington, DC. The Headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Recordings taken of the White House administration, surveilling meetings, serveil the critics. The Whitehouse Plumbers were caught for this. Nixon taped people without them knowing it. Question becomes: Is this a conspiracy? Did Nixon know about this the whole time?

 

Watergate Hearings:

May 1973-August 1974

Fingers are still pointed to Nixon in th Watergate scandal. They want to know what he did or didn't do in this. He needs to prove that he wasn't a conspirator and that he didn't cover anything up. These 15 months the US is investigating this, televised all over US. Nixon just kept saying he didn't have anything to do with it.

Term
Second Wave Feminism
Definition
The women's movement in the 1960s and 70s. Represented an abrupt break with the tranquil suburban life pictured in American popular culture. Many people see The Feminine Mystique as the opening to the second wave feminism (a book written by Betty Freidan). "Our Bodies Our Selves" was a book about the health care needs to women and their reproductive system. Before this, talking about that would be too obscene.
Term
Betty Friedan
Definition

1921-2006

Became a psychologist. Felt she wasn't in a fair environment. Started talking to other women about this issue. Came to the idea that there is a general dissatisfaction of the women's work field. Expectations are low, she couldn't advance in her job beccause it wasn't expected for women to advance. Started interviewing women-mostly from her college class-who became housewives. Writes a book called "The Feminine Mystique."

Term
NOW
Definition
National Organization for Women's 1966 Statement of Purpose. Betty Freidan was at the heart of this. Still in affect today. Starts working on these problems. Suggests that there are deep structural problems in our society, not just some people saying women are less.
Term
The ERA
Definition
Equal Rights Amendment. Just because the 19th amendment gives women the right to vote, it doesn't outlaw any kind of discrimination other than that.  This amendment is of all discrimination.  Section 1: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied because of sex. Section 2: The Congress shall have the power to enforce any part of this article. Section 3: This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification. Argument against it: ERA would change the entire way of life-it failed.
Term
Title IX of the Education Act Amendments of 1972
Definition
Sports in college are huge, women did not have access to athletics before this.  Women becoming active has the potential to become "manly." Generations that came after 1972-women college athletics can play, many women go on to the Olympics or pros now.
Term
Roe v. Wade
Definition

1973

Invalidated all state laws restricting women's access to abortions during the first trimester. Before 73 it is illegal to have an abortion. Abortion is now legal.

Term
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Definition

1978

Before this if you went to a job and were pregnant, you could either not get hired or get fired if you already worked there. They go home to have their baby.  This is now illegal.

Term
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Definition

1911-2004

"The Great Communicator"

40th president of the US. Fundamentalist perspective-the Bible is literally the truth. Actor from 1937-1965. Named names during communist scare. Knowing how to work the cameras helped him when he became president. First political job was the governor of California. Goes up against Carter in election of 1980- Carter only wins four states. On the day of his inaguration: 52 Iranian hostages are released after 444 days of captivity which makes people believe the world is scared of him.

Term
Iran Hostage Crisis
Definition

1979-1981

52 Americans were taken captive by the radical Iranian students. People questioned how this could happen under Carter. This ended the Carter admin and started the Reagan admin. On day of Reagan's inaguration these hostages were released.

Term
Nicaragua Revolution
Definition
Sandinistas cause an uprising. Freedom Fighters are called contras-trying to destabilize the government. Cold War is alive and well in Reagan admin. National Guard goes to Honduras to train counter attacks. 1982-Congress passes the Boland Amendment because of this.
Term
Boland Amendment
Definition
Congress passes this in 1982. US couldn't fund any military organizations, like the contras, that would destabilize the revolutionary government. Showing that US will stay out of it.
Term
Iran Contra Affair
Definition
Term
Oliver North
Definition

Born in 1943.

US Naval Academy in 1968. Begins funding against the Boland Amendment-giving resources to Iran. CIA funnels arms to Iran in an attempt to free hostages, but Reagan goes on to deny this. This hits the news-15 weeks of congressional hearings getting to the bottom of the sales of arms to Iran.

Term
Glasnost & Perestroika
Definition
Term
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Definition
Reagan gives a speech at the Berlin Wall on June 2, 1987. He demands that the Soviet Union tear down the wall.  It is a matter of Freedom and Morality. This is part of his view of good or evil, no inbetween. 
Term
Executive Order 10450
Definition
People who were gay or lesbian can be fired. This is the Pink Scare. 1953. Prior to this era the US military had conducted sting operations to entrap homosexual military servicemen in order to discharge them.
Term
Frank Kameny
Definition

1925-2011

In US army during WWII and goes back to college with the GI bill. Works for the federal government for astronomy. 1957-fired because he was arrested in 1956 for gay and lesbian protests. Worked with the Mattachine Society in Washington which was one of the first gay and lesbian groups that is standing up to the oppression.

Term
One, Inc. v. Olesen
Definition
Decided on January 13, 1958. "One" was deemed "obscene" and excluded from the postal service. (One was a newsletter that articulated a civil rights agenda). In 1958 the US Supreme Court overturned this law. Talking about the gay civil rights
Term
Stonewall Riots
Definition
June 27, 28, and 29, 1969. Greenwich Village, NYC at the Stonewall Inn. In the 1950s and 60s gay and lesbian bars were harassed by law enforcement and organized crime. These people in 1969 go out into the street and start riots, demanding their rights. They were all arrested.
Term
Harvey Milk
Definition

1930-1978

First openly gay elected politician, on San Fran city council. In 1978 he was murdered by another city councilman, who also murdered the mayor. This guy used the excuse that he "ate too much junk food" so he wasn't in the right state of mind (This is known as the Twinkie defense).

