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House-Select Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was created in 1938 to inspect alleged trust breaches and suspicious activities on the part of citizens, publicly employed citisens, and those organizations suspected of having Communist affairs. -
Smith Act
The Smith Act made it a illegal to support the violent take over of the government or to organize or be a part of any group or society devoted to such affairs. -
G.I. Bill
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, also known as the G.I. Bill, was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans. It was designed by the American Legion, who helped push it through Congress by mobilizing its chapters. The goal was to provide immediate rewards for practically all World War II veterans. -
38th Parallel Established as Border
When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the 38th parallel was established as the border between Soviet and American occupation zones. This parallel divides the Korean peninsula at about the middle. -
Little Boy
"Little Boy" was the code name for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II by the United States Army Air Forces. It was the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare. The Hiroshima bombing was the second artificial nuclear explosion in history. -
Fat Man
"Fat Man" was the codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States. It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being Little Boy, and its detonation marked the third-ever man-made nuclear explosion in history. -
Iron Curtain
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's gives his “Iron Curtain” speech which marks beginning of the Cold War. The Iron Curtain, is the political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to isolate itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other anti-communist areas. -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. President Harry Truman calls for funds to back Greek and Turkish anti-communistic efforts. Marks the beginning of the Truman doctrine. -
West Berlin Supplies
The Berlin airlift equips West Berlin with basic essentials after the Soviet Union isolates the city in an effort to push the West to give up. -
Fair Deal
President Truman's last addition to the New Deal. He wanted to put more focus on health care, public housing, and education. He wanted a higher minimum wage and wanted all American's to have equal rights. -
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman, also known as Little Richard, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Little Richard's most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when his music and showmanship set the foundation for rock and roll. -
Beat Generation
The Beat Generation, or Beatniks, influenced the American culture after World War II with their literacy and art work. Their work was mainly popular during the 1950's. They resented materialism, marriage, the normal way of life. They preferred individual freedom, with sex and drugs. -
Television
The Television first became popularized in the 1950's, by mid-50's, more than half of the United States had a television set. Television became a form of entertainment, as well as a way to get news. Some popular TV shows from the time are "I Love Lucy," "Leave it to Beaver," and "The Ed Sullivan Show." TV also changed the way presidential campaigns played out. -
North Korea invades South Korea
North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. The United Nations, with the United States as the principal force, came to assist South Korea. China came to assist North Korea. Korea was controlled by Japan from 1910 until the ending days of the second World War. In August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, as a result of an agreement with the United States, and freed Korea north of the 38th parallel. -
Ike Turner
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner, Jr. was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. An early fifties rock and roll artist, he is most popularly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then-wife Tina Turner. Turner began playing piano and guitar when he was 8, forming his group as a teenager. -
Bill Haley and the Comets
Bill Haley & His Comets were an American rock and roll band, founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band, also known as Bill Haley and the Comets and Bill Haley's Comets was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of America and the rest of the world. -
Polio Vaccine
Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin are both credited for creating the polio vaccine. Polio killed or severely injured millions of people, the creation of this vaccine resulted in the elimination of polio. -
Elvis
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor he was regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", or simply "the King", he was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee with his family when he was 13 years old. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Linda Brown, a seven year old girl, was going to a school far away from her home, because the school close to her was an all white school. When her parents got tired of it, they wanted to send her to a closer school. In the first black SCOTUS justice, Thurgood Marshall, fought for her and won the case by using psychological evidence. Because of Brown v. Board of Education, schools, waiting rooms, restrooms, and more became integrated. -
Emmett Till Tragedy
