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G.I. BILL
The G. I. Bill of Rights or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans as well as one-year of unemployment compensation. It also provided loans for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses. It was known to be one of the most far reaching pieces of social legislation in American History. -
IRON CURTAIN
Winston Churchill's terms for the Cold War division between the Soviet Union (USSR) who dominated the East and the US, who dominated the West. It was used to describe the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War. It isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world. -
MARSHALL PLAN
Initiated by Secretary of State George Marshall and it was a way that the US helped to rebuild Europe. They helped by giving them money (substantial funds). This would increase foreign trade and prevent communism and the spread of it. It also aided in the economic recovery of Europe after WWII. -
BERLIN AIRLIFT
An operation led by Truman that lasted around 327 (10 months) days where the US and Britain planes flew supplies into the West Berlin after the Soviet Union (USSR) blockaded the city in 1948, including railways, roads, and canals, leaving many civilians to starve. They also supplied food, fuel, etc. This deed resulted in the formation of NATO. -
FAIR DEAL
A domestic reform proposal of President Truman’s second administration. It included civil rights legislation and repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and it was known to be an extension of the New Deal. It called for higher minimum wage, housing, and full employment. -
2ND RED SCARE; McCARTHYISM
The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It is also the practice of using unfair investigative techniques, even in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. Anyone who was suspected of being a communist were put on a list and never given a job in the industry again, ruining their careers. Wisconsin Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy became the most public face of the Second Red Scare. -
KOREAN WAR (THE FORGETTEN WAR)
The country of Korea was split into two due to the Communists (North Korea) invaded South Korea across the 38th parallel. The North is for communism while the South is for capitalism. The UN raised an army led by the US to stop the North. The fighting was confined to the Korean peninsula, rather than the countries involved on each side attack one another directly. -
BEAT GENERATION
A group of American writers who came to prominence as well as the cultural phenomena that they wrote about “Beat” culture include a rejection of mainstream American values. It involved experimentation with drugs, alternate forms of sexuality, and an interest in Eastern spirituality. -
DUCK & COVER
It was a drill implemented by the Federal Civil Defense Administration in order to educate people around the country on what to do in case of a nuclear attack. A way for students to practice crawling under their desks and putting their hands over their heads to protect themselves from any atomic bomb or any nuclear attack. It was used during the Cold War between the nations, usually US and USSR. They created an educated video where an animated turtle shows students how to duck and cover. -
IKE TURNER
He was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. In a career that lasted more than half a century, his repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk. He is most popularly known for his 1960s work with Tina Turner, his wife. His first recording, "Rocket 88" in 1951 is considered a contender for "first rock and roll song". Turner recorded for many of the key R&B record labels of 1950s and 1960, including Modern, Trumpet, etc. -
TELEVISION
No cultural medium ever grew so huge, so quickly and so reinforced the public mood. Businesses introduced the TV Guide and TV dinners and used the TV for advertising. It allowed politicians to appeal to all audiences and allow Americans to see political candidates. The use of advertisements for political campaigns increased campaign costs, but reduced the content level of political discussion. -
ROCK 'N' ROLL
A genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was known for African-American rhythm and blues and it was referred to a slang for sexual intercourse. Culturally, teenagers rebelled against their parents and lots of leisure time and money from after-school jobs. Singers who were popular were Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, and more. -
POLIO VACCINE
A vaccine created by Dr. Jonas Salk that eliminated the spread of Polio; a virus that crippled and killed millions worldwide. It worked by introducing killed or weak pieces of the virus to allow the body to develop antibodies, thus preventing polio. -
EARL WARREN SUPREME COURT
This court created when President Eisenhower appointed the previously conservative Earl Warren as chief justice over William J. Brennan Jr. He became controversial Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1953-1969. He led the Court in far-reaching racial, social, and political rulings, including school desegregation and protecting right of persons accused of crimes. The court became a vehicle for social change and advocate for individual rights. -
BILL HALEY AND THE COMETS
It was an American Rock 'n' Roll band that was founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The earliest group of white musicians to bring Rock 'n' Roll to the attention of White America and the rest of the world. After recording a country and western-styled version of "Rocket 88", a rhythm and blues song, he changed musical direction to a new sound which came to be called Rock 'n' Roll. -
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, and the Court ruled that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were inherently unequal and also unconstitutional. Schools in the South had to be desegregated and mixed classes that was supposed to reduce racial tensions. -
