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G.I. Bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was also known as the GI. Bill which was a law that provided a range of benefits towards the men that returned from World War II veterans. President Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill into the law on June 22, 1944. The Bill was designed to provide immediate rewards for practically all WWII veterans. It avoided the highly disputed postponed "cash bonus" payout for WWI veterans that cause a political turmoil for nearly a decade and a half. -
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was created by Winston Churchill to describe the cold war divide between Western Europe and the Soviet Union's Eastern European satellite nations. The whole objective of the Iron Curtain was mainly to keep people in and note out. It was used to describe closure to western ideas by erecting a physical barrier across Eastern Europe. -
Second Red Scare
After WWII, in the midst of the 20th century, another Red Scare was initiated. The Red Scare referred to the fear of communism that permeated American politics, culture, and society. Senator Joseph McCarthy abused the American fears of the Soviet infiltration into the U.S government which lead to McCarthyism flourishing in the short term because of a world dominated by Communist government. This campaign was mainly spreading fear towards the American. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under the threat from external or internet authoritarian forces. His program of containing communism in Eastern Europe was at risk of the Communist takeover. Truman Doctrine was President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country that was threatened by communism. -
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Cold War
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Berlin Airlift
Throughout the middle of the 20th century the US and Great Britain put effort into providing food and supplies to West Berlin om response to the Soviet land blockade of the city. The US and British planes supplies them for a whole year which results in Joseph Stalin giving up and reopening the border. -
Marshall Plan
Secretary of State George C. Marshall's post WWII program providing massive U.S. financial and technical assistance to war-tor European countries. He offered loans to rebuild Europe and restored Western Europe's faith in capitalism. This spread American labor, farming, and manufacturing practices. The United States program of economic aid towards the reconstruction of Europe's war based territory. -
The Fair Deal
President Truman added this "New Deal" to distinguish his new domestic program for Roosevelt's New Deal. The first goal was to ensure the civil rights for all American citizens. He added proposals to increase the federal aid to education, expand unemployment and retirement benefits to create a comprehensive system of national health insurance, and to enable more rural people to connect to electricity as well as increasing minimum wage. The deal was forced to scale back b/c of North Korea. -
Beat Generation
Throughout the 1950's the "Beat Generation" were specified as "Beats or Beatniks" who started off as novelists, artist, poets that rejected the American culture, home ownership, marriage, and materialism. They promoted pleasure and freedom such as drugs and sex. They ended up laying out the foundation for war protests in the latter 1960's. This literary movement started off with a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American's culture and politics in the post WWII era. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict in which it divided the United States and the Soviet Union. The Communist won a long civil war in China in 1949 in which it ignited the war in Korea. President Truman decided to enter the war under the United Nations after an invasion by North Korea on the South. The war prevented North Korea from taking over all of Korea and showed how America was wiling to send troops to contain communism while the Soviet Union was willing to send troops to expand communism. -
McCarthyism
Anti-Communist panic was led by Senator Joseph McCarthy who attacked the loyalty of politicians, federal employees, and public figures, despite a lack of evidence. It was a practice of making accusations of treason without evidence. This campaign against the alleged communist in U.S government and other institutions carried out under Joseph McCarthy and caused many people to lose their jobs. -
Television
The television was very similar to the radio, it spread TV and made a huge cultural impact. This campaign started 1948 and gave the US a wonderful change towards the US. TV put a difference towards American lives because of how it kept people updated with the politics, and economics in the US. It gave people with a TV a form of entertainment that could be used for the free time they had in their lifetime. -
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1950's
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Rock N' Roll
Rock and roll was also known as "rock & roll or rock 'n' roll" which is a genre of music that started in the late the last 1940's and the early 1950's. The music originated from the US from African American's musical styles like jazz, boogie woogie, blues, gospel, and country music. According to Frank Sinatra (1957) he said that "Rock and roll" was a brutal, ugly, degenerate vicious form of expression. Which explains how some Americans disliked this genre of music. -
Polio Vaccine
In 1952, Jonas Salk and his team created the first effective vaccine.
