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North River Steamboat
-Built In 1807
-average speed of the steamboat was 5mph
-actually built by Charles Browne
-founders were Robert Livingston And Robert fulton
-made it eaiser to travel
-is widely the firt commercially successful steamboat,operated on the hudson
-about 100 years later the desel engine was invented it eas much more faster and powerful
-people began to put that in there boats
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New Immigration
-immigrants from europe and china moving to u.s for jobs, education, and better living conditions National Origins Formula
-when america is allowed to have a lmited amount of immigrants, but when hit that limit they cant allow anymore people in. -
Morse Code
-electrical telegraph system
-each letter or numercal is represented by a unique sequence of dots and dashes
-used for more than 160 years.
Telegraph-
-created by samuel morse
-was builted next to the railroad
-funded $30000 to construct an extirmental telegraph line from washition to baltimore. -
Bessemer Steel
-It Was Named After Its Inventor, Henry Bessemer
-Discoverd By William Kelly
-It Had Been Used Outside Of Europ for Hundreds Of Years but Not On An Industral Scale. -
Homestead Act
-Several U.S. Laws That Gave An Applicant Ownership Of Land At Little Or No Cost
-They Told Them If They Go West They Get Free Land.
-Gets People To Spread Out. -
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery And Involuntary Servitude, Except As Punishment For A Crime.
It Was Passed By The Senate On April 8, 1864, By The House On January 31, 1865, And Adopted On December 6, 1865
On December 18, 1865, Secretary Of State William H. Seward Proclaimed It To Have Been Adopted. It Was The First Of The Three Reconstruction Amendments Adopted Following The American Civil War. -
14th Amendment
Was Adopted On July 9, 1868, As One Of The Reconstruction Amendments.
The Amendment Addresses Citizenship Rights And Equal Protection Of The Laws, And Was Poposed In Response To Issues Related To Former Slaves Following The American Civil War. -
Transcontinetal Railroad
-six years of hard work 2000mi across the u.s. contributed to the westward moventment by making transportation and economic opps easier
-chines main ones building the railroad
-before the railroad you only had the option to walk, ride a horse, if u have one that is healthy, or if you had a water way then a boat
-provided safty
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15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment To The United States Constitution Prohibits The Federal And State Governments From Denying A Citizen The Right To Vote Based On That Citizen's "Race, Color, Or Previous Condition Of Servitude". It Was Ratified On February 3, 1870, As The Third And Last Of The Reconstruction Amendments.
By 1869, Amendments Had Been Passed To Abolish Slavery And Provide Citizenship And Equal Protection Under The Laws, But The Narrow Election Of Ulysses S. Grant To The Presidency In 1868 Convinc -
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Gilded Age
-economic groth, mainly in the north and west
-no middle class
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Chinese Exclusion Act
-was a federal law signed by president chester a. arthur on may 6, 1882
-it was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigrations in us history, prohibiting all immigration of chinese laborers
-the act followed revisions made in 1880 to the us-china burlingame treaty of 1868, revisions that allowed the us to suspend chinese immigration.
-the act was initially intended to last 10 years but, was renewed in 1892 and made permanent in 1902.
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NAACP-W.E.B. DuBois
The NAACP Is An African-American Civil Rights Organization In The United States Formed In 1909.
Its Mission Is "To Ensure The Political, Educational, Social, And Economic Equality Of Rights Of All Persons And To Eliminate Racial Hatred And Racial Discrimination"
The NAACP Bestows The Annual Image Awards For Achievement In The Arts And Entertainment, And The Annual Spingarn Medals For Outstanding Positive Achievement Of Any Kind, On Deserving Black Americans. It Has Its Headquarters In Baltimore, -
LULAC
The LULAC, Was Created To Combat The Discrimination Faced By Hispanics In The United States, Established In Corpus Christi, Texas.
LULAC Has Lost Strength In Recent Years Because Of A Declining And Less-Active Membership Base And Decreasing Operating Funds. -
SS#
-Indenendent
-more money is being pulled out then being put in
-not having a SS# leads to unemployment
-SS# goes to the old people -
House Committee On Un-American Activities
They Investigated People Who Where Communist, The People Who Got Investigated Lost There Jobs, It Caused Everyone In The United States To Not Be Involved In Anything That Got To Do With Communist. -
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Rock And Roll
It Started As A Movement.
it Influenced The People Culture. -
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2nd Great Migration
More Than Five Million African Americans Moved From The South To The North, Midwest And West. -
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Civil Rights Movement
Began With Excutive 8802 Sign By Rosovelt In Order To Allow Better Production Of Defence Product -
G.I. Bill
Cause:They Needed Something To Come Back To After The World War II
Effects:It Cost Low-Cost Mortgages, And Low-Interest Loans. -
Air Conditioning
It Helps People Move From Places Where Its Hot.
