Adams, Sherman Resignation of
Adamson Act 1916
Agnew, Spiro Resignation of
Agricultural Adjustment Act 1933
Alliance for Progress
Created
Purpose of
Allied Control Council Governed by
America First Committee Aim of
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
American Liberty League
Formed
Objective of
Supporters of
American Neutrality Patrol Purpose of
American Population 1930
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990
Anti-War Movement
Factions
Student Protest 1960s
Area Redevelopment Act of 1961
Atlantic Charter
Purpose of
Atomic Bomb
First detonated
place
time
Manhattan Project
Atomic Energy Act of 1954
Result of
Atomic Energy Commission
Created
Purpose of
Auto Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS)
Discovered
Initial Victims
Bakker, Jim
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act 1937
Result
Banking Act 1933
Banking Act of 1935
Purpose of
Baseball Player’s Strike 1994
Results of
Bay of Pigs Operation
Berlin Crisis 1948
US response
Berlin Wall
Erection of
Fall of
Birth Control
Black Power Movement 1960s
Bonus Army
Leader of
Opposition to
Brady Bill 1993
Provisions of
Bretton Woods Conference
Buchanan, Patrick
Opposing Bush for Republican Nomination 1982
Budget and Accounting Act
Affect on Federal Budget
Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1981
of 1993
objective
Bull Moose Party
Platform 1912
Provisions of
Bush, George
Administration’s response to Soviet Union
Appointed “Drug Czar”
Arms control initiative 1991
Famous quotes of
Support in 1988 election
Supreme Court Appointees
Themes of 1988 Presidential Election
Cable Television Consumer
Protection and Competition Act 1992
Results of
Camp David Accords 1978
provisions of
Capone, Al
Carter, Jimmy
Amnesty to Draft Dodgers
Criticism of Administration
Foreign Policy
Opposition to Democratic Nomination 1980
Ceausescu, Nicolae
Challenger Disaster
Child Labor Act
Opposition to
Significance of
China’s declaration of Martial Law
Civil Rights Act
Of 1957
purpose of
Of 1964
purpose of
Of 1991
results of
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Eligibility in
Work of
Clayton Antitrust Act
Affect of
Purpose of
Clear Air Act 1990
Objective of
Provisions of
Clinton, William Jefferson
Campaign themes 1992
Controversies of administration
Criticism of; for China’s Most Favored Nation status
“Gag Rule” lifted
Health Care Reform
Movement of Troops into Persian Gulf 1994
Popular Vote won 1992
Supreme Court appointees
Whitewater Scandal
Commission of Base Realignment and Closure 1989
Commodity Credit Corporation
Established
Purpose of
Communism
In China
leader of
In Czechoslovakia
In Poland
break away from
Loss of monopoly in Soviet Union
Conciliation Treaties
Exhibited
Purpose of
Congressional economic legislation 1964
Congressional Elections
Changes of 1980
Republican Campaign themes
Significance of 1994
Congressional response to Reuben James
Constitution
Nineteenth Amendment
Sixteenth Amendment
Twenty-first Amendment
Twenty-second Amendment
Coolidge, Calvin Memorable quotes
Corporate Culture
Critique of
Significance of
Council on National Defense
Chairpersons of
Purpose of
Counter-culture & the New Left
“Court Packing” proposal Creation of
Crack Cocaine
Crime Bill 1994
Authorized
Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel
life of
Dawes Plan
Purpose of
Dean, John
Deb, Eugene Platform 1912
Declaration of United Nations
Deficit Reduction Act
Democratic Party
Nomination in 1956
Nomination in 1984
Opposition to Carter in 1980
Platform in 1912
Platform in 1932
Platform in 1936
Roosevelt re-elected 1940
Split in 1948
“Détente”
Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
Disbanding of Soviet Union
Replacement of
Dominican Republic Occurrence 1916
“Domino Theory”
Draft Abolished
Dukakis, Governor Michael
Vice Presidential Running Mate Lloyd Bentsen
Eagleton, Senator Thomas
