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Chapter 26, Foner! Exam Study Guide.
''block grants'' - answer✔Grants given to states to spend as they see fit, rather than for specific
purposes.
Family Assistance Plan - answer✔A ''negative income tax'' that would replace Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC) by having the federal government guarantee a minimum
income for all Americans.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez - answer✔A 5-4 Court majority ruling
that the Constitution did not require equality of school funding.
''reverse discrimination' - answer✔Claims that, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s
equal protection clause, minorities were granted special advantages over whites.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke - answer✔Case in which the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled against the California university system use of racial quotas in admissions but
allowed the use of race as one factor in admissions decisions.
Nixon and China - answer✔Full diplomatic relations between the United States and the Peoples
Republic of China were not established until 1979, but Nixons visit sparked a dramatic increase
in trade between the two countries.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks - answer✔Agreements which froze each countrys arsenal of
intercontinental missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Dactente - answer✔Nixon and Brezhnev proclaimed a new era of peaceful coexistence, in which
tent (cooperation) would replace the hostility of the Cold War.
My Lai massacre - answer✔An incident in which a company of American troops killed some 350
South Vietnamese civilians.
War Powers Act - answer✔Law passed in 1973, reflecting growing opposition to American
involvement in Vietnam War; required congressional approval before president sent troops
abroad.
Stagflation - answer✔A combination of stagnant economic growth and high inflation present
during the 1970s.
Misery index - answer✔The sum of the unemployment and inflation rates.
Chapter 26, Foner! Exam Study Guide.
''block grants'' - answer✔Grants given to states to spend as they see fit, rather than for specific
purposes.
Family Assistance Plan - answer✔A ''negative income tax'' that would replace Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC) by having the federal government guarantee a minimum
income for all Americans.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez - answer✔A 5-4 Court majority ruling
that the Constitution did not require equality of school funding.
''reverse discrimination' - answer✔Claims that, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s
equal protection clause, minorities were granted special advantages over whites.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke - answer✔Case in which the U.S. Supreme
Court ruled against the California university system use of racial quotas in admissions but
allowed the use of race as one factor in admissions decisions.
Nixon and China - answer✔Full diplomatic relations between the United States and the Peoples
Republic of China were not established until 1979, but Nixons visit sparked a dramatic increase
in trade between the two countries.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks - answer✔Agreements which froze each countrys arsenal of
intercontinental missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
Dactente - answer✔Nixon and Brezhnev proclaimed a new era of peaceful coexistence, in which
tent (cooperation) would replace the hostility of the Cold War.
My Lai massacre - answer✔An incident in which a company of American troops killed some 350
South Vietnamese civilians.
War Powers Act - answer✔Law passed in 1973, reflecting growing opposition to American
involvement in Vietnam War; required congressional approval before president sent troops
abroad.
Stagflation - answer✔A combination of stagnant economic growth and high inflation present
during the 1970s.
Misery index - answer✔The sum of the unemployment and inflation rates.