It Also Helped During The Great Migration -
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Arms Race
The Race Between The United States, And The Soviet Union.
The Duck And Cover Drill Was An Alarm. -
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Baby Boom
Cause:Guys Came Back From War World II An Wanted To Fornicated With The Baby Boom
Effect:Stimulates The Economy. Needed More Money And Jobs. -
Mendez Vs. Westminster(1946)
In the mid-1940s, a tenant farmer named Gonzalo Mendez moved his family to the predominantly white Westminster district in Orange County and his children were denied admission to the public school on Seventeenth Street. The Mendez family move was prompted by the opportunity to lease a 60-acre farm in Westminster from the Munemitsus, a Japanese family who had been relocated to a Japanese internment camp during World War II. -
"Truman Doctrine"
Truman Doctrine-The Doctrine Was Extended To Become The Basis Of American Cold War Policy Throughout Europe And Around The world
Containment Policy-Prevent The Spread Of Communism Abroad. A Component Of The Cold War, This Policy Was A Response To A Series Of Moves By The Soviet Union To Enlarge Communist Influence In Eastern Europe,
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It Began With The Truman Doctrine And Ended With The Fall Of The Berlin War -
Marshall Plan
The Purpose Of The Marshall Plan Was So That, The United States Could Rebuild War-Devastated Regions, Remove Trade Barriers, Modernize Industry, And Make Europe Prosperous Again. -
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Berline Airlift
It Was One Of The First Major International Crises Of The Cold War. During The Multinational Occupation Of Post–World War II Germany, The Soviet Union Blocked The Western Allies' Railway, Road, And Canal Access To The Sectors Of Berlin Under Allied Control. -
Desegregation Of The U.S. Military
Desegregation is the process of ending the separation of two groups usually referring to races. This is most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American Civil Rights Movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, particularly desegregation of the school systems and the military (See Military history of African Americans). Racial integration of society was a closely related goal. -
NATO
Is An Intergovernmental Military Alliance Based On The North Atlantic Treaty.NATO's Headquarters Are In Brussels, Belgium, One Of The 28 Member States Across North America And Europe, The Newest Of Which, Albania And Croatia, Joined In April 2009. An Additional 22 Countries Participate In NATO's "Partnership For Peace", With 15 Other Countries Involvedrin Institutionalized Dialogue Programs. The Combined Military Spending Of All NATO Members Constitutes Over 70% Of The World's Defence Spending. -
Senate Hearing Led By Joe McCarthy
Investigating People With Evidence Witch Hunt -
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Korean War
The Korean War Was A War Between South Korean, Supported By The United Nations, And The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea (North Korea), At One Time Supported By China And The Soviet Union. -
Sweatt Vs. Painter
Sweatt v. Painter, was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. The case was influential in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education four years later. -
22nd Amendment
The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for election to the office of President of the United States. Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947. It was ratified by the requisite number of states on February 27, 1951. -
Polio Vaccine By Dr. Jonas Salk
It Reduced The Worldwide Incidence From An Estimated Cases in 1988 To 223 Cases In 2012. -
Hernandez Vs. Texas
A landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Brown Vs. Board Of Education
Brown v. Board of Education, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, which allowed state-sponsored segregation, insofar as it applied to public education. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott-Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks Was Not The First Person To Resist Bus Segregation.
Parks' Act Of Defiance And The Montgomery Bus Boycott Became Important Symbols Of The Modern Civil Rights Movement.
She Became An International Icon Of Resistance To Racial Segregation.
Rosa Parks Did Not Give Up Her Seat Because She Was Tired, She Gave Up Her Seat Because she Was Tired Of Giving In.
Parks was Charged With A Violation Of Chapter 6, Section 11 Segragation Law Of The Montgomery City Code. -
Orval Fabus
36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of the Little Rock School District during the Little Rock Crisis, in which he defied a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court by ordering the Arkansas National Guard to stop African-American students from attending Little Rock Central High School.
Faubus' first political race was in 1936 when he contested a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives. -
Sputnik Launch
It Was Launched By The Sovets. Was The First Satilite In Space. -
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Space Race
Mid-To-Late 20th Century Competition Between The Soviet Union And The United States. Attaining Firsts In Space Exploration. We Wanted To Challenge Are Skills An Prove That We Too Can Do It. National Defense Education Act -
Southern Christian Leader-Martin Luther King Jr.
An African-American Civil Rights Organization. SCLC Was Closely Associated With Its First President, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The SCLC Had A Large Role In The American Civil Rights Movement.