Dr. Jonas Salk discovered and developed on of the first successfully tested polio vaccines, This oral vaccine was available to Americans in 1961 and eradicated Polio from the US by 1994. This vaccine was used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). It was either taken through the mouth, or as an injection. -
Elvis
Whenever Sam Phillips, a Memphis record producer, found that Elvis Presley was the king of rock and roll and kicked off a musical revolution by modernizing traditional genres like the blues, gospel, jazz, etc. They both ended up spreading their music to other cities and created a legend. He ended up being a very popular American that put a change towards the music industry. -
Dr. Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk was born on October 28, 1914 and died June 23, 1995 as a super hero. He changed American by creating a vaccine that killed a virus. Polio was the most feared disease of the 20th century and was very deadly. Many scientist believed that effective vaccines could only be developed with live viruses. Salk grew samples of the virus and then worked his way in deactivating them by adding a substance so they wont reproduce anymore. -
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Civil Rights
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Eisenhower Interstate System
Eisenhower marveled the Autobahn in Germany and built a similar system in the U.S. that linked cities for multi-purpose use. They mainly built this highway for people to leave the cities in case of an attack. The Interstate Highway was not only used for leaving but also for people to travel with ease. The road was mainly for people that owned a vehicle. -
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman was born December 5, 1932. He earned his named Little Richard from his music. He is an American musician, singer, and song writer. He influenced popular music and culture for nearly six decades and laid the foundation for rock and roll. Little Richard has been honored with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and became a famous American that also helped change the music industry in the mid 1950's. -
Sputnick
The sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite that was released by the Soviet union which caused Americans to fear them from falling behind the Soviets. This resulted in them creating NASA and also initiated the Space Race. -
Albert Sabin
Albert Sabin was emigrated to the US along with his family in 1921 to avoid the persecutions against the Hews during that era. He ended up receiving his M.D from New York University and began his campaign on polio. His dedication towards his studies and career is what brought America an elimination of human suffering diseases. He figured out that polio not only grows from the nervous tissues but live in small intestines. He then figured it can be stopped with a oral vaccine -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students that were prevented from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by Governor Orval Faubus. The results in federal government intervention by Eisenhower ordering the arrival of the 101th Airborne who escorted the nine black students into school. Segregationist resists Brown v Board for as long as they can and moderate whites will do half-way measures; integrating buses, libraries and parks like Little Rock, Arkansas. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower's timidity in the field of race relations emerged again when he asked to protect the rights of Africans to vote. 1956, hoping to exploit divisions between northern and southern Democrats and to reclaim some of the black vote for Republicans, congressional leaders agreed to support. It established the Civil Rights Commission and a new Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department intended to prevent interference with the right vote. -
Space Race
The Space Race was a competition in the 20th century between the United States and the Soviet Union that occurred right after the launch of the Soviet Union's first satellite, Sputnik, in which both nations fought for the spaceflight supremacy. The Space Race was quite important because of how it showed the world which country had the best science, technology, and knowledge. The US and the Soviet Union realized how much rocket research would assist the military. -
Counter Culture
This generation seceded the Beat Generation because of their unorganized youth rebellions against mainstream institutions, values, and behavior that is more often focused on cultural radicalism rather that political activism which appealed to the hippies. These shocking events of 1968 led disaffected young rebels, hippies, to abandon convectional political activism and embraced the counter culture. This culture was a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to with prevailing social norms. -
Sit-Ins
Late 1950's, protesters went to the white lunch counters and sit in seats for whites only, civil disobedience, remained there and denied service. It hurt white businesses and brought Civil Rights to lunch counters. Non-violence goes from schools to other public places, and the first sit-in was at Greensboro, North Carolina, starting the movement. This was a for of civil disobedience during the late 1950's -
New Frontier
The New Frontier was a foundation under President Kennedy who was elected. His plan was to promote a raises in minimum wage, relieve the overcrowded schools, and had a belief in cutting taxes for businesses from 90%. He wanted to increase spending to alleviate a downturn. Kennedy challenged the U.S. to land a man on the moon with the Soviets still ahead in space technology. -
OPEC