Emmett Till was 14 years old, from Chicago and went down to Mississippi to visit with relatives & see the south. His friends dared him to hit on a white girl in a country store, four days later, the woman's husband, Rob Bryant and John Miliam hunted Till down, abducted him, tortured and killed him, his body was unrecognizable when it was found dumped in a river 3 days later. His mom wanted his casket open in his funeral to show how evil the south can be. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was the black woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white guy after a long day of work on her way home. Sense she was a black woman and he was white man, she got arrested. After hearing about her arrest, people began to boycott the Montgomery Bus System, which was the start of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks got arrested, Jo Ann Robinson sends out 35,000 flyers, asking people to boycott the bus system. Many people boycotted the bus system for a whole year, the bus system needed black riders to keep their business going. So, after a year, the boycott worked, and SCOTUS ruled the desegregation of buses unconstitutional. -
Little Rock 9
Upon the ending of the Brown v. Board of Education case, white segregationists refused to integrate with the blacks. The town of Little Rock, Arkansas was trying to integrate schools to become both black and white schools, they sent nine students to go to a white school. The entire school and the governor, Orval Faubus, did not like the idea of integrating the school. President Eisenhower had to jumped in and have the black students escorted to school. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress and was also Congress's show of support for the Supreme Court's Brown decisions in the Brown v. Board of Education case, which had eventually led to the integration of public schools. -
Sputnik
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into an elliptical low Earth orbit. It was a 23 inches in diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. This surprise success triggered the Space Race. -
Sit-ins
Sit-ins form of non-violent protest strategy where protesters sit at the whites only counter in a restaurants and ask to be served. They do not get up, or fight back (non-violent), even when the white restaurant employees throw food at, or attack them. The first sit-in started a movement across the nation. -
New Frontier
The New Frontier was used by liberal Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention.The ideas behind the New Frontier instilled a sense of both confidence and new ambitions in America's society. Reaching new frontiers in space, economy, and politics. -
Freedom Rides
Freedom rides were meant to challenge laws mandating segregated interstate transportation, busloads of integrated black and white students rode through the South. The first freedom riders left Washington, D.C., in May 1961 on route to New Orleans. Several people were arrested in bus stations while waiting for the bus. When the buses reached Anniston, Alabama, an angry mob slashed the tires on one bus and set it aflame. -
Peace Corps
President Kennedy promoted voluntary deeds by American citizens in other countries. Helps aid 3rd world countries by helping to improve their health, education, etc. Wanted to promote a positive way of thinking for other countries about American's. -
Earl Warren Supreme Court
Most liberal SCOTUS to date, who worked as a Chief Justice for 16 years. Some of his most famous and important cases are: prayer in school, Jim Crow, and interracial marriage. Warren brought Civil Rights to attention in Congress. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the march was to stand up for civil and economic rights for African Americans during a time when racism was the most prevalent throughout society. At the march, Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism. -
Assassination of JFK
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was riding in a parade in Dallas, Texas to promote himself for re-election. He had been publicizing the route of the parade the days anticipating his appearance, he wanted as large of a crowd as possible to know where he was. Lee Harvey Oswald shot multiple times, hitting JFK twice. Kennedy was then taken to Parkland Hospital and had passed away within the hour. -
Lee Harvey Oswald
The accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Oswald allegedly shot Kennedy from a high window of a tall building in Dallas, Texas as Kennedy rode down the street in an open car. Oswald was captured the day of the assassination. A government commission led by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded later that Oswald, though active in communist causes, was not part of a conspiracy to kill Kennedy. -
Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby, had relations with a number of Dallas police officers, operated strip joints and dance halls and had minor connections to organized crime. Oswald was brought to the basement of the Dallas police headquarters on his way to a more secure county jail. As Oswald came into the room, Jack Ruby fatally wounded him with a single shot from a concealed 38 revolver. Ruby, who was immediately detained, claimed that rage at Kennedy’s murder was the motive for his action. -
Commission Warren
Johnson established the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy in order to investigate his predecessor’s death.During the almost yearlong investigation, the Warren Commission reviewed reports by the FBI, Department of State and the attorney general of Texas. The commission concluded that the bullets that killed Kennedy and injured Connally were fired by Oswald from a rifle pointed out of a sixth-floor window in the Texas School Book Depository. -
Counter Culture
Counter culture refers to people that had different lifestyles and values than ordinary people didn't have. They were into drugs acid(LSD), sex and all about living in the moment. Learn about yourself, focus on you. You are free to do whatever you want. Feminists was also a part of Counter culture. -
Daisy Girl Ad
An Ad that aired during LBJ's presidency, yet led to many American's fearing the Cold War even more. Caused controversy and was a political turning point in advertising. It insinuated that commanders should be able to use nuclear weapons if they wanted to. -
Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater was a conservative Arizona senator. In 1964, Goldwater ran against Lyndon Johnson for the republican party. He opposed The New Deal, The Great Society, Social Security and Civil Rights. -
Selma March