Term
Rock Hudson
Definition

1925-1985

Film and TV actor. Admits he has AIDS just before his death. Before this people who had AIDS were just random people, he was the first to admit it so people could see actual people who have AIDS. "Heartthrob" of the 50s. He was a respected man of the Hollywood system. Connected to the Reagans (Reagan wants to ignore that gay people have rights). This was a time that AIDS was only found in gay people. Rock had a wife to cover up the fact that he was gay, but everyone in Hollywood knew he was gay.

Term
ACTUP
Definition

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.

Started in March 1987 by Larry Kramer. Not MLK nice, it is disruption of everyday life. Shuts down the Golden Gate Bridge. Radicals-disrupt until they get what they want. Use Media to begin fighting AIDS.

Term
William Jefferson Clinton
Definition

Born 1946

42nd President of the US. Going to mix the ideas of social policy and economic policy. Closer to the middle, has a centrism view-middle of the two extremes of liberalism and conservatism. In 1998 he became the second US president to be impeached; he was acquitted by the Senate in 1999. 

Term
New Democrat
Definition
Mix between Liberal in Social Policy and Conservative in Economic Policy. Bill Clinton had this viewpoint. The conundrum for the "New Democrat" is how to reform society without disrupting the distribution of economic wealth.
Term
Blue Dog Coalition
Definition

Founded in 1995

Name means nothing at first-it was just started in the blue dog room. This is a group of fiscally conservatives. They criticize Clinton because he wasn't fiscally conservative enough.

Term
NAFTA
Definition
North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement. 1993. Clothes are not made in US today, because of agreements of NAFTA. Productions of goods can come back and be sold in America. This unhinges labor in America, many loose their jobs by Mexican productions. Clinton signed this.
Term
Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
Definition

Gramm-Leach-Bliley

FDR put this in place to regulate banking industries (consumer banks, insurance banks, and investment banks couldn't be combined). Clinton repealed this, allowing banks to grow very large, which rippled thoughout the country.

Term
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Definition

US Policy from 1993-2011

Regarding the service of homosexuals in the military. Lifted a ban on homosexual service that had been instituted during WWII. Can't express who you are, you can be discharged if you come out of the closet.

Term
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Definition

Born 1947 in Chicago

Brand new kind of first lady, unlike any before her. Hillary was Bill's partner in this, intellectual equal. Married in 1975. She was a very confident lawyer/politician. You can't think of one of them without the other.

Term
Deindustrialization
Definition
The movement away from the primary agricultural sector to the tertiary service sector.
Term
The Rust Belt
Definition
Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, parts of: Pennsylvania and NY. Manufacturing is moving off shore, production is not happening in Rust Belt so it is starting to not be used, demand isn't as high for the cars made in US-cars are coming from other countries.
Term
Detroit, Michigan
Definition
Detroit's population grew dramatically between 1850 and 1950. aka "Motor City." the quintessential 20th century Industrial city. Rises and falls on automotive manufacturing industries. Population growth peeks at 1950 and then steadily declines. Trying to bring Detriot back to a tourist location to raise population again.
Term
Primary Sector
Definition
Extractive/Agriculture section of working. Most common in the late 19th century. 70% of jobs were agriculture in 1820, but today it is less than 5%.
Term
Secondary Sector-Manufacturing
Definition
Most common in the Early-Mid 20th Century.  More jobs with factories.
Term
Tertiary Sector-Service
Definition
Mid-late 20th century. jobs we will all take today. These jobs require knowledge, skill sets, and interpersonal relationships. Ex: doctors, teachers, waiters, etc. Almost every job today. It is now at 75% of all jobs.
Term
Information Revolution
Definition
aka the "Digital Revolution." In the 80's-a giant cell phone and big thick computers. Today-you can't live without a smart phone and laptop. It has changed the way we have relationships, the way we find information, everything. Manufactured in China-US doesn't have manufacturing anywhere, the knowledge and skills of designing them DOES happen here, which is the service sector. Too close to present that historians haven't really looked at it yet. It is standard or expectation that it is necessary to know how to use this technology.
Term
George W. Bush
Definition
Born in 1946. Part of the "Bush Dynasty." 43rd president of the US. He wasn't that smart-he got all C's and D's at Yale. Well connected to politics because of his father. 
Term
9/11
Definition
Two planes fly into the Twin Towers in NYC, one plane flys into the pentagon, one plane was aimed at the White House but it fails and falls in Virginia because the passengers found out and took it down. More deadly than Pearl Harbor-2,600 people died. 125 died at the pentagon and 256 died on the four planes. Starts the war in Iraq.
Term
The Patriot Act
Definition

2001

Uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Police do not have the right to invade privacy unless there is a probable cause-until the patriot act. Deciding who is a terrorist and who isn't. Libraries can't withhold information about what people are reading anymore. No legal standard to who is a terrorist. Don't have Bill of Rights protection from search and seizure anymore.

Term
Al Gore
Definition

Born in 1948

45th vice president of the US. Served in Vietnam. 

Term
Gore v. Bush
Definition

Election of 2000

One of the most contested elections-the votes were so close that for 36 days, the nation didn't know who was going to be the president. Gore won popular vote, Bush won electoral vote. It all came down to Florida. It became a Supreme Court Case-the secretary of state becomes a plaintiff in this. Hanging Chad-going through vote by vote to see who they meant to vote for. Bush got presidency before the recount was over.

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