chapter 26

1959

Alaska and Hawaii become states

1963

Assassination of JFK

1974

resignation of President Nixon

1. harry truman

2. dwight d. eisenhower

3. john f. kennedy

4. lyndon b. johnson

5. richard nixon

6. gerald ford

7. jimmy carter

8. ronald reagan

list the 8 presidents of ch. 26. (from 1945-1989)

truman

fill in the blank

_______ carried out Roosevelt’s plan for final victory and world peace

GI bill of rights

a law that provided financial and educational aid for soldiers returning from war

economic boom

fill in the blank

World War II and the post-war _________ “______” officially ended the Depression

taft-hartley act

removed labor abuses and curled the power of labor unions

fair deal

Truman’s economic plan for America aided by socialist policies

defense production act

gave the president power to fix wage and price ceilings

smith act

made it illegal to advocate the violent overthrow of the US Government

internal security act

designed for surveillance of Communist Party activities

alger hiss

State Department official who transferred information to the SU during war

whittaker chambers

former Communist Party member and Soviet spy who sold out Soviet spy rings

julius and ethel rosenberg

executed for selling secrets to Russia

joseph mccarthy

senator who led an investigation into the American government for Communist spies which was ultimately unsuccessful

dwight d. eisenhower

nominated as Representative candidate with Richard Nixon as his Vice President in the election of 1952

eisenhower

fill in the blank

__________ easily won the election of 1952

john foster dulles

secretary of state during eisenhower’s administration

• health

• education

• welfare

fill in the blank

eisenhower’s new administration, organized the Department of ______, ________, and _________

government

fill in the blank

eisenhower promoted less __________ involvement in business and economy

AFL-CIO

newly unified organizations of labor in America

george meany

first president of the AFL-CIO

st. lawrence seaway

joint project with Canada that gave America a 4th coast of transportation

atomic energy act

allowed for private, commercial development of atomic power

savannah

fill in the blank

the atomic energy act was proven by the development of the __________ — first nuclear-powered merchant vessel

atoms for peace program

allowed us to join the International Atomic Energy Agency

1958 midterm election

democratic control of the house; served during 3 opposing Congresses

alaska

49th; January of 1959

hawaii

50th; August of 1959

daniel inouye

first Japanese American in Congress

inflation

fill in the blank

_______plagued Eisenhower’s second term

earl warren

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who struck down Plessy vs. Ferguson (which had ruled “separate but equal”)

plessy v. ferguson

fill in the blank

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who struck down ______ ___. _________ (which had ruled “separate but equal”)

brown v. board of education of topeka

racial segregation in public schools was abolished

televised debates

fill in the blank

JFK’s administration was the first election to feature _______ _______

lyndon b. johnson

JFK’s vice president

JFK

youngest elected president

roman catholic

fill in the blank

JFK was the first _____ _______ president

20th

fill in the blank

JFK was the first president born in the ______ century

new frontier

Kennedy’s social welfare program for America

false prosperity

fill in the blank

the government ran large deficits and created a _____ ________ under JFK’s government program

1. november 22, 1963

2. dallas, texas

fill in the blank

on __________ ____, _______, JFK was shot and killed in _______, ______

lee harvey oswald

Kennedy’s assassin; he was murdered while in custody by Jack Ruby

jack ruby

who murdered lee harvey oswald?

lyndon b. johnson

sworn in after the death of JFK

• barry goldwater

• 1964

fill in the blank

lyndon b. johnson defeated _______ _________ in the election of _____

22nd amendment

limited presidents to 2 terms

23rd amendment

3 electors for Washington, DC

24th amendment

outlawed poll taxes

25th amendment

official Presidential succession

26th amendment

lowered the voting age to 18

great society

LBJ’s welfare program

• education

• poverty

fill in the blank

johnson’s great society focused on bettering ________ and eradicating ________

• HUD

• DOT

fill in the blank

Johnson’s Great Society established 2 new Cabinet Departments: the _____ and ______

1964 civil rights act

prohibited racial discrimination in public places

1965 voting rights act

strengthened previous voting right laws

robert c. weaver

first black American Cabinet officer

thurgood marshall

first black American associate justice of the Supreme Court

fair housing act

prohibited discrimination in renting or selling houses

robert f. kennedy

JFK’s brother assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan (1968)

sirhan sirhan

who assassinated robert f. kennedy?

deficit spending

main cause of inflation

2

fill in the blank

with deficit spending, the American dollar was devalued __x

3

fill in the blank

with deficit spending, the national debt limitation was raised __x

court-ordered busing

fill in the blank

_____-_______ ______ was used as a means to end segregation

spiro agnew

VP of Richard Nixon who resigned in 1973 after accepting bribes and evading taxes

gerald ford

fill in the blank

after the watergate scandal, _______ _____ was appointed VP

watergate

fill in the blank

several of Nixon’s closest advisors were convicted of breaking into _________ hotel and illegally obtaining information about Nixon’s opponents

1974

when did nixon resign?

nixon

the first president to resign from office

impeachment

fill in the blank

nixon resigned in 1974 to avoid ___________

gerald ford

Nixon’s VP who took over after his resignation

gerald ford

the only president to never be elected to a national office

pardoned

fill in the blank

Gerald Ford ________ Nixon from his crimes

whip inflation now (WIN)

Ford’s campaign to stop inflation

department of energy

fill in the blank

jimmy carter created the __________ ____ _________ to deal with the “energy crisis”

jimmy carter

created the Department of Energy to deal with the “energy crisis”

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

what does OPEC stand for?

three mile island

location of nuclear accident in Pennsylvania