Cold War Tensions
This phrase described the invisible division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe after World War II.
The Iron Curtain
This president increased U.S. involvement in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
Lyndon B. Johnson
This Supreme Court case ended the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools.
Brown v Board of Education
This scandal involved a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Watergate
These attacks the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
9/11 attacks
This military conflict began after North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950.
Korean War
This anti-war movement grew rapidly on college campuses during the Vietnam War.
student protest movement
This civil rights group organized Freedom Rides to challenge segregation in interstate travel.
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
This president emphasized conservative economics and a strong military during the 1980s.
Ronald Reagan
This organization was created to improve national security after 9/11.
Department of Homeland Security
This failed 1961 invasion involved Cuban exiles attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
This policy reduced tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1970s.
detente
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
26th Amendment
This energy crisis of the 1970s caused long gas lines across the United States.
oil embargo
This war began in 2003 after the U.S. accused Iraq of having weapons of mass destruction.
Iraq War
This fear of nuclear war led many Americans in the 1950s to build fallout shelters.
Nuclear Arms Race
This president became the first U.S. president to visit Communist China.
Richard Nixon
This women’s rights activist wrote The Feminine Mystique.
Betty Friedan
This event in 1989 symbolized the end of communist control in Eastern Europe.
Fall of the Berlin Wall
This hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005.
Hurricane Katrina
This program created by President Kennedy sent young Americans abroad to assist developing nations.
Peace Corps
This massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops became a major turning point in public opinion about the war.
My Lai Massacre
This Supreme Court case required police to inform suspects of their rights before questioning.
This operation launched in 1991 forced Iraqi troops out of Kuwait.
Operation Desert Storm
Who were the two presidential candidates involved in the 2000 election controversy?
George Bush and Al Gore