Post WWII Truman, and Eisenhower
Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII, lasted until 1991 when the Soviet Union dissolved (45 years).
What is the Cold War
This was the democrat elected to the presidency in 1960; he was assassinated in November 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy
This was a wall built to separate the East and West sectors of Berlin and keep East Germans from defecting to the West.
What is the Berlin Wall
The practice of separating people, especially along racial lines, and denying them equal access to resources, opportunities, and services
What is Segregation
Arkansas governor who was elected president in 1992 and 1996.
Who is William "Bill" Clinton
This is a type of battle that uses conventional weapons and tactics commonly used in war. It is actual combat.
What is conventional Battle
This was a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles placed in Cuba, the crisis went to the brink of war before the Soviets removed them.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis
This is the former governor of California who was elected the 40th president of the United States in 1980.
Who was Ronald Reagan
Supreme Court ruling that made segregation legal. Separate but equal facilities were accepted.
What is Plessy V. Ferguson
This hurricane caused significant damage to the Gulf Coast in 2005. Critics often pointed out that our government fell short in dealing with this catastrophic storm.
What was Hurricane Katrina
This was the U.S. Foreign policy of stopping the spread of communism.
What is Containment
Kennedy’s vice president who became the 36th president after the assassination of JFK
Lyndon B. Johnson
This is a former UN ambassador and CIA director; Reagan’s vice presidential running mate in 1980 and 1984; elected after Reagan as 41st president.
Who is George H.W. Bush
This is the Supreme Court case that made segregation illegal in public schools
What was Brown v. Board of Education
A date that marks terrorists’ attacks against the Twin Towers in New York city and the Pentagon
What is 9/11: September 11, 2001
This term, created by Churchill, that symbolized the totalitarian control of the Soviet Union and of Communism in the countries of Eastern Europe.
What is The Iron Curtain
This is Johnson's social welfare agenda for America.
What is The Great Society
This is the belief in limited government control and greater individual responsibility.
What is Conservatism
This landmark case when the Supreme Court agreed that students would keep their First Amendment rights, including the right to free speech, while in school.
What was Tinker V. Des Moines
They claimed responsibility for the attacks and this event began our conflicts with the Middle East.
Who was Al Qaeda
The United States and the Soviet Union, the two nations that emerged from World War II as the strongest powers on the world stage.
What are the Super Powers.
The first human to set foot on the moon.
Who was Neil Armstrong
This is the belief that the government should intervene in all social and economic issues.
What is Liberalism.
The law that removed the voting restrictions from state and local elections for minorities.
The Civil Rights act of 1964
This region holds great significance due to its role as the birthplace of many religions, its location and its vast oil and gas reserves.