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14th amendment
Granted citizenship to all people born in America -
Douglas MacArthur
General of the American Army -
Sierra Club
Is one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Court case in which racial segreation in public areas under the doctrine of sperate but equal -
Thurgood Marshall
Was a justice in the United States supreme court -
Holocaust
Killing of millions of people. Most of the killed were Jews -
Dust Bowl
Was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands in the 1930s. -
War Powers Act of 1941
Gives the president power to send troops in case of an emergency. -
D-Day invasion
American attack on Normandy France, which led to many American deaths -
Atomic Weapons
The first ever Atmoic Bomb was dropped by America on Japan to help end WW2 -
Vietnam War
Military conflict in Asia that occured from 1955-1975. -
OPEC
Is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. It's mission is to secure a return to oil investors and an econmic supply of oil to it's consumers. -
Gulf of Tonkin
Cause of the Vietnam war. Vietnamese supposily sunk an American ship. -
Title IX
No person in the U.S. shall be excluded based on their gender -
Watergate Scandal
Break in of a government building in Washington, which Nixon covered up. -
Endangered Species Act
Act to protect endangered animals and there land. -
Fall of Saigon
Marked the end of the Vietnam war -
5th amendment
Protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. -
Collapse of the Soviet union
Russian president stepped down, marking the end of the cold war. -
NAFTA
Is an agreement signed by the U.S, Canada, and Mexico, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. -
World Trade Organization
Is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. -
Kyoto Protocol
It's an agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. -
9/11
Terrorist attacks lanuched on the United States by AL-Queada -
Hurricane Katrina
Deadly category 5 hurricane that hit Lousiana majorily. -
Greenpeace
Is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