EMMETT TILL TRAGEDY
An African American of adolescence who was visiting the deep South. During his visit, he "whistled" at a white woman and she told her husband and his friends. The husband and his friends kidnapped Emmett and brutally killed him and dumped his body into a river. He was found unrecognizable, but was identified with his ring that his mother gave him. His death led to the American Civil Rights Movement. -
ROSA PARKS
A US civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama and it triggered the National Civil Rights Movement. She was arrested for breaking the bus segregation law. After Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, and Martin L. King led a boycott of city buses. After 11 months, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal. -
ELVIS PRESLEY
Memphis-born singer whose youth, voice, and sex appeal helped popularize Rock 'n' Roll. He was famous from mid 1950s to early 1970s and also called the "King of Rock". He fused black rhythm and blues with white bluegrass and country styles, which created a new musical idiom known as Rock 'n' Roll. He was an icon of popular culture, in both music and film. -
LITTLE ROCK 9
A group of nine African American students who registered to Little Rock Central High School, but before they could step into the school, called the National guard to stop black students attending the school. Orvaul Faubus, governor of Arkansas, didn’t agree with desegregation. Their actions were followed by the Little Rock Crisis, where the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school. -
SPACE RACE; SPUTNIK
A time when the Russians launched and placed the first successful satellite into space and to orbit the Earth, surprising everyone around the world. It resulted in an outcry in the US, bringing fears that the Soviet Union were ahead in both space exploration and military missiles. It forced the Eisenhower administration to increase defense spending and accelerate America's space program. -
VIETNAM WAR; HO CHI MINH TRAIL
A network of jungle paths winding from North Vietnam (Democratic Republic) through neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam (Republic). It is used as a military route by North Vietnam to supply weapons and necessities for the Vietcong during the Vietnam War. The system also provided support in the form of manpower. -
OPEC (ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES)
Cartel comprising Middle Eastern states (Saudi Arabia) and Venezuela first organized in 1960. OPEC aimed to control access to and prices of oil, wresting power from Western oil companies and investors. In the process, it gradually strengthened the hand of non-Western powers on the world stage. -
TELEVISION; NIXON V. KENNEDY
Election of 1960: This was the first campaign to be ever watched on television where there were 70 million viewers. TV viewers thought JFK won, but radio listeners gave the edge to Nixon. It was the power of image, Kennedy understood this was about image and reputation, makeup. Nixon looked like he was sick, while Kennedy was well-rested, allowing him to him the election. -
PEACE CORPS
A federal agency by President Kennedy to promote voluntary service by Americans in foreign countries, it provides labor power to help developing countries improve their infrastructire, health care, educational systems, and other aspects of their societies. Part of Kennedy's New Frontier vision, the organization represented an effort by postwar liberals to promote American values and influence through productive exchanges across the world. -
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS; BAY OF PIGS
Castro quickly complied with a Soviet request to be allowed to construct nuclear missile sites in Cuba. A CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro by landing 1200 disgruntled Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs. It was a huge failure and was an embarrassment for John K Kennedy, determinedly vows to bring down Castro. Forces Cuba ever further into the arms of the USSR (Russia). -
FREEDOM RIDES
Civil Rights campaign of the Congress of Racial Equality where protesters traveled by bus through the South to desegregate bus stations. White violence against them prompted the Kennedy administration to protect them and become more involved in Civil Rights. It was to challenge racism proved a political and public relations success for the Civil Rights Movement. -
CHICANO MURAL MOVEMENT
Artists began using the walls of city building, schools, housing projects, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture. They would draw murals that would link to the history and rituals of the Pre-Columbian peoples of the Americas and the Mexican Revolutionary-Era painters such as Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, etc. who painted murals in the United States. -
ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
The Anti-War Movement was a student protest that started as the Free Speech movement in California and became international. All members of the Anti-War Movement shared an opposition to war in Vietnam and condemned U.S. presence there. They claimed this was violating Vietnam's rights. This movement resulted in growing activism on campuses aimed at social reform etc. Primarily a middle-class movement and a cultural movement. -
FEMINISM (1960s)
Under the influences such as Betty Friedan's novel, "The Feminine Mystique", it believed that women could do anything that a man could. Movement tries changing the mentality instead of legislating female equality and focuses on equal treatment, opportunity and pay. Another example is "Sex and the Single Girl", which encouraged women to explore their sexuality. -
BIRMINGHAM MARCH
The campaign was used to ended the struggle for freedom by African Americans, but many police used hoses and police dogs to stop them. It resulted positively as the campaign helped remove of white only and black only restrooms and desegregated lunch rooms. -
