<p>“Reagonomics” more accurately known as supply-side economics was the belief that tax cuts for business and corporations would stimulate investment spending thus increasing productivity and creating growth in the economy. Reagen also favored tax cuts toward the wealthy. At the same time, Reagen disagreed with many of the social reform programs enacted by earlier Democratic presidents (most notably JFK and LBJ) and attempted to cut government spending through reduction of such spending. However, tax cuts for corporations did not produce as much economic growth as the theory of supply-side economics suggested and Reagen was unable/unwilling to end programs such as Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security. What allowed the U.S. economy to recover from the stagflation of the '70s was Reagan’s stance on the Cold War and US/USSR relations. Reagan strongly disagreed with Nixon’s policy of detente and heavily increased federal defense spending in an attempt to permanently end the Cold War. This immense increase in defense spending alongside large tax cuts for businesses/the wealthy and the continuance of Medicare/Medicaid/SS caused Reagan to run huge budget deficits during his presidency which vastly increased US debt.</p>
<p>Spain, France, and England treated the Natives in different ways. Above all, each country generally agreed that the Native Americans were inferior. </p>
<p>Spain forced the Natives into labor, and some Spanish men married Native women (there were few Spanish women in the Americas at the time)</p>
<p>France generally regarded the Natives as military allies and engaged in trade with them to obtain things such as furs and pelts.</p>
<p>English colonies generally hated the Natives and didn’t want them to be apart of colonial society. Although the Natives did help the Plymouth colony become self-sufficient, conflicts eventually emerged and they were kicked out. </p>
<p>As the colonists started to migrate to Western lands, they continually pushed the Natives out of their former lands. Native American responses to this included the events of King Phillips’ War and the Pontiac Rebellion.</p>
<p>During his presidency, Andrew Jackson generally disliked the Native Americans. He enacted the Indian Removal Act which forced the Native Americans into the Oklahoma Territory. Court cases that took place during his presidency:
-Worcester v. Georgia: laws of Georgia can’t be enforced in Cherokee territory
-Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - Since Cherokees aren’t a foreign nation, they can’t sue in a federal court</p>
<p>Dawes Severalty Act (1887):
-Attempt to assimilate Native Americans into American society
-Basically took away lands from tribes and allocated plots of lands to individual Native Americans</p>
<p>Ghost Dance Movement: Last effort of Native Americans to fight against Americans</p>
<p>Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
-repealed the Dawes Severalty Act
-returned lands to the control of tribes and supported the preservation of Native American cultures</p>
<p>EDIT: Nice response, NiteStriker, that was pretty much exactly what I was looking for. One thing, though, I wouldn’t say Jackson “generally disliked” native americans – he abhorred them. Oh and he also did the Trail of Tears.</p>
<p>Indians in summary: we exploit them, we kick 'em out, we intimidate them out of our way (o/w annihilate them if they try to resist), we put em in Oklahoma, we try to assimilate them, we try to preserve them.</p>
<p>2006 Form B Question 4: For whom and to what extent was the American West a Land of opportunity from 1865 to 1890?</p>
<p>I would say for no one. The Homestead Act was supposed to give 160 acres for 5 yrs to farmers, but big business spectators claimed all the good land. The farming conditions in the west sucked; when people started farming there, corn and other crops’ prices dropped, partially b/c the emergence of rising, competing new nations. To people that went for gold and mining, there was very little opportunity b/c very little chance of striking gold. Other unskilled workers and immigrants, no, because the whole time they were struggling, I wouldn’t call that opportunity.</p>
<p>Answer sheet thing doesn’t even really mention any of this. : /</p>
<p>^^ You should include “A Century of Dishonor”, the renewed attempts at assimilation starting in the 1950s, and the Native American Civil Rights Movement of the '60s/'70s.</p>
<p>National Organization for Women (NOW)
-established in 1966</p>
<p>I wasn’t able to find any other organizations. I think maybe we’ll just need to know some of the key figures in the feminist movement such as Susan B. Anthony.</p>