OPEC's mission was to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its member countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers, and a fair capital for those investing in the petroleum industry. The organization has considerable power in these markets, as a cartel, OPEC members have a strong incentive keep oil prices as high as possible while maintaining their shares. -
LSD
LSD was popularized in the 1960's such as psychologist, Timothy Leary, who encouraged American students to "turn on, tune in, and drop out." This created an entire counterculture of drug abuse and spread the drug from American to the United Kingdom to some parts of Europe. Even up to today's date, the use of LSD is still in use. This drug is used to escape the problems of society and brought a sense or relaxation to the people that used it. This continued until the US banned the drug in 1967. -
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1960's
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Feminism
The feminist movement of the 1960's through the '70s focused on dismantling workplace inequality, such as denial of access to better jobs and salary inequity. The different wings of the feminist movement sought women's equality on both a political and personal level. The women's liberation movement was a loose agreement towards women and feminists thoughts that emerged in the United states and other countries during the late 1960's -
The Peace Corps
Kennedy's New frontier included "The Peace Corps" in which was a program in which the assistance of U.S. volunteers is offered to the developing natios of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. This act was proposed by Kennedy and succeeded on March 1, 1961. Thousands of young Americans answered this call to duty by volunteering for the Peace Corps. Americans were told that is would "promote world peace and friendship" through a better understand of other peoples part of Americans. -
Freedom Riders
Whites and blacks that traveled on the interstate buses together into the Deep South to challenge Southern resistance to segregation on either buses or trains. They wanted the Southerns to violently clash with them in hopes of forcing the government to take action. They wanted to test a federal court ruling that banned racial segregation, but forced to flee when buses and trains were slashed. They wanted to force the Kennedy admin to engage the cause of civil rights. -
Delores Huerta
An activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union in the 1960's that fought to improve the conditions of the Latino community. Held strikes and non-violent resistance campaigns. Movement was mainly focused on bettering labor conditions. She fought alongside Chavez for UFW, a union for migrant lettuce workers and grape pickers, and held strikes and non-violent resistance campaigns. -
Assassination of JFK
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America, was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas while riding in a motorcade. He was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald while JFK was traveling with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. JFK was the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office in 1960. He provided federal support for the growing civil rights movement and was born as America's military hero into a successful run for Congress in 1946. -
Birmingham Marches
These were marches by blacks in Birmingham, Alabama protesting the unfair treatment of blacks. These marches were set up by Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC to try and grow public support for equality for blacks in America. Most of these marches were made by children. Protesters staged sit-ins and shut down businesses. MLK was arrested during the campaign and wrote his famous letter from jail, speaking of non-violence. -
George Wallace
A segregationist and Governor of Alabama that tried to block black students from getting into the University of Alabama. Led to government intervention and military troops escorting students. A Democrat and Governor of Alabama of 1963-1967. He dismissed both Democrats and Republicans as too liberal and ran on the American Independent party, formed to defend racial segregation, as running for few elections as a segregationist, law and order platform. -
Ascendancy of Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was the nation's 36th president on November 22, 1963, just after John F. Kennedy's assassination. Despite the passage of sweeping civil rights legislation and the creation of major social programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and food stamps, Johnson's legacy would be forever tarnished by his vast expansion of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Johnson would sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which discriminated the basis of color, sex, religion, for public facilities. -
Malcolm X
A civil rights activist and leader that promoted black militancy for self-defense. Disagreed with non-violent strategy of MLK and SNCC, and didn’t allow whites to help in his fight for Civil Rights. After his separation from Islam, he changed his stance on militancy and welcomed help from whites. Malcolm X separates from Elijah Muhammad over his changing philosophies and takes pilgrimage to Mecca. He was gunned down in Harlem in Feb. 1965. -
Great Society
This program was created by Lyndon B. Johnson to end poverty and racial injustice and provide "abundance and liverty for all." It had problems that needed fixed, moderates grew tired of "entitlement" for minorities and felt as if it was only for blacks. President Nixon utilizes the "southern strategy" after whites turned to the Republican Party. The society was a revision and addition to the New Deal that promised education, good standards of living, and beautification. -
Hippies