The Selma to Montgomery marches were 3 protest marches along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized to show the desire of black citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression, and were part of a broader voting rights movement underway in Selma and throughout the American South. -
Roe v. Wade
This was a lawsuit in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruling recognized abortion as a constitutional right, over-turning individual states' laws against abortion. In March 1970 in Texas, a pregnant women, using the name Jane Roe, sued Texas for its anti-abortion laws, claiming the laws go against the Amendments of the Constitution. They ruled that the right to an abortion fell under the right of privacy. Under Roe, states can pass laws regulating 2nd and 3rd trimester abortions. -
Equal rights Amendment
Proposed by the National Woman’s political party in the 20s, the Equal Rights Amendment was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. More than four decades later, the Amendment won the requisite 2/3 vote from the U.S. House of Representatives in 1971. In March 1972, it was approved by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states. However, failed to achieve ratification. -
Watergate
On June of 1972, security caught five, alleged plumbers, stealing campaign information inside the Watergate Hotel. The FBI reported that the Watergate break-in was a way to help President Nixon win the re-election. It is revealed that the White House paid a bribe to keep "plumbers" quiet and that Nixon used taping systems to record his conversations. When he was demanded to turn in the tapes, he gives over edited version of the tapes. But in August, he released unedited versions and resigns. -
Title IX
This title protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. It is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. Signed by President Nixon, it applies to schools that receive federal financial assistance, including state and local educational agencies. It is part of the 1972 Education Act and allows for more teams and sports for female athletes. -
Heritage Foundation
Signed in 1973 by Paul Weyrich, Edwin Feulner, and Joseph Coors, the Heritage Foundation, a non-profit lobbying group, promotes conservative policies. These policies include free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and strong national defense. Heritage have significantly influence the U.S. public policy making and is considered one of the most influential conservative research organizations in the United States. -
Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act, or the Endangered Species Conservation Act, provides programs to conserve threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they live in. The main federal agencies that promote and implement ESA are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. This act was signed by Richard Nixon in 1973. -
Nixon's Resignation
The Watergate Scandal escalated, and it caused President Nixon his political support due to his administration attempting to cover-up its involvement in the scandal. When the scandal was investigated by the Congress, his administration's resisted an examination which led to a constitutional crisis. He later decided to resign from office and after his resignation, he was issued a pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. Nixon was the first president to resign from office. -
OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries or OPEC is a permanent, intergovernmental Organization, with an objective to co-ordinate and unify petroleum policies among Member Countries, in order to secure fair and stable prices for petroleum producers. The 70s saw OPEC rise to international prominence as its Member Countries took control of their domestic petroleum industries and Member Countries embarked on socio-economic development schemes where membership grew to thirteen by 1975. -
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978. President Jimmy Carter invited Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin to the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, where dual peace accords were hammered out under the direction of Carter. The Camp David Accords laid the groundwork for a permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel after three decades of hostilities. -
Three-Mile Island
The Three Mile Island reactor, near Middletown, Pa., partially melted down on March 28, 1979. This was the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history. Its aftermath brought about sweeping changes involving emergency response planning, reactor operator training, and many other areas of nuclear power plant operations. It also caused the NRC to tighten and heighten security and its regulatory oversight. Caused U.S. nuclear power plants to increase safety. -
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson is an entrepreneur, media magnate, and investor and is also the first African American billionaire. He is the founder of the Black Entertainment Television, BET, which launched in 1980 and was sold to Viacom in 2001. BET is an American basic cable and satellite television channel and is the most prominent television network for African American audiences. -
Election of 1980
In the election of 1980 the race was between Ronald Reagan for the Republican Party, and Jimmy Carter for the Democratic Party. Reagan was a former governor for California, former actor in the 1940s and the 1950s, and testified before HUAC about communism. Carter was incumbent, haunted by a bad economy, and the hostage crisis in Iran will bring down his popularity. Therefore, Reagan will defeat Carter and Ayatollah Khomeini, who spites Carter, releases American hostages after Reagan is sworn in. -
Space Shuttle Program
The NASA space shuttle fleet began setting records with its first launch in 1981, and continued to set high marks of achievement and endurance through thirty years of missions. Starting with Columbia and continuing until the Endeavour, the spacecraft has carried people into orbit repeatedly, launched, recovered and repaired satellites, conducted cutting-edge research and built the largest structure in space, the International Space Station. -