<p>^^ The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was the organization created by Susan B.Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the 1890s to fight for women’s suffrage. There was also the National Woman’s Pary which was formed by Alice Paul in 1916 which focused on the support of Congress and the president for an amendment to the Constitution. As well as the League of Women Voters formed by Carrie Chapman Catt which worked to keep voters informed about candidates and issues (founded after the 19th Amendment).</p>
<p>^The Women’s Christian Temperance Union, led by Carry Nation, obviously fought temperance</p>
<p>Also note that NOW wanted equal rights in the workplace</p>
<p>You also need to know some specific women:
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Sarah Moore Grimke, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt>> Suffrage </p>
<p>Abigail Adams- letter to her husband asking for women’s rights
Anne Hutchinson- Kicked out by puritans for questioning gender roles and claiming to have revelations from God
Jane Addams… Hull House/Settlement Houses
Margaret Sanger- Birth control advocate
Betty Friedan- Author of Feminine Mystique</p>
<p>The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National Women Suffrage Associate in 1890 to gain voting rights. </p>
<p>National Association of Colored Women (1896) </p>
<p>National Women’s Trade Union League 1903: established to advocate for improved wages and conditions for women </p>
<p>Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor (1920) </p>
<p>National Council of Negro Women (1935) </p>
<p>Daughters of Bilitis (1955) first lesbian organization</p>
I can’t edit what I wrote at this point but here’s what I found: </p>
<p>American Indian Movement (AIM):
-founded in 1968
-took over the abandoned prison of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay
-occupied Wounded Knee in South Dakota (place where their ancestors were previously killed in the Battle of Wounded Knee)</p>
<p>Indian Self-Determination Act (1975)
gave reservations and tribal lands greater control over their internal government</p>
<p>“A Century of Dishonor”
A book by Helen Hunt Jackson which describes the treatment and injustices that the Native Americans Experienced</p>
<p>Elastic clause: allows loose interpretation of Constitution/Congress make laws even if not follow Constitution if absolutely necessary (in Article one of Constitution).</p>
<p>I’m not sure, so someone check if I’m right?
Was that Hamilton/Federalist (not Jefferson) who supported it, right?</p>
<p>^^ A clause in the Constitution giving the federal government any powers necessary to accomplish the duties that it is given. Basically gives the Fed. Gov. implied powers.</p>
<p>The elastic clause is also known as the “necessary and proper clause.” According to the document it makes “all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.” (Found that on Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Basically, it allows the government to enact new policies and institutions that aren’t specifically addressed by the Constitution. For instance, the Constitution as it was originally written didn’t say anything about the federal government purchasing new territories, having an air force, or even maintaining a national bank. For this reason, I think that the elastic clause was used to justify the creation of a national bank and the purchase of the Louisiana territory.</p>
<p>Can anyone explain the differences between the Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt’s Corrolary, and FDR’s “Good Neighbor,” policy. It would be a huge help, they all seem so similar to me ;)</p>
<p>Monroe Doctrine - Proclaimed that the U.S. would be offended if European countries attempted to intervene in the Western Hemisphere</p>
<p>Roosevelt Corollary - Justifies U.S. intervention in South America</p>
<p>“Good Neighbor” Policy -Encouraged more cooperation with Latin-American countries.
-Example: FDR repealed the Platt Amendment in Cuba’s Constitution which basically said that the U.S. had a right to intervene in Cuba’s foreign policy</p>
<p>Monroe doctrine–warned Europeans to stay out of North America, basically said not to colonize. Passed around 1820-ish. </p>
<p>Roosevelt Corrolary–basically continued the Monroe doctrine by making us the “policemen” of North America, saying we’d come to the aid of any Latin American country threatened by Europe.</p>
<p>Good neighbor policy–said that if Democracy were threatened in Latin America we had no choice but to fight for freedom. Basically it said we’d look out for them in times of peace.</p>
<p>Thanks so much! They just kind of elaborate on each other to build our foreign policy towards the Western Hemisphere :). It’s so much more understandable now.</p>