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POL285 Final Exam Review
Review for POL285 Final Exam
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
12/15/2010

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Term
13th Amendment
Definition
Government has to treat people equally.
Term
Commerce Clause
Definition
Anything that could affect interstate commerce is under government control.
Term
15th Amendment
Definition
Gives African Americans the right to vote.
Term
Three things states passed to not allow African Americans to vote
Definition
1. Grandfather clause.
2. Poll tax.
3. Literacy tests.
Term
Voting Rights Act of 1961
Definition
LBJ struck all the state laws which prevented African Americans the right to vote.
Term
Election of 1960
Definition
Democrat LBJ vs. Rep Extremist Goldwater.
Term
Election of 1960
Definition
One of the biggest blowouts.
Term
LBJ's Second-term curse
Definition
1964: Vietnam
Term
1st Televised War
Definition
Vietnam
Term
Mcarthy and Bobby Kennedy
Definition
Wanted to run against LBJ, but LBJ announced he would not be running for a third term.
Term
Law of Unanticipated Consequences
Definition
A law which does not do what it was meant to do.
Term
Vietnamization
Definition
LBJ's plan to let the Vietnamese take over and train them as Americans.
Term
Born in California
Definition
Nixon
Term
Very Poor Family
Definition
Nixon
Term
Was in the Navy but never saw battle
Definition
Nixon
Term
Ran with Ike as VP in 1952
Definition
Nixon
Term
Born in Nebraska
Definition
Ford
Term
Went to the University of Michigan then became a coach at Yale
Definition
Ford
Term
Naval Officer in the Pacific
Definition
Ford
Term
Becomes President in 1974 When Nixon resigns
Definition
Ford
Term
Date of Nixon's resignation
Definition
August 9th, 1974
Term
Born into a rich family in Georgia
Definition
Carter
Term
President in 1976
Definition
Carter
Term
56th Secretary of State. Nobel Peace Prize. Wanted to ease tension between China and Russia.
Definition
Henry Kissinger
Term
Democratic Senator of Mass.
Definition
Ted Kennedy
Term
Bob Haldeman
Definition
Chief of Staff to Nixon, imprisoned for 18 months for Watergate scandal
Term
G. Gordon Liddy
Definition
Chief Operative for the whitehouse plumbers. Organized the first break-in of the Watergate in 1972. Imprisoned for 4.5 years.
Term
Hubert Humphrey
Definition
Johnson's VP, barely beat by Nixon.
Term
Nixon's three accomplishments
Definition
Civil Rights Act.
Environmental Protection Agency.
Clean Air Act.
Term
Nixon's Checkers Speech
Definition
1952 - Nixon's speech about his use of money while VP to LBJ
Term
Recognition of China
Definition
Carter, 1979
Term
Fall of Saigon
Definition
Capture of Saigon, capital of South Vietnam. Marked the end of the Vietnam war.
Term
Camp David Peace Accord
Definition
Carter's one major accomplishment. Peace between Egypt and Israel.
Term
Misery Index
Definition
Robert Barro. Unemployment rate + Inflation rate.
Term
Date of Watergate break-in
Definition
June 17th, 1972
Term
Archilbald Cox
Definition
Attorney that forces Nixon to turn over tapes.
Term
Minor-role actor before becoming President
Definition
Reagan
Term
Jerry Par
Definition
Becomes a CIA agent because of Reagan's movie. Later saves Reagan's life.
Term
Is not taken seriously by his opponents because of his previous career
Definition
Reagan
Term
Calls trees poisonous in a speech
Definition
Reagan
Term
Ran and won against Bush in 1980
Definition
Reagan
Term
John Hinkley
Definition
Man who shot Reagan
Term
Al Haig
Definition
Reagan's SoS
Term
James Baker
Definition
Reagan's CoS
Term
Reagan's VP
Definition
George Bush
Term
Youngest Fighter Pilot in Military History
Definition
George Bush
Term
Leaves the Military as a war hero in 1945
Definition
George Bush
Term
Baseball player who graduated from Yale in 2.5 years
Definition
George Bush
Term
Ambassador for China, the UN, and head of the CIA
Definition
George Bush
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