Hippies were focused on their individual lifestyles rather than caring for the political parties. They rejected middle-class values, the pursuit of wealth and careers and instead of embraced plain living, authenticity, friendship, peace, and freedom. They cared mainly about the peace and lived for the moment without inhibition. They were viewed "out of touch" and made LSD and Heroin popular. -
Lester Maddox
He owned a restaurant when desegregation starts, but close it rather than integrate. He became the Governor of Georgia on segregationist platform and ironically, his polices helped Africans in Georgia (Liberal). (Orval Faubus). A populist Democrat, Maddox came to prominence as a segregationist, when he refused to serve black customers in his Atlanta restaurant, in defiance of the Civil Rights Act -
Anti-War Movement
An anti-war movement is a social movement in which was usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start an armed conflict. This movement was a student protest that started as a Free Speech movement in California and spread throughout the world. All members of the movement shared an opposition to war in Vietnam and condemned the U.S's presence there. They claimed that this was violating Vietnam's rights. This movement resulted in a growth of activist that aimed at social reform. -
Stonewall Riot
The police were legally justified in raiding the club, which was serving liquor without a license among other violations, New York's gay community had grown weary of the police department targeting gay clubs, a majority of which has already been closed. The crowd on the street watched quietly as Stonewall's employees were arrested.Riots Violent clashes between police and gay patrons of New York City’s Stonewall Inn, seen as the starting point of the modern gay rights movement. -
Environmental Protection Agency
A governmental organization signed into law by Richard Nixon in 1970 designed to regulate pollution, emissions, and other factors that negatively influence the natural environment. The creation of the it marked a newfound commitment by the federal government to actively combat environmental risks and was a significant triumph for the environmentalist movement. Federal agency established by Nixon to protect and preserve the environment. -
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1970's
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Equal Rights Amendment of 1972
The Equal Right Amendment (ERA) was written in 1923 by Alice Paul, a suffragist leader and founder of the National Woman's Party (NWP). The thoughts from the NWP was considered the ERA to be announced after the 19th Amendment was established. As a supporter or the ERA between 1972-1982 meant a lot of lobbied, marched, rallied, petitioned, went on hunger strikes, and was considered a civil disobedience to the nation. The ERA was freedom from legal sex discrimination and required equal rights. -
Title IX of the 1972 Education Act
No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Supported the dramatic changes in the sport participation opportunities available to women since 1972. It was demonstrated that when laws challenge the ideas and lifestyle, the legitimacy and enforcement of those laws will be questioned. -
Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation was founded by Paul Weyrich to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense." The Foundation was an influence over the Republican politicians. It was estimated that 2/3 of the policy recommendations it is made in 1981 that was adopted by the Reagan Administration in 1981. -
Stagflation
Stagflation is an economic problem defined in equal parts by its rarity and by the lack of consensus among academics on how exactly it comes to pass. When unemployment is high, spending declines aswell as the prices of goods. Stagflation occurs when the prices of goods rise while unemployment increases and spending decines. Stagflation was to prove on how tough the problems are for the governments to deal with due to the fact that the policies lower inflation. -
Endangered Species
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) was signed December 28, 1973. The act benefited the conservation of species that were endangered or threatened throughout either a significant portion of their range, and the conservation of the ecosystem on which the depend on. A species is considered endangered if it's close to being extinct. -
Federal Election Commision
A sixth member of the bipartisan agency created by the Federal Election Campaign act of 1974. The FEC administers and enforces campaign finance laws. The US federal law increased disclosure of contributions for the federal campaign which ended it to be amended in 1974 to place legal limits on the campaign contribution. The amendment ended up assisting in the creation of the FEC. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accord was signed by President Anwar El Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister on September 17 1978.
The first in a series of peace attempts by the United States between an Arab nation and Israel. This was seen as one of the great accomplishments by the Carter Administration. This was an idea for peace between Egypt and Israel after 3 decades of hostilities. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisis was a diplomatic crisis trigger on November 4, 1979, when the bIranian protesters seized the US embassy in Tehran and held 66 American diplomats hostage for 444 days. Carter was unable to free the hostages despite several attempts. This event symbolized the paralysis of American power in the late 1970's. The issue ended with the signing of the Algiers Accord in Algeria on 1-19-1981. -
Reaganomics
The four ideas of Reagan's economic policy were to
1) reduce the growth of government spending
2) reduce government regulations
3) tighten the money supply in order to reduce inflation.
