History 112 Final Exam

man who develops the idea of containment

implememted in 1947 the idea the Soviet expansion could be checked "in the face of superior force"

if Greece fell into the hands of leftist rebels, confusion and disorder would plague the middle east and threaten europan stability

the US would support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugatino by armed minorities or outside pressure

US gives 13 billion to restore the economies of 16 european nations

formed becuase of second component of US defense strategy to beef up its conventional military power, it advised the president, made womens military branches permanent, and increased defense expenditures

provided job training, education, unemployment compensation, and low interest loans to veterans

reduced the power of unions and making it more difficult to organize workers

term synnamous with the anti-communist crusafe

established loyalty review boards to investigate federal employees; hundreds of employees were fired or resigned over accusations of disloyalty

investigated government employees and the movie industry

division between north and south korea

US would actively combat communism in Middle East

provided assistance for students in math, science, and foreign languages

government subsidzed home ownership with low interest mortgage guarantees

authorized 10 programs, including head start and the Job Corps

required "maximum feasible participation" of the poor themselves in antipoverty programs and spurred organizing by the poor in order to take control of their neighborhoods

equippd the poor with the skills neessary to find jobs

outlawed job discrimination against women,

empowered the federal government to intevene directly to enable African Americans to register to vote

banned racial discrimination in housing, jury selection and authorized federal intervention when states failed to protect civil rights workers from violence

caravan to the nation's capital in 1972, when some activists took over the bureau of indian affairs to express their outrage on the bureau's policies

mobilized around the goals of civil rights, peace, and universal economic security

focused on equal treatment for women in the public sphere wanting to integrate them into the public sphere

Kennedy promised 20 billion in aid for latin america over 10 years

north vietnam and the vietkong attacked key cities and American base in South Vietnam

nations first president to set foot on chineese soil

penalized gas guzzling cars and provided incentivees for conservation and alternative fuels

threatening the use of any means necessary to prevent an outside force from ganing control of the persian gulf

held that cutting taxes would actually increase revune

largest tax reduction in US history

banned organizations that practiced discriminatino on the basis of race, color, national orgin, sex, disability, or age from recieving government funds

proposed to deploy lasers in space to destroy enemy missiles before they could reach their tagets on earth

eliminating all short and medium range missiles from rueopw and provided for onsite inspections for the first time

forty air war against Iraq, bombing military targets, power plants, oil refineries, and transportation networks

produces the strongest third party finish since 1912 in the election of 91 with clinton and hw bush

establishes the WTO

enforces tariff reductions and the eliminatino of import quotas among 135 member nations

gave governemtn new powers to monitor suspected terrorists and their associates, including the ability to pry personal info