ASSASSINATION OF JFK
In Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy along with his wife was riding in a parade to dum up support for the upcoming presidential Election of 1964. JFK was shot twice, both near the head and the suspect was Lee Harvey Oswald. Later that following day, Kenndy was pronouced dead at Parkland Hospital. -
COUNTERCULTURE
A group that rejects the values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of cultural patterns. They are usually hippies, where they believed in free love and peace. They explored their "inner selves" in which they had possesssion of drugs which include LSD, heroin, and more. -
DAISY GIRL AD
Lyndon Baines Johnson's campaign ran the now-classic television ad called "Peace Little Girl (Daisy)," starring a little girl counting down daisy petals she was picking, followed by a narrator counting down a nuclear launch. Meant to portraying his GOP opponent, Barry Goldwater, as a reckless extremist whose election would lead to nuclear war, it only ran once as an advertisement (news programs would later air it as well). -
BARRY GOLDWATER
A Republican Senator for Arizona who ran against Lyndon B. Johnson for presidency. His platform included lessening federal involvement, therefore opposing Civil Rights Act of 1964. He also proposed a vigorous Cold War foreign policy and was viewed as an extremist, alienating voters. His extreme conservatism scared many into voting for Johnson. He lost by largest margin in history. -
GREAT SOCIETY
Led by Lydon Johnson, it was known to have programs and governments to provide medical aid to the poor, which is now called Medicaid and for the elderly, Medicare. There were also programs for civil rights legislations, and federal aid to education. It was launched by President Johnson and it was a way of the Democratic reform program. -
MALCOLM X
Converted to a Black Muslim while in prison. At first, he tried to urge Blacks to seize their freedom by any means necessary, but later changed and advocated racial harmony. He was later assassinated by Thomas Hagan, a former member of the Nation of Islam. -
HIPPIES
They rejected middle-class norms, and believed in anti-materialism, they had free use of drugs such as marijuana, LSD and explored their inner selves through sexual terms. They practiced free love and peace, new counter culture, and they were protestor who influenced US involvement in Vietnam. -
DEATH OF MLK
Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated at a Memphis hotel. James Earl Ray, white man who resented the increasing black influence in society. King's murder set off a new round of riots across the country, while both blacks and whites mourned the tragic death of a charismatic leader. -
NATIVE-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
A Native American organization to protest government policies and injustices suffered by Native Americans. In 1973, they organized the armed occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. It was fought for Indian rights and better conditions and opportunities for American Indians. Its main focus is to protect the sovereignty of Native American lands and peoples, along with preserving their culture and traditions. -
RACE TO SPACE/MOON; APOLLO 11
The primary goals set by President John F. Kennedy to perform a crewed landing on the Moon and return to Earth. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon. It involved Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Eugene Aldrin Jr. On July, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. -
STAGFLATION
During the 60's and 70's, the US. was suffering from 5.3% inflation and 6% unemployment. Refers to the unusual economic situation in which an economy is suffering both from inflation and from stagnation of its industrial growth. In large part, these conditions were the economic consequences of rising oil prices. -
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
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. -
WATERGATE
It became a conflict in Washington during the presidency of Richard Nixon. The members of an association working to have Nixon re-elected were involved in a burglary, and it was then linked to Nixon. The group had also gotten lots of money from unidentifiable places. Suspicion set in and Nixon was accused of getting illegal help in being re-elected. Nixon tried to use government to cover-up his involvement. Impeachment proceedings were started but Nixon resigned from his office. -
ROE V. WADE
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. It was based around an unmarried pregnant woman named Roe, a resident of Texas. She wanted to have an abortion, but state law forbid the procedure. Roe filed a suit against the state of Texas, stating that the abortion law violated her privacy and womens' rights. Roe v. Wade effected many citizens and made 46 states change their laws. -
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
The Endangered Species Act provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. The law also prohibits any action that causes a "taking" of any listed species of endangered fish or wildlife. Likewise, import, export, interstate, and foreign commerce of listed species are all generally prohibited. -
PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY
A conservative female political activist. She stopped the era from being passed, seeing that it would hinder women more than it would help them. She protested the women's rights acts and movements as defying tradition and natural gender division of labor; demonstrated conservative backlash against the 60s. -
JIMMY CARTER'S PRESIDENCY
President of the United States who was a peanut farmer and former governor of Georgia, he arranged the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, but saw his foreign policy legacy tarnished by the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis. He tried to rally the American spirit in the face of economic decline, but was unable to stop the rapid increase in inflation. After leaving the presidency, he achieved widespread respect as an elder statesman and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. -
