Reconstruction to WWI: Rebuilding the nation, reforming the profession HI31L Week 8.
Academic Vocabulary TAKS--U.S. History. Reconstruction—rebuilding of the South after the Civil...
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Transcript of Academic Vocabulary TAKS--U.S. History. Reconstruction—rebuilding of the South after the Civil...
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• 1949 alliance of nations that agreed to band together in the event of war to support and protect each nation involved
G.I. Bill—law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy
homes, start businesses, or pay for higher education
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1964 Congressional Resolution authorizing President to take action in Vietnam
Great Society
President Lyndon Johnson’s legislative proposals for aid to public education, voting rights, conservation, medical care, and poverty
Counterculture—group of young Americans in the 1960s who rejected conventional customs and mainstream culture
TAKS Years
• 1607—Jamestown• 1763—Britain defeated France in N. America• 1776—Declaration of Independence• 1787--Constitution• 1791—Bill of Rights• 1861—start of Civil War• 1865—end of Civil War—slavery ended• 1898—Spanish-American War• 1918—end of WWI• 1929—stock market crash—Great Depression• 1941—Pearl Harbor--WWII• 1945—end of WWII, beginning of Cold War
TAKS Amendments
• 13 free• 14 citizens• 15 vote• 16 income tax• 17 senators• 18 no alcohol• 19 women • 21 alcohol• 24 no poll tax• 26 18 year olds
Bill of Rights
• 1st—religion, speech, assembly, petition, press
• 2nd—bear arms
• 4th—no search and seizure—warrant
• 5th—don’t have to speak
• 8th—no cruel or unusual punishment
TAKS Court Cases
• Dred Scott• Plessy• Brown• Heart of Atlanta Motel• Loving• Swann• UC Regents v. Bakke• Reynolds v. Sims—equal
representation by population• Shaw—no racial gerrymandering
TAKS People• Washington• Jefferson • Madison• Lincoln• Debs• Susan B. Anthony• Mahan• Ford• Carnegie• Lindbergh
Even more people• Eisenhower• Patton• Bradley• MacArthur• Marshall• King• Shirley Chisholm—NY
Congress/Af-Am/1968• Wallace• Chavez• H. Ross Perot—Tx—1992, 1996
Events
• Revolution• War of 1812• Mexican War• Civil War and Reconstruction• Gilded Age/Progressive Era• Spanish-American War• WWI• WWII• Korea• Vietnam• Persian Gulf• Afghanistan• Iraq
Terms
• Magna Carta• Articles of Confederation• Constitution• Bill of Rights• Primary and secondary sources• Three branches of government• Industrialization• Prohibition• Suffrage• World War I