On January 10, 1957, Following The Montgomery Bus Boycott Victory And Consultations With Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker, And Others, Dr. King Invited About 60 Black Ministers And Leaders To Ebenezer Church In Atlanta. -
Civil Rights Act Of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was also Congress's show of support for the Supreme Court's Brown decisions.The Brown v. Board of Education eventually led to the integration of public schools. Following the Supreme Court ruling, Southern whites in Virginia began a "Massive Resistance." Violence against blacks rose there and in other states, as in Little Rock, Arkansas, where that year President Dwight D. Eisenhower had ordered in federal troops to protect nine children integrating a public school, -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Was One Of The Organizations Of The American Civil Rights Movement In The 1960s.
It Grew Into A Large Organization With Many Supporters In The North Who Helped Raise Funds To Support SNCC's Work In The South, Allowing Full-Time SNCC Workers To Have A $10 Per Week Salary. -
Congress Of Racial Equality
Is A U.S. Civil Rights Organization That Played A Pivotal Role For African-Americans In The Civil Rights Movement. Founded In 1942, CORE Was One Of The "Big Four" Civil Rights Organizations, Along With The SCLC, The SNCC, And The NAACP. Though Still Extant, CORE Has Been Much Less Influential Since The End Of The 1955–1968 Civil Rights Movement. -
23rd Amendment
The Twenty-third Amendment (Amendment XXIII) to the United States Constitution permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. The amendment was proposed by Congress on June 17, 1960, and ratified by the states on March 29, 1961. -
"Letter From The Birmingham Jail"
The 'Letter from Birmingham Jail (also known as "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother") is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Presidential Term Of John F. Kennedy
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John F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as "Jack" or by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963. -
Construction Of The Berlin Wall
Caus:The Berlin Wall Was, A Barrier Constructed By The German Democratic Republic, That Completely Cut Off West Berlin From Surrounding East Germany, And From East Berlin
Effect:It Wasnt So Muched Liked By The Government, It Was The Way For Freedom.
The Mayor Called It The Wall Of Shame. -
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President John F Kennedys
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New Frontiers
The New Frontiers program is a series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of researching several of the Sun's planets including Jupiter, Venus, and the dwarf planet Pluto. NASA is encouraging both domestic and international scientists to submit mission proposals for the project.
New Frontiers was built on the innovative approach used by the Discovery and Explorer Programs of principal investigator-led missions. -
Executive Order 10925
required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin. -
Friendship 7
The Mercury spacecraft, named Friendship 7, was carried to orbit by an Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle lifting off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. After four hours and 56 minutes in flight the spacecraft re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean and was safely taken aboard the USS Noa. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Was A 13-Day Confronation In October 1962 Between The Soviet Union And Cuba On One Side And The United States On The Other Side
Bay Of Pigs- Is An Inlet Of The Gulf Of Cazones Located On The Southern Coast Of Cuba. -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. -
The March On Washington, "I Have A Dream Speech"
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. -
Organization Of Afro-American Unity-Malcom X
Was A Pan-Africanist Organization Founded By Malcolm X In 1964
The Purpose Of The OAAU Was To Fight For The Human Rights Of African Americans And Promote Cooperation Among Africans And People Of African Descent In The Americas. -
Civil Rights Act Of 1964
The civil rights act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States, that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women.It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public
Powers given to enforce the act were initially weak, but were supplemented during later years -
Congressional Southern Democrats
In American politics, a conservative Democrat is a Democratic Party member with conservative political views, or with views relatively conservative with respect to those of the national party. While such members of the Democratic Party can be found throughout the nation, actual elected officials are disproportionately found within the Southern states, and to a lesser extent within rural regions of the United States generally, more commonly in the West. -
Gulf Of Tonkin Incident/Resolution
Involving North Vietnam And The United States In The Waters Of The Gulf Of Tonkin.