THREE-MILE ISLAND
A mechanical and nuclear failure and a human error at this power plant in Pennsylvania combined to permit an escape of radiation over a 16 mile radius. While it was ultimately not terrible, it harmed the public perception of nuclear power. There have been no new nuclear plants built since. -
IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
The 444 days where American embassy workers were held captive by Iranian revolutionaries after young Muslim fundamentalists overthrew the oppressive regime of the American-backed shah, forcing him into exile. It was triggered when they cut off Iranian oil. The crisis began when revolutionaries stormed the American embassy, demanding that the United States return the shah to Iran for trial. The crisis ended with hostage's released the same day as Reagan's presidency. -
ROBERT JOHNSON
The founder of BET (Black Entertainment Television), businessman, philanthropist, and investor. He sold the program to Viacom in 2001, but he became the first African American billionaire. Johnson has since started a new business, the RLJ Companies, and has invested in an NBA team, a film company, and political causes and campaigns. -
REAGONOMICS
The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration, elected in 1981. These policies combined a monetarist fiscal policy, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting. Their goal was to reduce the size of the federal government and stimulate economic growth. -
RONALD REAGAN
First elected president in 1980 and elected again in 1984. While president, he developed Reagannomics, the trickle down effect of government incentives. He cut out many welfare and public works programs. He used the Strategic Defense Initiative to avoid conflict. His meetings with Gorbachev were the first steps to ending the Cold War. He was also responsible for the Iran-contra Affair which bought hostages with guns. -
A.I.D.S. CRISIS
It was diagnosed in US in 1981. The Reagan administration was slow to respond to the "AIDS Epidemic," because effects of the virus were not fully understood and they deemed the spread of the disease as the result of immoral behavior. During the 7 year period, over 32,000 died with the AIDS virus. -
MUSIC TELEVISION (MTV)
Music Television Station that became a cultural happening in the 1980s, which has since been utilized by political groups to reach the youth vote. It was specifically launched in 1981 for music TV. It started in small market of Jersey on cable and became a sensation. A generation of kids growing up watching music videos and it started the careers of several famous musicians. -
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR
She was a justice in the Supreme Court. Appointed by President Reagan, was a brilliant, public-spirited Arizona judge. When she was sworn in on September 25, 1981, she became the first woman to ascend to the high bench in the Court's nearly two-hundred year history. She was an Associate Justice from 1981 until 2006. -
STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI) "STAR WARS"
Reagan's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative (1983), also known as "Star Wars," called for a land- or space-based shield against a nuclear attack. It proposed the construction of an elaborate computer-controlled, anti-missile defense system capable of destroying enemy missles in outer space. Critics claimed that SDI could never be perfected. -
REAGAN DOCTRINE
US support anywhere in the world to support anticommunist activity; in Afghanistan we supplied missiles; Grenada ousted a pro-Marxist govt; gave money and military help to military govt's in El Salvador; spent over 6 billion in aid to help kill over 40,000 dissidents, American missionaries and others. -
IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR
Scandal that erupted after the Reagan administration sold weapons to Iran in hopes of freeing American hostages in Lebanon; money from the arms sales was used to aid the Contras (anti-Communist insurgents) in Nicaragua, even though Congress had prohibited this assistance. Talk of Reagan's impeachment ended when presidential aides took the blame for the illegal activity. -
CHALLENGER EXPLOSION
In January 1986, in the Space Shuttle off the coast of Central Florida. The Space Shuttle blew up upon mid air because the shuttle malfunctioned and exploded on its way up to orbit. It resulted in killing seven astronauts, stalling the NASA program for two years. -
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
He was the 42st president of the United States, previously being Ronald Reagan's vice-president. His policies and ideals derived heavily from his predecessor and were built on them. He was a well-to-do oil tycoon before devoting himself to the public. He served as a congressman, emissary to China, ambassador to the UN, director of the CIA, and vice president before becoming president. -
LIONEL SOSA
1960s created own advertising agency. He was the founder of the largest Hispanic advertising agency in the US (Sosa Bromley, Aguilar & Associates, now Bromley Communications). Hispanic media consultant for six Republican campaigns. In 2006, he was recognized as one of 25 Most Influential Hispanics in America by TIME. -
PERSIAN GULF WAR
Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply. A very one sided war with the United States' coalition emerging victorious. -
BALKAN CRISIS
The communist government of Yugoslavia collapsed in 1989 and 5 new nations formed. Serbs in Bosnia launched a war to drive out croats & muslims by using mass murder to ethnic cleanse. NATO launched air strikes agasint serbs in Bosnia and 20K American troops sent as peacekeepers. Sloboddan Milosevic was put on trial for sponsoring massacres. Human rights regained importance under Clinton. -
RODNEY KING INCIDENT