4) Cut spending and taxes
President Reagan presented a new tax program in which he sees " a second American Revolution for hope and opportunity." He claimed an undue tax burden, excessive government regulation, and massive social spending programs that hampered growth. -
The Moral Majority
The Moral Majority was a fundamentalist Christian organization founded by televangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979. The Moral Majority was established to preserve “traditional” American values and to combat increasing acceptance of social movements and culture changes.The organization became a major political influence in its opposition to gay rights, abortion, feminism, and other liberal movements during the 1980s. In 1989, Falwell disbanded the organization, declaring it reached it's goals. -
Election of 1980
Jimmy Carter had a tough road to win the Election of 1980. He was going up against a slumping economy and a hostage crisis with Iran. Ronald Reagan came in promising change for America with a conservative approach. -
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1980's
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Space Shuttle Program
Space shuttle program originally started with the idea to build a space station that could be used for reconnaissance. Simple fireworks rocket was inspiration for spacecraft. Interest in the space shuttle program as a whole began to wane in 1970, following Vietnam war. -
Music Television
In the early 1980's video music channel MTV, changed the music industry by making imagery just as important as sound. MTV's original concept was to play music videos 24/7 to entertain Americans. Initially, MT was reluctant to play music by black artists. The air promotional videos sponsored record labels. White artists were angry that their rock format was tended to limit options. -
Reagan Presidency
Ronald Reagan is a former actor and California governor that served as the 40th US president from 1981 to 1989. Raise in small-town Illinois. He cut taxes and increase the defense spending, negotiated a nuclear arms reduction agreement with the Soviets and is credited with helping to bring a quicker end to the Cold War. Reagan, who survived a 1981 assassination attempt. -
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor will be known as the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, but her impact reaches much further than that. She worked for the state supreme for only two years before President Ronald Reagan nominated her in 1981 to become the first female justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court. She then decided to leave in 2006 for her retirement. -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) “Star Wars”
The (SDI) was a proposed missile defense system in order to protect the United States from any nuclear weapons and submarine-launched missiles. It was used to combine ground based units and orvital deployment platforms which was publicly announced March 23, 1983. The ambitious initiative was allegedly threatened to destabilize the mutual assured destruction and to reignite offensive arms race. -
Reagan Doctrine
President Ronald Reagan defines his key concept of foreign policy, establishing the "Reagan Doctrine." The doctrine came to be announced as a foundation for Reagan administration's support of "freedom fighters". President Reagan laid the foundation for its program of military assistance. He continued to protect his ideas with his two terms in the office. He claimed success in weakening the Sandinista government which forced the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan. -
Iran Contra Affair
President Ronald Reagan's administration supplied weapons to Iran in hopes of securing the release of American hostages that were held in Lebanon. Us took millions of dollars from the weapons sale and routed them to the right win Contra guerillas in Nicaragua. The transactions that took place in Iran Contra scandal were contray to the legislation of the Democratic dominated Congress and contrary to official Reagan administration policy. November 18, 1986, a published series was posted publicly. -
Balkans Crisis Of 1990
The Balkan Wars consisted of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan Peninsula in the south-eastern Europe in 1912 and 1913. There were 3 main causes of the Balkan War:
1) The Ottoman Empire wasn't able to reform itself with the rising ethnic nationalism of its diverse people.
2) The Balkan League had been formed and its members were confident in defeating the Turks.
3) The Great Powers failed to ensure that the ottomans needed reforms. -
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1990's
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Internet in the 1990's
Commercial use of the Internet quick became a commonly debated topic. Commercial use was forbidden and was used to bring the exact definition of commercial use was unclear and subjective. Internet in the 1990's was an evolving factor that upgraded as time grew and many American's became dependent over it. It started off with the use of word and then to entertainment. -
Election of 1992
The United States presidential election of 1992 was the 52nd presidential election. On Tuesday, November 3, 1992. There were 3 candidates:
1) Republican President George W. Bush
2) Democratic Akansas Governor Bill Clinton
3) Independent Texas businessman Ross Perot.