Resignation as vice-presidential Nominee 1972
Economic Opportunity Act 1964
Purpose of
Economic Recovery Act 1981
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Eisenhower Doctrine
Legislative Program
1958 Agreement with Krushchev
Secretary of State
Supreme Court Nominee 1953
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965
Embargo on Japan 1940
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Emergency Fleet Corporation 1917
Purpose of
Employment Act of 1964
Purpose of
Equal Rights Amendment consequences of
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Supreme Court involvement with
Exxon Valdez
Fair Deal Program
Purpose of
Fair Employment Practice
Committee
Origins of
Purpose of
Fair Labor Standards Act
Terms for
Family Leave Act 1993
FDA response to effects of dietary fat 1994
Federal Farm Loan Act
Purpose of
Federal Highway Act
Created
Impact of
Federal Home Loan Bank Act 1932
Federal Reserve
Attempt to stimulate economy 1991
Federal Reserve Act passed
Federal Reserve Notes, creation of
Response to fears of inflation 1994
Supervision of
Federal Trade Commission Act Purpose of
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Purpose of
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Administration of
Purpose of
Fermi, Enrico
Flag Burning
Ford, Gerald
Anti-Inflation Campaign
Opposition to Republican
Nomination 1976
Fordney McCumber Tariff
Created
Products affected
Foreign Policy
Air strikes on Libya
American troops in Lebanon consequence of
Cuba 1960
German invasion of USSR
Intervention in Mexico 1916
Invasion of Panama 1989
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
commitment to Persian Gulf
Japanese control of Indochina
Manchurian Crisis
Marines in Haiti 1915
Wilson’s justification
Marines in Liberia 1990
Opposition to Sandinista regime
Outbreak of World War I
Recognition of USSR
Somalia
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Strategic missiles elimination of
The People’s Republic of China
Troops sent to Haiti 1994
US response to Chinese shelling of uemoy and Matsu
USSR in the postwar era
Fourteen Points
Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act of 1934
Purpose of
Freedom of Information Act
Purpose of
“Freedom Riders”
Free Speech Movement
On college campuses
Fuel Administration
Garner-Wagner Bill
Hoover Veto
Purpose of
Garvey, Marcus
Ideology of
Gay Rights Movement
Geneva Accords
Result of
Role of US
General Maximum Price
Regulation Act
Established
Purpose of
German reunification
GI Bill
Purpose of
Good Neighbor Policy
Purpose of
Gore-McLemore Resolution
Results of
Great Depression
Causes of
Economics Effects of
Reasons for Crash of 1929
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere
Grenada 1983
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Purpose of
Guatemala
Overthrow of President Guzman
Harding, Warren G.
Secretary of State
Teapot Dome scandal
Hart, Senator Gary
Elimination from 1988
presidential race
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Created
Problems with
Home ownership growth 1945-60
Federal Housing Administration
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Hoover, Herbert
Economic Philosophy
“Hoovervilles”
Support in 1932
Housing Act of
Provisions of
Hungary breaking from Communist bloc
Hydrogen Bomb Detonated
Illegitimate births 1980s
Immigration Act of 1965
Effect of
Immigration Controversy 1917
Congress’ response to
Important Consumer groups 1950s
Indian Reorganization Act
Purpose of
Industry
Use of assembly line
Iran-Contra Scandal
Iranian control of Embassy 1979
Consequence of failed rescue attempt
Iraq
Invasion of Kuwait 1990
justification of
Israeli - PLO accord 1994
Japanese Relocation Camps
Elimination of
Supreme Court decision on
established
“Jazz Age”
Characteristics of
Johnson Act of 1934
Purpose of
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Problems with
Purpose of
Kennedy, John F.
