Glossary

Question 1

Define federal government

Answer 1

System of governing where power is divded between states and national government

Question 2

Define hobo

Answer 2

Homeless person who rides the trains

Question 3

Define hoover blankets

Answer 3

Newspapers used by the homeless as blankets

Question 4

Define hoover flag

Answer 4

Pockets turned inside out to show people didn’t have money

Question 5

Define hoover wagon

Answer 5

Car without petrol that was sometimes pulled by horses

Question 6

Define rugged individualism

Answer 6

Expectation that people should overcome problems on their own and not to depend on the government

Question 7

Define Alphabet Agencies

Answer 7

Government agencies set up by FDR to combat the Great Depression

Question 8

Define Fireside Chats

Answer 8

NOT A PODCAST OR A TALK SHOW
Radio talks given by FDR to keep up the morale of the American people

Question 9

Define baby boomer

Answer 9

A person born during a period of economic stablility where there is an increase in birth rate
ONLY IN AMERICA

Question 10

Define affluence

Answer 10

Wealth

Question 11

Define consumerism

Answer 11

Buying material goods

Question 12

Define civil rights

Answer 12

Rights of citizens to social and political equality

Question 13

Define the NAACP

Answer 13

A civil rights group set up in 1909

Question 14

Define CORE

Answer 14

Congress of Racial Equality set up in 1942 to campaign for Civil Rights for Black Americans

Question 15

Define “non violent protest”

Answer 15

Challenging segregation peacefully, even when faced with violence

Question 16

Define SCLC

Answer 16

Southern Christian Leadership Conference- a civil rights group set up in 1957

Question 17

Define bigotry

Answer 17

An unreasonable belief, opinion or faction- prejudice against a person or people because who they associate themselves with

Question 18

Define the “New Frontier”

Answer 18

Originally a slogan used by JFK, turned into a reform programme that worked to make USA fairer with equal rights

Question 19

Define “Tricky Dicky”

Answer 19

Nickname for Nixon- showed that people had lost respect for him

Question 20

Dirty Tricks

Answer 20

Dodgy/ underhnad tactics (normally refers to a politician) used to damage someone’s career or reputation

Question 21

Define Deep Throat

Answer 21

FBI Informant who gave information to the press

Question 22

Define Slush Fund

Answer 22

Money set aside for shady purposes (e.g. bribery)

Question 23

Define CREEP

Answer 23

Committee to re-elect the President

Question 24

Define stagflation

Answer 24

High unemployment + high prices = no economic growth

Question 25

Define deficit

Answer 25

Shortage, especially the amount by which a sum of money falls short (a debt)

Question 26

Define a Great American Novel

Answer 26

A novel that defines the meaning of being 'American'

Question 27

Define Beatniks

Answer 27

Teenagers who didn't follow the conventions of their peers. Drop outs

Question 28

Define Counter cultural literary works

Answer 28

Works that challenging the traditional conservatism

Question 29

Define labour saving device

Answer 29

Devices that allowed domestic chores to be done quicker - e.g. microwave or washing machine

Question 30

Define a proxy war

Answer 30

Indirect fighting between countries where they support opposite sides

Question 31

Define brinkmanship

Answer 31

Coming to the brink of a nuclear war

Question 32

Define a Cold War

Answer 32

State of tension and confluct between nations that don't involve direct military engagment

Question 33

Define the Strategic HAMLET Policy

Answer 33

Move peasants in Vietnam into fortified villages that were guarded by troops to prevent the spread of Communism

Question 34

Define Vietnamisation

Answer 34

Process of withdrawing US troops from Vietnam

Question 35

Define detente

Answer 35

An easing of tension and a willingness to cooperate

Question 36

Define M.A.D

Answer 36

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 37

Define a ballistic missile

Answer 37

A long range missile that is propelled by rockets

Question 38

Define P.D.P.A

Answer 38

The communist government in Afghanistan

Question 39

Define the Mujahideen

Answer 39

Muslim guerilla fighters who wanted to overthrow the Communist government. Supplied by the USA

Question 40

Define the Carter Doctrine

Answer 40

"Firm Approach". Any threat to the Persian region was seen as a direct threat to the USA

Question 41

Define the "Domino Theory"

Answer 41

The theory that if one country fell to Communism, its neighbouring countries will do the same