Truman and Eisenhower Flashcards

351331292	Tom Pendergrast	political machine that helped Truman become Vice President	0
351331293	demobilization	reducing the size of army and navy to an appropriate peace time size	1
351331294	reconversion	move economy back to a peace setting from war setting	2
351331295	OPA	tells merchants what to charge for things/ what wages to give workers abolished in December	3
351331296	GI bill	-soldiers can go back to the job they had prior to the war -veterans get an advantage when looking for a job -veterans get free tuition -veterans' hospitals are established -veterans get an advantage for buying a house (lowest mortgage rate)	4
351331297	Employment Act of 1946	stimulus program to spend a lot of money to create jobs	5
351331298	Council of Economic Advisers	economists that advise the president on how to best stimulate the economy	6
351331299	containment	making sure Russians/ communists do not take over other countries	7
351331300	National Security Act	-establishes Department of Defenses -creates air force -creates CIA	8
351331301	Nathan Hale	"I regret that I only have one life to lose for my country"	9
351331302	NSA	group that advises the president on potential threats	10
351331303	presidential succession act	if the president and vp aren't available, the speaker of the house is pres...next comes president pro temp, etc	11
351331304	amendment xxii	limits president to 2 terms or 10 years	12
351331305	Taft-Hartley Act	strikers have to go back to work for 80 days and negotiate with their manager..if they still cannot reach an agreement, they can go back to striking	13
351331306	Harry Truman	Democrat candidate for the Election of '48	14
351331307	Tom Dewey	Republican candidate for the Election of '48	15
351331308	Henry Wallace	Progressive candidate for the Election of '48	16
351331309	Strom Thurmand	dixicrat candidate for the Election of '48	17
351331310	Jackie Robinson	first black major league baseball player played for the dodgers	18
351331311	Executive Order 9981	desegregated american military	19
351331312	de jure segregation	segregation enforced by law	20
351331313	goals of fair deal	1. civil rights 2. federal aid to segregation 3. medical care for the aged	21
351331314	filibuster	talk something to death in the senate	22
351331315	cloture	official ending to a debate	23
351331316	AMA	professional association of doctors	24
351331317	lobbyist	people who go to congress to convince them to vote a certain way	25
351331318	partisan president	driven by loyalty to political party rather than for the good of the country	26
365888318	Adlai Stevenson	democrat candidate for election of '52	27
365888319	Tom Sparkman	democrat VP for election of '52	28
365888320	Dwight Eisenhower	republican candidate for election of '52	29
365888321	Richard Nixon	republican vp for election of '52	30
365888322	korean war sick economy	issues for election of '52	31
365888323	dynamic conservatism	Eisenhower's policy big government is good "more business in government and less government in business"	32
365888324	practices	hired by Ike to reduce gov regulations people that are business friendly	33
365888325	interstate highway system	largest/ most expensive public work system during Eisenhower's term	34
365888326	st. lawrence seaway	connects great lakes to the Atlantic ocean built by US and Canada	35
365888327	national defense act	provides money to states to improve math and science education	36
365888328	...	-NASA -Alaska and Hawaii become states	37
365888329	Dwight Eisenhower	republican candidate for election of '56	38
365888330	Richard Nixon	republican vp for election of '56	39
365888331	Adlai Stevenson	democrat candidate for election of '56	40
365888332	Estes Kefauver	democrat vp for election of '56	41
365888333	Brown v Board of ed 1953	topeka, kansas Thurgood Marshall is lawyer ends segregation in education	42
365888334	southern manifesto	signed by south saying they didn't agree with desegregating schools	43
365888335	Orval Faubus	gov of Little Rock, Arkansas that closed down schools so he wouldn't have to integrate	44
365888336	SCLC	protest jim crow w/ demonstrations, sit ins, and boycotts	45
365888337	SNCC	student non violent coordinating committee	46
365888338	amendment 23	gives DC 3 electoral college votes in a presidential election	47
365888339	civil rights act 1957	gave attorney general power to investigate charges that blacks were being denied the right to vote	48
365888340	The Robe	first movie in widescreen	49
365888341	Board Code of Hollywood	approved movies ended in 1964	50
365888342	MPAA	rates movies	51
365888343	Abraham Levitt	father of development system	52
365888344	Wilt Chamberlan	best NBA player	53
365888345	Micky Montal	best MLB player	54
365888346	3rd Great Awakening	1940s-1950s more religious interest	55
365888347	Billy Graham	preacher who did religious revivals	56
365888348	Fulton Sheen	catholic priest on tv	57
365888349	the power of positive thinking	book urging people to be happier	58