Assassination of
Catholicism
Margin of victory (popular vote) 1960
National Guards sent to Mississippi
Reaction of Soviet build-up in
Cuba
consequences of
date
Ordeals with Congress
Kennedy, Robert Assassination of
Kent State Riots
Kerner Commission On racial riots in
Kerr-McGillicuddy Act
Impact of
Kevorkian, Dr. Jack
Khrushchev, Nikita
1958 Agreement with Eisenhower
Tour of US
King Jr., Martin Luther Assassinated by
Korean War
Armistice
McArthur
Outcome
Ku Klux Klan decline 1925
Labor Movement Division of AFL and CIO
Labor Unions Drop in membership 1980s
Land-Lease
Established
Provisions
Significance of
Landrum-Griffen Labor-Management Act
Purpose of
Lansing Ishii Agreement 1917
League of Nations
Opposition to
US Senate and
Wilson’s influence
Levitt, William Housing Development
Lifted Economic Sanctions against Nicaragua 1990
Lithuanian declaration of independence
London Economic Conference
Failure of
1933
Los Angeles earthquake 1994
Los Angeles Riots 1991
Losses of
Precipitation of
Loyalty Review Board
Creation of
Purpose of
Lunar Landing
Malta Conference 1989
March on Washington
Marshall Plan objective of
Mayaguez Crisis of 1975
McCarren Internal Security Act
Purpose of
Truman opinion of
McCarthy, Eugene
1968 presidential campaign issues
Significance of New Hampshire primary
McCarthy, Senator Joseph
McGovern, George
1972 presidential support
Medicare Act of 1965
Purpose of
Median Age for Americans 1980
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act 1988
Controversy of
“Me Generation”
Members of United Nations Security Council
Mondale, Walter
Black American support in 1989 candidacy
Support in 1984 election
Montevideo Conference 1933
“Moral Majority”
Motor Carrier Act 1935
“Motor-Voter” Bill 1993
Music Industry
Reaction to‘indecency’ attacks
Nation went off gold standard
National American Women Suffrage Association
National Commission of Excellence
“A Nation at Risk”
response to
National Defense Act
Purpose of
National Economy
“Black Monday”
Bonus Army
Boston Police Strike
Budget and Accounting Act
Business Trends in 1920
Cause of 1982 recession
Coal Workers Strike 1919
resolution of
Consumer interest and demand 1920s
Corporate Merger Phenomenon
Decline of business loans 1920s
Economic Slump of early 1970s
Effect of Communist Revolution on
Effect of Consumer Products
Effects of postwar inflation
Effects of Race Riots 1919
causes of
demographics
Effect of Urbanization
Federal Budget Deficit 1976
Federal Budget Deficit 1983
Financial Market scandal 1980s
Lambert, Drexel Burnham
Inflation rate in 1986
Minimum Wage 1955
Minimum Wage 1989
New York City verge of bankruptcy
Oil Prices
affect of lowered prices on Banks
Productivity from 1945-1955
Reaction to threat of recession 1987
Reasons for Boom of 1920s
Recession of 1920
factors of
Rise in Farming Expenses
Rural Poverty in 1966
Savings and Loan problems
Seattle General Strike
Supply Side Economics
Trade Deficits explanation of
Unaffected sectors during late 1980s slowdown
Unemployment Rate 1993
Unionization of Mexican-American farm workers
Violent labor confrontations 1920s
National Endowment for the Arts controversy 1989
National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934
Purpose of
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Founded
National Origin Act
Purpose of
National Security Act of 1947
Purpose of
National Service Act 1993
National Union for Social Justice leader
National Youth Administration
Nationalist Chinese government in Taiwan
Neutrality Acts
1935, establishment of
1936,
1937, purpose of
1939,
“New Federalism”
“New Freedom”
Nixon, Richard M.