A.I.D.S. Crisis
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, started in the 1930s in Saharan, Africa but made its way to the United States as early as the 1960s. However, it was first noticed when doctors found clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in young gay men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981. AIDS started affecting thousands of homosexuals and spreads to heterosexual community through blood transfusions due to the rise of the gay community. -
MTV
In 1981, MTV Music Television went on air for the first time. MTV went on to revolutionize the music industry and become an influential source of pop culture and entertainment in the United States and other parts of the world. In MTV’s earlest days, its programming consisted of basic music videos that were introduced by video jockeys and provided for free by record companies. As the record industry recognized MTV’s value as a promotional vehicle, money was invested in making creative videos. -
Sandra Day O' Connor
Sandra Day O’Connor was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for 25 years and was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. A moderate conservative, she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions. In opposition to the Republican call to reverse the decision on abortion rights, O’Connor provided the vote needed to uphold the court’s earlier decision. She tended to vote in line with her politically conservative nature. -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI, also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated under President Ronald Reagan to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union. With the tension of the Cold War looming overhead, the Strategic Defense Initiative was the United States’ response to possible nuclear attacks from afar. -
Reagan Doctrine
In his State of the Union address, President Ronald Reagan defines some key concepts of his foreign policy, establishing the foundation for the Reagan administration’s support of “freedom fighters” around the globe. In action, this policy translated into covertly supporting the Contras in their attacks on the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua; the Afghan rebels in their fight against the Soviet occupiers. -
Iran Contra Affair
The Iran Contra Affair was when President Reagan's administration supplied weapons to Iran in hopes of securing the release of American hostages held in Lebanon by Hezbollah terrorists loyal to the Ayotollah Khomeini, Iran's leader. It was rooted in the Iran Hostage Crisis. The scandal affected Reagan's administration and further strained the public's faith in the government. 11 members of his administration will eventually be convicted of a several charges relating to this affair. -
Challenger Explosion
The American shuttle orbiter Challenger broke up over a minuter after liftoff, bringing the spacecraft's 10th mission to an unfortunate end. The disaster took seven astronaut lives aboard. It was revealed later that two rubber rings used to separate the sections of the rocket booster failed due to the cold temperatures. The event received much media coverage making NASA to temporarily suspend all trials. -
Persian Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War was fought between Iraq and a coalition of nations that include Kuwait, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, among others. The war was initiated when Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Iraq resisted U.N. demands to leave Kuwait, so the U.S. and coalition forces attacked to remove them and to protect Saudi Arabia. It ended with a cease fire on February 28, 1991 and a decisive victory for Americans and its other alies. -
Rodney King
On March 3rd, 1991, Rodney King, an African American man, was caught by the Los Angeles police after a seventy-eight mile high-speed chase. The officers aggressively pulled King out of the car and beat him brutally, while a cameraman George Holiday caught it all on video tape. This causes a riot that will last for four days. Asian shops will be looted by black and Latino residents because they were angry for Asians not hiring African Americans. -
Internet
The Internet starts in a military bases in the 1960s to exchange data. In the 80s, supercomputers allow communications on college campuses. But in the 1990s, tens of millions of homes had internet and used American Online. It was contributed by the World Wide Web that was introduced to the public on August 6th, 1991. In 1994, there will be 6 million users. -
Election of 1992
The Election of 1992 was between William Jefferson Clinton for the Democratic Party, George H.W. Bush for the Republican Party, and Ross Perot for the Independent Party. Clinton was the governor of Arkansas and it was unknown he was running; he was also charismatic and understanding. Bush was incumbent who was popular for the Persian Gulf War and Perot was a successful businessman. Clinton wins 43% of the vote; Perot took the votes away from Bush. -
Health Care Reform
The Clinton health care plan, known officially as the, Health Security Act, by its detractors, was a 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of President Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the task force devising the plan, First Lady of the United States Clinton. The president had campaigned heavily on health care in his presidential election. The task force was created in 1993, but its own processes were somewhat controversial and drew litigation. -
World Trade Center Attack
In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed as the first terrorist attack on the World Trade center. A truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City on February 26, 1993. It was intended to bring down both towers and kill tens of thousands of people. However, it failed but still left a six story hole in the ground and killed six people and injured over a thousand. The attack was planned by a group of terrorists. -
