Katie Felton

Mr. Haskell

World History

26 May 2005

Pg. 682 A-F

• Joseph McCarthy- He Charged Americans for having sympathies for the communists. When McCarthy was charged, he had already ruined thousands of American Lives and Careers.
•  Great Society- This is a program created Lyndon Johnson. In this program It Funded Medicare for the elderly, job training for the poor, and support for education.
•  Ronald Reagan- He was the president of the United States at the time. He made cutbacks in government spending.
• Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka- In 1954 the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in this. This declares that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
•  Martian Luther King, JR.- He emerged in 1956 and become a leader of Civil Rights. Ghandi inspired him. He organized boycotts and led peaceful marches.
•  St. Lawrence Seaway- It was created by Canada and the Unites States. It opened the great lakes to the ocean-going ships and linked the interior of both countries to the Atlantic.