Megan Mallory

 

World History E-Core

 

Period 5

 

26 May 2005

 

 

Questions A-F Page 862

 

  1. Joseph McCarthy
    1. He was a Senator who charged many Americans with laboring communist sympathies
    2. Eventually they government condemned McCarthy’s reckless behavior because he had ruined the careers of thousands of Americans
  2. Great Society
    1. Reformers urged bold new programs to help the poor and disadvantaged
    2. Lyndon Johnson started a program that funded Medicare and housing for poor
  3. Ronald Reagan
    1. In the 1980s, conservatives challenged costly social programs and the growth of government
    2. President Ronald Reagan called for cutbacks in government
  4. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
    1. In 1954 this was an issue handled by the Supreme Court
    2. It declared that segregated schools were unconstitutional
  5. Martin Luther King Jr.
    1. He was a gifted preacher who emerged as a leader of the civil rights movement
    2. He was inspired by Gandhi’s campaign
  6. St. Lawrence Seaway
    1. This opened the Great Lakes to on-going ships
    2. This increased the economy in both the United States and Canada
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