Final 6th Grade Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
Q

Win by a lot

A

Landslide win

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2
Q

How does a president win the election

A

electoral votes

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3
Q

Secret government documents that lied about the US winning the Vietnam war

A

Pentagon Papers

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4
Q

requires the president to get congressional approval before sending troops to an armed struggle.

A

War Powers Act

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5
Q

a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel

A

Camp David Accords

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6
Q

Who started Watergate?

A

5 people who worked for Nixon broke into a democratic headquarters

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7
Q

Reagan’s economic plan lowered

A

Income taxes

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8
Q

The theory that influenced his economic policies

A

Supply side economics

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9
Q

Cold war broke apart what country?

A

Soviet Union

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10
Q

NAFTA was made by?

A

Bill Clinton

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11
Q

Globalization concern

A

US would lose jobs to other countries where wages are lower

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12
Q

Silent spring author

A

Rachael Carson

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13
Q

SALT was made by?

A

Nixon

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14
Q

Did politicians believe Nixon abused power as president?

A

Yes.

Edmond Muskie had quoted

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15
Q

hostile relations in the 70s with Soviet Union and the US

A

Dètente

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16
Q

a system of laws requiring racial discrimination and segregation

17
Q

Internet and World Wide Web (www)

A

Information revolution

18
Q

president, vice president, and cabinet members.

A

Executive branch

19
Q

Law makers ( house and senate)

A

Legislative branch

20
Q

Judicial branch

A

nine justices

21
Q

USA is a?

A

Democracy countries

22
Q

China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea are?

A

Communist countries

23
Q

increased involvement in Vietnam War.

24
Q

US in WWII why?

A

Pearl Harbor attack

25
Why were there fireside chats?
because everyone had a radio and he wanted them to use the banks
26
Berlin wall location
East and west Berlin, Germany.
27
North Vietnam leader
Ho Chi Minh
28
Case that led to school segregation ending
Brown v. Board of Education
29
American and British forces invaded France to stop Germany from controlling France.
D Day
30
To give people jobs and to end unemployment
New Deal
31
Women in WWII
Men's jobs
32
Holocaust victims were
Jewish
33
created UFW and he worked for better pay for migrant workers.
Cesar Chavez
34
famous photographer who made Migrant Mother picture.
Dorothea Lange