“Détente”
Economic Initiatives of 1971
Impeachment of Nixon
Kissinger Meetings
“New Federalism”
1958 Latin American Tour
Nominees to Supreme Court
Pardon of
Resignation of
Running mate 1968
Successor to
Watergate
John Dean
Welfare reform
Nobel Prize Toni Morrison
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Prominent critics
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Formed
Offer to former Warsaw Pact Members 1994
Purpose of
North Korean invasion of South Korea
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Nye, Senator Gerald
OPEC
Affect on US
Operation Rescue
Operation Rolling Thunder
Oklahoma City Bombing Suspects of
Organization Act 1949
Organized Crime Growth of
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Treaty
Negotiated
Provisions of
Paris Peace Conference
Parks, Rosa
Peace Corps
Established
Purpose
Pentagon Papers
Perkins, Frances
Persian Gulf War
Alliances with Middle Eastern countries
Egypt
Allied ground assault
duration of
Casualties
American
Iraqi
Code name of
Commander of US forces
Congressional authorization
Instigation of
Permanent cease-fire established
Post-War Goals
SCUD Missile attacks
primary targets
purpose of
Terms of cease fire
Weapons commonly utilized
Political tendency of the “Sunbelt” 1980s
Popular Culture
Cinema
American Graffiti
cinematic criticism of depression
Lee, Spike
movie attendance
sound introduced
Stone, Oliver
The Crack in the Picture Window
message of
The Jazz Singer
Vietnam War oriented
Born on the Fourth of July
Platoon
Consumer Products Television
Literature
Death of a Salesman
“Lost Generation”
The “Beat” Writers
The Feminine Mystique
The Politics of Rich and Poor
Music & Radio
affect of
“Jazz Age”
Characteristics of
Jazz & Blues
Music Industry
Reaction to‘indecency’ attacks
Swing & Big Band Music
Society
The “Me Generation”
Travel
Model T
Presidential Elections
Election 1952
results of
significance of
Election of 1960
pivotal moments of
Election of 1964
Election of 1968
results of
Election of 1980
results of
Nominations 1912
Nominations 1916
Nominations 1920
Nominations 1924
results of
Nominations 1988
Perot, H. Ross
significance of
Progressive Party
Smith, Alfred
Socialist Party, popularity of
World War I, effect on
Presidential Succession Act 1947
Progressive Party platform 1924
Prohibition
Establishment of
Protestant Unity 1920s
Public Works Administration
Objective of
Operation of
Race Relations in Arkansas 1957
Reagan, Ronald
Anti-Union Measures
Assassination attempt on
Criticism to appointed officials
Farm Policy
Grenada
Inauguration and hostage release
Supreme Court appointments
Supreme Court Nominee 1986
Terminology of Soviet Union
Vice Presidential Nominee 1980
Reconstruction Finance Cooperation
Purpose of
Religion
Catholic Church controversies
Church Population 1960
Return to churches for “Baby Boomers”
Republican Party
Nomination of 1912
Nomination of 1936
Nomination of 1949
Opposition to Ford in 1976
Platform in 1920
Platform in 1924
Reserve Act
of 1935
of 1942
Resettlement Administration (RA)
Revenue Acts
Act of 1918
Act of 1926
features of
Purpose of
Roe. Wade
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
“Court Packing” proposal
Death of
Democratic Nomination 1932
Democratic re-election in 1940
First One Hundred Days
Gubernatorial Positions
Inaugural Slogan
Legislation
Legislation of 1933
New Deal Coalition composition of
The First New Deal
criticism of
effectiveness of
The Second New Deal
Reluctance to anti-lynching legislation
Support in 1936 election
Unofficial advisers
Roosevelt, Theodore
Speeches of
public response
vice-presidents of
Rosenburg Case
Rural Electrification Administration (R.E.A.)
Purpose of
Sacco & Vanzetti
SALT Treaty of 1972
SALT II
Consequences of
Sandinistas and Contras cease-fire
Sandino, General Augusto
Scopes Trial Focus of
Second Agricultural Adjustment Act 1938
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Purpose of
Selective Services Act
Selective Service and Training Act Objective of
Sexual Revolution
Affect on women’s clothing 1920
Share Our Wealth Society 1934
Smith Act of 1940
Purpose of
Use of
Smith, Alfred
Significance of
Smith-Connolly Act
Purpose of
Smith-Hughes Act 1917
Smith. Millwright Importance of
Social Security Act
Provisions of
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Members of
Soviet Annexation of Poland, Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria
Soviet testing of atomic weapons
Space Exploration
Challenger Disaster
Sputnik
consequences
START Treaty 1990
Accomplishments of
START II Treaty
Results of
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI;
Star Wars)
Fate of
Stevenson, Alan
Support in 1956
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Submarine Crisis21
Suburban Growth
Suez Canal Crisis
Date of
Significance of
Suffrage Amendment
Defeated by
Summit Conference 1955
Members of
Purpose of
Sun Belt Growth in Population
Supply Side Economics
Supreme Court
Ada Lois Sipuel v. Board of Regents
Brandeis, Louis
Brown. Board of Education
First Women appointed to
Korematsu v. United States
Roe v. Wade
Smith v. Millwright decision
Sweatt v. Painter
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
Sussex Pledge
Taft-Hartley Act
Affect on Unions
Tailhook Scandal 1991
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Tax Reform Act 1986
Provisions of
Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.)
