Proposition 13 (1978) A successful California state ballot initiative that capped the state's real estate tax at 1 percent of assessed value. The proposition radically reduced average property tax levels, decreasing revenue for the state...
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Richard Nixon Elected President in 1968 and 1972 representing the Republican party. He was responsible for getting the United States out of the Vietnam War by using "Vietnamization", which was the withdrawal of 540,000 troops...
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Which of the following was not true of the changing nature of work in the 1950s? There were fewer jobs in the military-related aerospace industry. After World War II ended, most American women cared for their...
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London Conference International economic conference on stabilizing currency that was sabotaged by FDR Philippines Nation to which the U.S. promised independence in the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 ...
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ABC-1 agreement (1941) An agreement between Britain and the United States developed at a conference in Washington, DC, between January 29- March 27, 1941, that should the United States enter World War II, the two nations and their allies...
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Franklin Roosevelt undermined the London Economic Converence because any agreement to stabilize national currencies might hurt America's recovery from depression. As a result of Franklin Roosevelt's withdrawal from the...
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Bay of Pigs In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. The invasion ended in disaster, happened under...
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John Maynard Keynes British economist who argued that for a nation to recovery fully from a depression, the government had to spend money to encourage investment and consumption GI Bill of Rights 1944; gave...
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In 1945, Joseph Stalin's vision of a postwar world in which great powers would control strategic areas of interest was largely shared by A. Charles De Gaulle. B. Winston Churchill. C. Franklin Roosevelt. D. Mao Zedong. E. Harry Truman. ...
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Post-Civil War USA, Indians surrendered their lands only when they received solemn promises from US gov't to be left alone & provided w/supplies on remaining (reservation) lands Warfare b/t Indians & US military...
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