The democrats chose Bill Clinton and Albert Gore Jr. as his vice president, Clinton called for accepting homosexuals in the armd forces but has to sell for the "don't ask, don' tell" policy. -
World Trade Center Attack
The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. A truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the Trade Center in New Yorl and used to send the North Tower crashing into the South tower causing both towers to fall down and kill ten thousands of Americans. -
Health Care Reform
The Clinton heal care plan was also specified as the Health Security Act which received its nick name "Hillarycare". In the early 1990's, reformers believed that the conditions were ripe for change. Health care costs and growth of the uninsured population fueled public dissatisfaction. The Clinton plan was transformed and changed throughout the years into a mixed, public-private system of health care. It was expected that market would shift further towards a managed care. -
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. In 1976, Oprah Winfrey moved to Baltimore. Oprah was very kind to the US because of how she gave money and put people in houses when that had nothing else. She became very popular when she launched a magazine that aimed on women's personal growth. She ended up in the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1994, and later organized a book club. -
DADT
The (DADT) policy effected the military service towards the gays, bisexuals, and lesbians. It was instituted by the Clinton Administration February 28, 1994. The policy theoretically lifted a ban on the homo's service that had been instituted during World War II. Under the terms of the law, the homo's weren't able to socialize about their sexual orientation or engage in any sexual activity, which made the commanding officers unable to question service members about their sexual orientation. -
NAFTA
The north America Free Trade Agreement came into action in which it created the world's largest trade zone. It laid the foundations for a strong economic growth and a rising prosperity for nations like Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Their partnership allowed millions of opportunities for Americans by supporting Made in America gods and jobs. The U.S trade with Canada and Mexico supported up to 140,000 small and medium sized businesses. -
Defense of Marriage Act
The United States federal law that is being rules unconstitutional, defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages that were granted under the laws of other states. The issue of legal recognition of same-sex marriage attracted many American's attention until the 1980's. Limiting marriage towards opposite-sex couples didn't violate the Constitution. -
Welfare Reform
President Bill Clinton signed the Welfare Reform act which ended up fulfilling his 1992 campaign promise to "end welfare as we hace come to know it". The act reshaped cash and food welfare programs and helped reduce federal welfare spending. It reduced spending on food stamps, Supplemental Security income, child nutrition, and the Social Services Block Grant. It increased funding for child care nd created a mandatory block grant for care of children in low-income families. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush served as the United States 43rd president in 2001 to 2009. Before he entered the White House, Bush, the oldest son of George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. president, was a two-term Republican governor of Texas. In 2000, he ended up winning the presidential election against a Democratic challenger Al Gore. -
Election of 2000
The 2000 Presidential election was a contentious competition between George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore. When the results arrived in Florida, it showed a close margin of Bush's victory. The Texas governor leading 900 votes when the counting of the miliary began. This election was noteworthy for a controversy over the awarding of Florida's 25 electoral votes. -
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Contemporary
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9/11 Attacks
In the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11, many U.S. citizens held the view that the attacks had "changed the world forever." President Bush administration announced a war on terrorism with the goal of bringing Osam Bin Laden to justice and preventive the emergence of other terrorist networks. Historians are determining the affects of 9/11 on contemporary history. -
War on Terror
The War of Terror was known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) in which it is a metaphor of war referring to the international military campaign that started after the September 11th attacks on the United States. Osama Bin Laden was tracked down and killed 10 years later. The way the war on terror has been conducted has led to many voicing concerns about the impact on civil liverties, the cost of the additional security focused changes. -
Patriot Act
The Patriot Act was signed by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The patriot act was known as a 10 letter abbreviation (USA PATRIOT) "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Require to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001." This act was used to prevent future terrorist attacks. The congress took existing legal principles and retrofitted them to preserve the lives and liberty of the American peoples from the challenges posed by global terrorist network -
No Child Left Behind Act
This act passed congress in which was very overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001. It was signed into by President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002. This act grew out of concern that the American education system was no longer internationally competitive and has significantly increase the federal role in holding schools responsible for the academic progress of all students. It put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools boost the performance of students. -
Hurricane Katrina Disaster
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast which left New Orleans underwater. This disaster caused the US at an estimate of $108 billion dollars in repair, damages, etc. It was the "costliest hurricane in US history." Many people were injured some were killed and basically was a terrible disaster in US history. -
Obama Presidency
The election of Barack Obama was historic because of how there has never been an African-American president before in U.S. history. Despite him calling for change in how government works, not much change was instituted under his tenure. It is still too early to judge the success of Obama and his administration since he has been out of office for less than a year as of this writing. -
American recovery And Reinvestment Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed by President Obama on 2-17-2009. It was an unprecendented effort to the US's economy to create or save millions of jobs and to place a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. Obama's objective was to save existing jobs and to create new jobs as soon as possible. It was also used to provide temporary relief programs for those most affected by the recession. -
Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care act (ACA) was known as "obamacare" in which is a US healthcare reform law that expands and improves access to care and curbs spending through regulations and taxes. The main purpose was to provide more Americans with affordable health insurance and improving the quality of health care. This act was a result of decades of ideas from both the politcal party and the health care industry.
