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52 Cards in this Set
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Rainbow Coalition |
Group that registered minorities to vote. Jesse Jackson |
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Patriot Act |
Rights revoked if suspected of being a terrorist. George Bush |
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Richard Nixon |
SALT 1, Détenté Moderate Republican |
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Green Party |
Party based on social and environmental issues |
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Splinter Party |
Small organization that broke away from a larger one |
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Ross Perot |
Started Reform Party, Against NAFTA Conservative Republican |
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George Bush 1 |
First Gulf War, Trickle Down Theory Conservative Republican |
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Walter Mondale |
Geraldine Ferraro, Affirmative Action Liberal Democrat |
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Libertarian Party |
Promotes civil liberties |
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Flat Tax |
Everyone pays the same amount Steve Forbes |
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Lyndon Johnson |
Great Society President, Pro Civil Rights Moderate Democrat |
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Barack Obama |
National Health Care Plan, Pro Choice |
Liberal Democrat |
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Economic Protest Party |
Minor party that protests economic hard times. Tea Party |
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Single Issue Party |
Minor party based on one issue Free soil party |
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Nasa |
Space program Kennedy |
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Hubert Humphrey |
Urban Renewal, Finish war in Vietnam Moderate Democrat |
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George W Bush |
Patriot Act, no child left behind Conservative Republican |
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White Backlash |
Against Civil Rights George Wallace, Democrat |
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Jimmy Carter |
Populist President, Pro Military Moderate Democrat |
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Cause Groups |
Represents a segment of society who promotes a cause. Non economic |
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Detente |
Peace with Communists, open China for trade. Richard Nixon, Republican |
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Gerry Ford |
Pardoned Nixon, Pro military Moderate Republican |
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Barry Goldwater |
Pro Nukes, Laissez Faire Conservative Republican |
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Party Platform |
Formal set of principal goals, stands on issues |
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Ronald Reagan |
Star wars plan/SDI, Deficit Conservative Republican |
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Populist President |
Jimmy Carter Campaigned in jeans and flannel |
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Coalition |
an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states. |
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Bill Clinton |
Brady Bill, Workfare Moderate Democrat |
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John Kennedy |
NASA, Peace Corp Moderate Democrat |
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SDI |
Strategic Defense Initiative, Star wars, Shield over U.S Ronald Reagan |
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Urban Renewal |
Clean up slums Hubert Humphrey, Democrat |
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John McCain |
Sarah Palin as V.P. Candidate, Pro Military, Low Taxes Conservative Republican |
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Ideological Party |
Organization committed to a set of beliefs |
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Reform Party |
Government Reform, NAFTA Ross Perot, Republican |
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Great Society President |
Lyndon Johnson, Democrat |
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Al Gore |
Pro Environmentalist, Pro Welfare Liberal Democrat |
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SALT1 |
Strategic arms limitation treaty, limit arms with Russia Nixon |
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George Wallace |
White Backlash, Pro Military Conservative Democrat |
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Jesse Jackson |
Rainbow Coalition, Pro Welfare Liberal Democrat |
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Steve Forbes |
Flat Tax, Pro Military Conservative Republican |
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Margaret Chase Smith |
First Woman to represent Maine First woman to serve in both houses of Congress Republican |
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg |
Second female justice Democrat |
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Olympia Snowe |
Use Senator Maine Republican |
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Susan Collins |
Us Senator Maine Never missed a Senate vote Republican |
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Sarah Palin |
First Republican woman as VP candidate Governor of Alaska |
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Hillary Clinton |
First lady of US US Senator New York Secretary of State Democrat |
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Elizabeth Warren |
Us Senator Massachusetts Among most cited law professors in field of commercial law Democrat |
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Elana Kagan |
Fourth woman to serve as justice Democrat |
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Condoleezza Rice |
First female African secretary of state Republican |
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Pat Robertson |
Founder of several major organizations Republican |
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Mitt Romney |
Signed marriage act in Massachusetts Republican |
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Eugene McCarthy |
Us senator Lyndon Johnson dropped out Republican |
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