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The New deal
FDR’s programs to fight the Great Depression with relief, recovery, and reform.
Bank Holiday
FDR temporarily closed banks in 1933 to restore trust in the banking system.
Dorothea Lange
Photographer who documented the struggles of the Great Depression.
The Okies
Dust Bowl refugees who moved west, especially to California, during the 1930s.
The Dust Bowl
1930s dust storms that devastated Great Plains farms and forced migration.
America first Committee
Group that opposed U.S. involvement in WWII before Pearl Harbor.
Double V Campaign
WWII effort for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home.
The Atlantic Charter
1941 U.S.-British agreement on post-WWII goals like self-determination.
Japanese Internment
Forced relocation of Japanese Americans into camps during WWII.
Yalta Conference
1945 meeting of Allied leaders to plan post-WWII Europe.
General MacArthur
U.S. military leader in WWII Pacific and Korean War.
The Sunbelt
Southern and western U.S. regions that grew after WWII.
Proxy Wars
Indirect Cold War conflicts like Korea and Vietnam.
Universal declaration of Human Rights
1948 UN document listing global human rights.
United Nations Security Council
UN body maintaining peace, with 5 permanent members.
The G.I. Bill
Gave WWII veterans benefits like college tuition and home loans.
De Facto Segregation
Racial separation by practice, not law.
Redlining
Denying loans or services to minority neighborhoods.
Brown v. Board of Education
1954 case ending school segregation.
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
Civil rights group for nonviolent protest.
Civil rights act of 1964
Law banning discrimination in jobs, schools, and public places.
The Black Panthers
Group promoting Black power and self-defense in the 1960s.
Gulf of Tonkin incident
1964 event leading to more U.S. troops in Vietnam.
Peace with Honor
Nixon’s plan to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Nixon’s Southern Strategy
Plan to gain Southern votes by appealing to white conservatives.
The Pentagon Scandal
Secret documents revealing U.S. government lies about Vietnam.
Watergate Scandal
Nixon’s cover-up of a break-in, leading to his resignation.
The New Right
Conservative movement favoring smaller government and traditional values.