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Jim Crow Laws
are laws that segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
First federal action against monopolies. it was useed to trust-bust
big monopolies -
Wounded Knee
The battle between U.S. military troops and Lakota Sioux Indians -
progressive Movement
the progressive Movement sought reforms and organized across class, educa, occupa, geograph, gender, racial and ethinic boundaries -
Sixteenth Amendment
It allows the Congress to levy an income tax -
Seventeenth Amendment
It starte direct election of senators because senators were not beholden to the people but to state legislatures -
Red Scare
A period of anticommunist hysteria during 1919 and 1920 -
Steel Strike of 1919
the strikers were demanding recognition of their union and protesting low wages and long working hours -
Palmer Raids
attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. -
Economy Act
Balanced the Federal Budget by cutting Govt Salaries. -
New Deal
programs to combat economic depression. made by President Franklin Roosevelt -
World War Two
A global military conflict including all of the great powers. The most widespread war in history that involved two opposing military alliances: the Axis and Allies. -
"Fair Deal"
An economic extension of the New Deal proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
a military alliance of Western European and North American states against the Soviet Union -
Korean War
Korean War 1950-1953 was a conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was caused through the attempt to stop the spread of communism. It was the United States and help of the South Vietnamese against the Northern Vietnamese. -
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was the President of the United States in1969 to 1974, Withdrew Troops from Vietnam, Resigned due to Water Gate -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall divided West and East Germany, or democracy and communism during the Cold War. The wall was built on August 13th 1961 and fell November 9th, 1989. The Soviet's had control over East Germany while the United States, Great Britain and the French. -
world trade center
Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. -
president obama elected
was the first black president