A video footage was taken of the police beating an African american after a 115-mph chase throughout LA ended with him allegedly lunging at on of the officers (Los Angeles Police Department). He received 56 blows from nightsticks while a dozen other officers stood by and watched. -
INTERNET
The ecommerce was on the rise in the 90s, and the internet was a new field with potential. The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers, making it possible to exchange information, gained popularity in 1990s. It became a trend when -
BILL CLINTON
First democratic president since Jimmy Carter and a self-proclaimed activist. He had a very domestic agenda. When in office he had a lot of controversial appointments. When a longtime friend, Vince Foster, committed suicide it sparked an escalating inquiry into some banking and real estate ventures involving the president and his wife in the early 1980s, which is the Whitewater affair. -
HILLARY CLINTON
She was known to be a Prominent child care advocate and health care reformer in Clinton administration; won U.S. senate seat in 2000. She is the wife of President Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the United States form 1993 to 2001 and the head of committee of Health-Care Reform. She was the first woman to be closest to come as presidential candidate. -
OPRAH WINFREY
She was an influential woman and a great philanthropist. She established Harpo Productions in 1988 and was one of TIME 100 Most Influential of 20th Century. In 1996, there was an "Oprah Book Club". In 2003, Forbes listed Oprah as the first African American female billionaire. -
DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (DOMA)
It defined marriage as between only a man and women; however many states and companies extended benefits to same sex partners and many states legalized same sex marriages. Married same-sex couples are denied a long list of important protections and responsibilities, including Social Security survivor benefits, immigration rights, family and medical leave, and the ability to pool resources as a family without unfair taxation. It was ruled unconstitutional in 2013. -
BUSH V. GORE
The court ruled that manual recounts of presidential ballots in the Nov. 2000 election could not proceed because inconsistent evaluation statdards in different counties violated the equal protection clause. A politically divided Supreme Court decision that declared Florida's mandates for recounting ballots during the disputed 2000 election was unconstitutional and the process was forced to stop. In effect, the ruling meant Bush would win election. -
GEORGE W. BUSH
He was the Republican nominee in the election of 2000. He was the eldest son of George H. W. Bush. Many people found him to be reckless and more of a divider rather than a uniter. He challenged research on global warming, didn't support abortions, limited research on embryonic stem cells, and allowed Vice President Cheney to hammer out his administration's energy policy behind closed doors. -
9/11 ATTACKS
Common shorthand for the terrorist attacks, in which 19 militant Islamist men hijacked and crashed four commercial aircraft. Nearly 3000 people were killed in the worst case of domestic terrorism in American history. Two planes flew into the World Trade Center towers, one crashed into the Pentagon, and the last one crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. -
WAR ON TERROR
The War on Terror (also known as the Global War on Terrorism) is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign which started as a result of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This resulted in an international military campaign to eliminate al-Qaeda and other militant organizations. The United Kingdom and many other NATO and non-NATO nations participate in the conflict. -
PATRIOT ACT
After September 11, congress passed a security legislation in order to make the country safer. The Patriot Act gives the authorities enhanced powers, such as looking up library records, to protect the country. It sought to prevent further terrorist attacks by allowing greater government access to electronic communications and other information; criticized by some as violating civil liberties. -
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND EDUCATION ACT
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). NCLB sets high standards and accountability for student achievement to make sure that all children are caught up to 21st century learning. -
HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States.It brought sustained winds of 100–140 miles per hour–and stretched some 400 miles across. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic. Levee breaches led to massive flooding. Hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were displaced from their homes, and experts estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage. -
BARACK OBAMA
Forty-forth president of the United States, and first African American elected to that office. A lawyer and community organizer in Chicago, Obama served in the Illinois State Senate before being elected to the U.S. senate in 2004. After a protracted primary election campaign against Senator Hillary Clinton, Obama sealed the Democratic Party's nomination and defeated Senator John McCain. -
SONYA SOTOMAYOR
It was confirmed in August 2009 that Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic and third woman justice in the Supreme Court's history. President Obama nominated her for the Supreme Court vacancy. She is also a politcal figure, judge, and leader in the Supreme Court. -
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA) "OBAMACARE"
Since Affordable Care Act was signed, many have speculated about its impact on the healthcare industry. It was created to make healthcare more affordable and easily accessible to a wider range of Americans. Under the law, people in the United States who don’t qualify for an exemption are required to obtain a minimum amount of healthcare coverage.
