US History Final Exam Review PART 2

President during the 9/11 attacks

Baby Boom

Effect of Vietnam, congress now limits the power of the president to declare war

Theory that if one country falls to Communism then the neighbor will fall too.

Embargo by this group led to Stagflation in the 1970s

1963 book by Betty Friedan that advocated equal rights for women.

Group of African American students who were prevented from going to school in Arkansas

1990-91 President Bush sent troops to get Iraqi forces out of Kuwait

Nixon's strategy to end the Vietnam war by de-escalating the number of troops

The right to vote

1950-1953

Taught Hispanic farm worker to vote and worked alongside Cesar Chavez

RFK & MLK Assassination, Antiwar Protests, Democratic Party Chaos, TET Offensive

Anti-gender discrimination law used mainly on college campuses

Election of the first minority United States President

Soviets attempting to put missiles close to US during the Kennedy years

LBJ's domestic policy nicknamed "War on Poverty"

Native American organization to defend against discrimination

Art that was inspired by Mexican American culture and gives pride to them

Movement of middle class white people in the 1950s away from cities

African American founder of BET

President Reagan's plan to fix the economy

Person willing to take the risks involved in starting and managing a business

NAACP Lawyer, 1st African America Supreme Court Justice, Brown v. Board of Ed.

airconditioning made it possible to move to this area which led to the movement of jobs as well