Purpose of
Represented
Trade Embargo Lifted on Vietnam 1994
Truman, Harry S.
Civil Rights measures enacted
Gubernatorial experience
1946 Railway Strike
Price Control elimination
exemptions to
Truth-in Securities Act
Tydings-McDuffie Act 1934
U-2 Incident
Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act 1913
Accomplishments of
Unions
Members 1941
United Mine Workers
Lewis, John L.
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)
Characteristics of Gorbachev’s regime
Election freedom
Leaders of
Military Coup 1991
United Mine Workers Leader of
United Nations Established
Urban Areas most populated
US - Cuban immigration agreement 1994
US-Japanese summit conference 1941
US - North Korea agreement 1994
US Occupation of Iceland
US Railroad Administration Action of
US States
Alaska
Hawaii
US Virgin Islands
Acquired from
Date
Versailles Treaty
Veteran’s endowment 1924
Vietnam War
American presence
Congressional investigations 1966
Continued Bombing 1972
Exodus from Vietnam
My Lai
Peace Treaty
conditions of
The Fall of Saigon
The Tet Offensive
“Vietnamization”
Voting Age Lowered to 18
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Waco Crisis 1993
Wagner Act
Enactment of
Purpose of
Wagner-Steagall Act
Enactment of
Purpose of
Wallace, Governor George
Appeal in 1968 presidential election
Assassination attempt
War Industries Board
War Labor Board
W.W.I affect on
War Powers Act of 1973
War Production Board
War Resources Board Establishment
Purpose
Washington Conference Treaties of
Watergate
Watts Riots 1965
Casualties
Wheeler-Rayburn Act 1935
White Citizens Council
“White Flight”
Wilson, Woodrow
Bryan-Chamosso treaty
Dollar diplomacy, opposition to
Fourteen Points
message of
Gubernatorial Positions
Legislative Promise 1913
features of
“New Freedom”
1918 Congressional Elections
Paris Peace Conference
Popular vote 1916
Secretary of State
Women
Movement
Roles after W.W.II
Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)
Operation of
Work Week 1950s
World Trade Center Bombing Convictions of
World War One
Affect on Prohibition
American declaration of War
on Germany
Armistice of
Causes of
Submarine Crisis 1915
Commanders of
Pershing
Effect on Minorities
Military Engagements
Public Mood
Role of Blacks
Selective Services Act
Versailles Treaty
German defiance to
provisions of
Versailles Conference
affect of Bolshevik Revolution on
World War Two
Allied Invasion of Italy
Fall of Rome
Allied Invasion of North Africa
General Erwin Rommel’s surrender
Allied liberation of Paris
Attack on Hiroshima
Casualties of
Attack on Nagasaki
Battle of the Bulge
origin of
date of
Battle of the Coral Sea
significance of
Battle of Midway
importance of
Battle of the Philippine Sea
result in Japan
Battle of Okinawa
significance of
Casablanca Conference
significance of
D-Day
significance of
Declaration of Cairo
issued
purpose of
German Invasion of Soviet Union
German surrender
“Iron Curtain” Speech Place
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Japanese Surrender
Liberation of Manila
Kamikaze attacks
date of first use
Moscow Conference
Pearl Harbor
alternate attack site
Casualties
Kassarine Pass outcome
Roosevelt’s response
Origins
Potsdam Conference
Date
Soviet entrance against Japan
Teheran Conference
Date
The Enola Gay
Yalta Conference
Soviet Agreement to
Wright, Jim
resignation 1989