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA, a trade pact between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, eliminated virtually all tariffs and trade restrictions between the three nations. Clinton said he hoped the agreement would encourage other nations to work toward a broader world-trade pact. The passage of NAFTA was one of Clinton’s first major victories as the first Democratic president in twelve years–though the movement for free trade in North America had begun as a Republican initative. -
Contract with America
The Contract with America outlined legislation to be enacted by the House of Representatives. Among the proposals were tax cuts, a permanent line-item veto, measures to reduce crime and provide middle-class tax relief, and constitutional amendments requiring term limits and a balanced budget. With the exception of the constitutional amendment for term limits, all parts of the Contract with America were passed by the House, under the leadership of the speaker of the House. -
Welfare Reform
The bill was a cornerstone of the Republican Contract with America and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996, fulfilling his 1992 campaign promise to "end welfare as we have come to know it". PRWORA instituted Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which became effective in 1997. The law was heralded as a "reassertion of America's work ethic" by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, largely in response to the bill's workfare. -
Defense of Marriage Act
DOMA was a United States federal law that, prior to being ruled unconstitutional, defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states. DOMA's passage did not prevent individual states from recognizing same-sex marriage. -
Election of 2000
The Election of 2000 was between Al Gore for the Democratic Party, George W. Bush for the Republican Party, and Ralph Nader for the Independent/Green Party. Al Gore was Clinton's Vice President, an environmentalist, and wanted to save the new government surplus for Social Security. Bush was the Governor of Texas and Nader was a former consumer rights advocate. This was one of the closest elections in American history with Bush taking the win. -
Al Gore
Al Gore was the Democratic nominee who ran against Bush in the Election of 2000. Gore was an environmentalist, and he wanted people to be more aware of what they do to earth. Gore ended up losing the electoral college to Bush. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush was the governor of Texas who became the 43rd president of the Untied States after winning the Election of 2000 against Al Gore. His win caused controversy due to the fact that the election was so close, but in the end, Bush won the electoral college. Many people disagreed with his way of governing. -
9/11 Attacks
On September 11, 2001, the US was attacked by an Islamic terrorist group called al-Qaeda; terrorists were involved and were led by Osama bin Laden. They hijacked four passenger planes and crashed them into buildings. Two of the planes crashed into the Twin Towers in NYC while the other hit the Pentagon. The fourth crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers attempted to retake control of the plane. Almost three thousand people were killed. -
War of Terror
The War on Terror, or the War in Afghanistan, started in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The phrase was used to describe the threat of terrorism in the world. Bush announced his intention to initially target al-Queda, but went on to say that the War on Terror will not end until all terrorist groups are defeated. The War targets terrorists who commit violent acts of both Domestic and International. -
PATRIOT Act
PATRIOT stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush due to 9/11. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies allowed to conduct wide-sweeping searches and surveillance; they could detain immigrants, monitor bank accounts, and wiretap suspected callers without warrant. Many opposed it because it threatened individual liberties and invaded the privacy of the people.. -
No Child Left Behind Education Act
The No Child Left Behind Act was signed by President George W. Bush in 2002. Because of the reports of declining schools across the country, Bush sends the bill through Congress. The law is a authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; under the law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades three to eight and once in high school. Other than revamping standards, it also links federal funding to student performances on these standardized exams. -
Hurricane Katrina Disaster
Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the US in 2005; it was a Category three rating, sustained winds of over one hundred mile per hour and stretched four-hundred miles across. Although the storm went through Mississippi & Alabama, New Orleans was hit the worse. The Levee system failed to hold the storm surge in the city and most of it got flooded. The storm resulted in more than one-hundred billion dollars in damage and many blamed the government because it was slow to meet the people's needs -
The Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of decline in economic activity during the late 2000s, which is considered the largest downturn since the Great Depression. There were falling home prices, poor lending habits by banks, and risky investments that lead to massive foreclosures. The government was forced to bail out failing banks, insurance companies, and brokerage houses. -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States for eight years. He was the first African American president, as well as the first president to be born outside of the United States. Before becoming president, he served in the United States Senate representing Illinois. He accomplished many things during his presidency, such as the nominating the first Hispanic Justice and Obamacare. -
Great Society
The Great Society was a set of U.S. programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. Following Johnson’s lead, Congress enacted sweeping legislation in the areas of civil rights, health care, education and the environment. The 1965 State of the Union address heralded the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act.