Daniel Ellsberg, who was on duty in the Pentagon the night of August 4 receiving messages from the ship, reported that the ship was on a secret electronic warfare support measures mission (codenamed DESOTO) near Northern Vietnamese territorial waters. -
United Farm Workers Association-Dolores Huerta,Caesar Chavez
The UFWA Is A Labor Union Created From The Merging Of Two Groups, The AWOC Led By Filipino Organizer Larry Itliong, An NFWA Led By César Chávez. This Group Was Originally A Workers' Rights Organization That Helped Workers Get Unemployment Insurance But Rapidly Became A Union Of Farmwork Of The AWOC In Delano, California Who Had Previously Initiated A Grape Strike On September 8, 1965. -
Assassination Of Malcolm X
As Malcolm X and his bodyguards attempted to quiet the disturbance, a man who was seated in the front row rushed forward and shot him once in the chest with a double-barreled sawed-off shotgun.Two other men charged the stage and fired semi-automatic handguns, hitting Malcolm X several times. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm, shortly after arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.The autopsy report showed 21 gunshot wounds. -
Voting Rights Act Of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits discrimination in voting.It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the American Civil Rights Movement, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections. -
Black Panther
Black Panther Is Typically A Melanistic Color Variant Of Any Of Several Species Of Larger Cat. In The Americas, Wild 'Black Panthers' May Be Black Jaguars (Panthera Onca), While In Asia And Africa, Black Leopards (Panthera Pardus). Smaller Wild Cats, Like Jaguarundi, May Also Be Black. Captive Black Panthers May Be Black Jaguars, Or More Commonly Black Leopards. -
National Organiation For Woman-Betty Friedan
The National Organization For Women Is A Feminist Organization Founded In 1966.
Has A Membership of 550,000.
The Origanization Consist Of 550 Chapters In All 50 U.S. States And The District Of Columbia -
Lester Maddox
American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. A populist Democrat, Maddox came to prominence as a staunch segregationist,[1] when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, in defiance of the Civil Rights Act. Yet as Governor, he oversaw notable improvements in black employment. Later he served as Lieutenant Governor under Jimmy Carter. -
Assassination Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05PM that evening. James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968 in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. -
Tet Offensive
The Largest Military Campaigns Of The Vietnam War,Launched By Forces Of The Viet Cong An North Vietnamese Army Against The Forces Of South Vietnam,The United States,An Their Allies.It Was A Campaign Of Surprise Attacks Against Military An Civilian Commands An Control Centers Throughout South Vietnam.The Initial Attacks Stunned The US An South Vietnamese Armies An Caused Them 2 Lose Control Of Several Cities,They Regrouped 2 Beat Back The Attacks,Inflicting Massive Casualties On Communist Forces. -
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Drama,Debt, and Digital Age
The first inauguration of Richard Nixon as the 37th President was held on January 20, 1969. The inauguration marked the commencement of the four-year term of nixon as President an Spiro Agnew as vice president
The first inauguration of George W.Bush as the 43rd President took place on January 20, 2001. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Bush as President and Cheney as Vice President. Chief Justice William Rehnquist administered the oath of office at 12:01 p.m -
Watergate Scandal
a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Policy Of "Vietnamization"
policy of the Richard Nixon administration during the Vietnam War to end the U.S.' involvement in the war and "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops" -
Silent Majority
President Richard Nixon speech
The silent majority is an unspecified large majority of people in a country or group who do not express their opinions publicly. -
La Raza Unida
The La Raza Unida Party Was An American Political Party Centered On Chicano Nationalism. During the 1970s The Party Campaigned For Better Housing, Work, And Educational Opportunities For Mexican-Americans.
The La Raza Unida Party Started With Simultaneous Efforts Throughout The U.S. Southwest. The Most Widely Known And Accepted Story Is That The La Raza Unida Party Was Established On January 17, 1970 At A Meeting Of 300 Mexican-Americans In Crystal City. -
EPA
is an agency of the U.S. federal government which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress -
Nixon Shock
Made thing decrease because the europen started using u.s. dollar bills and started converting them into gold -
George Wallce
An American politician and the 45th governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. Wallace has the third longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,848 days.After four runs for U.S. president (three as a Democrat and one on the American Independent Party ticket), he earned the title "the most influential loser" in 20th-century U.S. politics, according to biographers Dan T. Carter -
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Amish Children dont have to have an education past the 8th grade because it wont really matter because they do everything them selfs
an there religion is that they cant have an education past the 8th grade
the court says you still have to go but others say why when they dont need it. -
Equal rights amendment
introduced in 1972 dead line was in 1982
cause parents to loose there kids -
WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
is a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress. The resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution; this provides that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by declaration of war by Congress, "statutory authorization," or in case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces. -
Endangered Species Act
was signed by nixon december 28 1973
was like the magnan carta of the environmental -
OPEC
was formed at a time when international oil market was larggely sepreat
began to raise oil price
they began small cars
people couldnt aford gas -
Just Say No
nancy reagon started this War On Drugs anti-drugs to stop illigale use. and pre-marital sex after that the drug usage dropped dramaticly -
Aids
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iraq war
first oil stocks needed to be increased among members of the international energy agency and if neccessary, released early in the event of oil market disruption, second the united states needed to beef up the security of friendly arad states in the region and thirdly and embargo should be placed on sale of military equipment to iran and iraq -
Marine Beirut
US and France Stationed Lebannon. the barrads were bombed by the jihad. left 299 frenchmen and americans dead -
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Bush
Popular:53.4%
Electoral:426
Dukokis
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Gulf War
Cause:Kwait Was Invated By Iraq
Iraq thought Was Stealing petroleum iraq invaded and annexed kwait and 34 nations led by the us invaded iraqq
placed the whole thing in advanced
declarred cease fire ice hours after the ground campaign started
saddam hussein-pres of iraq accused of having weapons of mass destruction
gen norman schwartzkopf-USA general that led all coalition forces in the gulf war
collin powell-secretary of state
dick chemey-vice pres of USAIraq was in debt -
Yugoslav War
-1991-1999
-Bill Clinton was in office
-War between different rates fightinh each-other
-conflicts become infamous for war crimes against humanity, and rape camps.
