1948

• massive transfer of aid money to help rebuild post-war (WWII) Western Europe

• purpose was to bolster capitalist and democratic governments and prevent communist groups from riding poverty & misery to power

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

page 839

1933 

• President Franklin Roosevelt providing federal money

• part of the Hundred Days Congress

• New Deal public works project

• to provide cheap electric power, full employment, low-cost housing, and enviromental projects

• after the Great Depression when many needed jobs and homes

1933

during the Depression

Part of the Hundred Days Congress

helped farmers meet their mortgages

Great Society

page 984

1964-1968

• President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)'s term for his domestic policy agenda
• aimed to extend post-war WWII prosperity to all people (economic, welfare)
• Medicare (older) and Medicaid (low income) established

Malcolm X

page 989

• believe in black power
• brilliant & charismatic preacher who promoted black separatism and was against "blue-eyed white devils"
• appealed to younger black kids
• killed 1965 by rival Nation of Islam gunmen

Tet Offensive

page 993

1968

• during the Vietnamese Holiday (named for the holiday) breaking the ceasefire
• North Vietnam attacked American forces in S Vietnam
• US was the winner, N Vietnam did not succeed in controlling cities for long
• US learned of the strength of the NV army and also learned that the traditional military fighting tactics didn't work well in the VN jungles

Joseph McCarthy

page 950

early 1950s

• Republican Senator who accused many of being or supporting Communists & communist ideals
• "McCarthyism" is a label for the dangerous forces of unfairness & fear that democratic society can unleash
• backfired for him when he attacked the US Army (he went too far)

President Bill Clinton (& wife, Hilary)

page 1056

elected 1992/first Baby Boomer Pres.

 on wave of anti-incumbent spirit

• Soviet Union has collapsed & the Cold War is over/US is superpower
• created Democratic Leadership Council with other centrist democts
• New Democrat
• promised to help the economy & fix welfare (costly)
• made some missteps (health care, gays in military)
• terrorism in US (Oklahoma City)