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Presidents & Vocabulary- Social 8

This is a list of key terms and presidents from the late 1980's to present.

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TrustbusterName given to T. Roosevelt because he tried to break up big business.
corporationA business owned by many investors.
transcontinentalRailroad that stretches across the continent from coast to coast.
dollar diplomacyTo encourage Americans to invest in Latin America was called ____?____ diplomacy.
yellow journalismSensational style of reporting by newspapers was ____?____ journalism.
suffragistsPeople who worked for the women's right to vote.
sodbustersName given to Plains farmers because of the soil they had to farm.
injunctionA court order to do or not do something.
assimilationProcess immigrants went through to become part of the American Culture.
muckrakerA person who reports on corrupt politicians and other problems of society.
black codesA set of codes that limited the rights of freedmen after the Civil War.
primaryAn election held where the party can pick it's candidate for public office.
F.D.RExperts who advised him were called the "Brain Trust."
WilsonPresident during WW1.
CarterDealt with the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
NixonWatergate break-in and cover up leads to this man's resignation.
HardingHe wanted to "Return to Normalcy" after WW1.
T.R.He believed in the "Big Stick Policy" in Latin America.
BushLost the election of 1992 to Clinton.
FordPardoned former president Nixon.
KennedyProgram was known as the "New Frontier."
JohnsonProgram was called the "Great Society."
HooverDefeated in 1932 because the country was in a Great Depression.
McKinleyPresident during the Spanish American War.

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