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29 Cards in this Set
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1828 |
penny press (more people have access to newspaper) / Mass politics |
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1860 |
Objectivity in news is developed/professional journalists/republican party is born |
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1896 |
industrialization/urbanization/muckrakers/unions/republicans in power |
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1932 |
democrats come into power/social security(responding to great depression) Radio |
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1968 |
was common for u.s. households to have TV (90% of homes) |
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1789 |
federalists v democratic republicans/ first two political parties/ partisan press |
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who created the democratic party |
andrew jackson |
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1844 |
telegraph is created |
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1848 |
associated press is created |
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before modern day dems and rep there was |
democrats and whigs |
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1860-1896 |
(somewhere in-between) industrialization/mass production/urbanization |
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capitalism |
free markets/competition |
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1932-1968 |
medicare and medicaid |
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medicare |
elderly |
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medicaid |
poor |
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national budget |
20% social security 20% medicare and medicaid 20% military 25-12% war on poverty |
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1929 |
start of great depression caused by stock market crash |
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post world war 2 |
economy is more regulated to prevent another great depression |
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1932 |
first time government really steps in and increases spending |
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FDR |
new deal (social security/minimum wage) |
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Linden B Johnson |
Great Society (medicare/medicaid) |
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2016 |
internet is making a difference in our political system |
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1968 |
dealignment (40% of americans do not align with either party) |
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1972 |
primaries don't matter until this date |
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1968-2016 |
gridlock |
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social security |
largest government program |
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average person on social security gets |
15,000 A year |
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1980 (regan) |
cut taxes but raises spending on military |
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Johnson(great society) |
starts progressive tax system (flat tax) |