-clinton decided to send troops to yugoslavia to help citizens
-cleansing resulted in 140000 deaths -
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Bill Clinton
1992
Bill
Popular:43%
Elector:370 Votes
H.W. Bush
Popular:37.5
Elector:168 Votes
1996
Bill
Popular:49.2%
Elector:379 Votes
Dole
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27th Amendment
-Became part of the u.s constitution in may 1992
-was first drafted by james madison in 1789
-was neglected for the next 2 centuries, ohio was the only state to approve the amendment in that period, ratifying in 1873
-deals with pay raises or decreases for members of congress. the congress got to set their own pay which is why it took so long for it to be ratified by the state
-only 38 states were required to ratify the amendment. -
Edgewood vs. kirby
The Robin Hood plan was a media nickname given to legislation enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 to provide court-mandated equitable school financing for all school districts in the state. Similar to the legend of Robin Hood who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor", the law "recaptured" property tax revenue from property-wealthy school districts and distributed those in property-poor districts, in an effort to equalize the financing of all districts throughout Texas. -
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
U.S. Mexico, Canada
to create the largest free trade
increase in exports creats jobs increase in imports destroys jobs maquiladora-an operation of free trade zone where factories import material and equipment on a duty-free and tariff free basis. -
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George W. Bush
Vs. Al Gore Elector:271-266 Popular:47%-48%
Vs. Kerry Popular:50.7%-48.3% Elector:286-272
Conservative Republican-Gore Vs. Bush= Vote recount that led to bush winning 25 florda electoral votes giving him 271 -
9/11 Attack
-a seriese of 4coordinated by the terrorist attacks launched by the islamic terrorist group al-quaeda upon u.s in new york city and the washington d.c metropolitan area on september 11,4 airlines were hijacked by 19al-qaeda terrorists 2be flown in buildings in suicide attacks 2 planes were crashed into the north and south towers within 2hours both towers collapsed thousands were killed and injured the 3rd plain crashed into the pentagone leaving the western side destoryed 3000 people killed -
Invasion Of Afghanistan
-Afghanistan, u.s, uk, NATO vs. Taliban, al-qaeda
-in response of 9/11
-began with aerial bombardment
-objective was to destroy terrorist activities in afghanistan
-u.s casuallities 2286 killed
-result initially removed the taliban from power and seriously crippled al-qaeda
-many believe taliban cant be defeated as long as it has samctuary in pakistan
-cost 1.28 trillion $
-u.s now training afghanistan troops -
Iraq War
-we went to war in iraq because it was believed that they had an advanced program to build weapons of massdesstruction
-7500 people died
-president:goerge w. bush -
Kyoto Treaty
was an enviornmental treaty with the goal of preventing dangerous anthopogenic they blame developed countries are responsible for the current high levels of GHG (issused in 1997 entered into force in 2005) u.s canada, and russia is hot with it but mexico, africa and china are with it. -
Hurricane Katrina
-new orleans..Louisiana
-Below sea-level
-levees
-causes alot of damages
-poorly built floodwalls
-refusal to ask for presidenttial assistance
-about 1800 deaths -
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Vs. McCain=Electoral:365-173 Popular:52.9%-45.7%
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Patriot Act
an act of congress signed into law by president george w. bush on october 26, 2011. it stands for uniting strengthening america by providing appropeiate tools required intercept and obstruct terrorism act of 2011
march 26,2011 obama signed the patriot sunset extension act of 2011 a four year extension of three key provisions in usa patriot act
-an act to deter and ounish terrorist acts in the united states and around the world, to enhance law enforcement.
-people dont like the patriot act -
visit to china
To Make Sure That They Was On Are Side To Help Out With Vietnam -
union of soviet socialist republics
Perestroka-improves health care, educating and many other economical problems
Glasnost-gave people freedom and rights