Civil Rights Movement
This leader believed in nonviolence and civil disobedience.
MLK
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
Containment
This scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation.
Watergate
Reagan lowered taxes to encourage this.
economic investment
This event symbolized the end of the Cold War in Europe.
fall of the Berlin Wall
This leader argued African Americans should defend themselves “by any means necessary.”
Malcom X
LBJ argued the U.S. must stay in Vietnam to keep this promise to South Vietnam.
defending its independence / stopping communism?
This law limited the president’s ability to wage war without Congress.
War Powers Act
This policy is also known as “trickle-down economics.”
Reaganomics / supply-side economics?
This agreement helped bring peace between Egypt and Israel.
Camp David Accords
These laws enforced racial segregation in the South.
Jim Crow Laws
This failed invasion attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro.
Bay of Pigs
This leak revealed the government misled the public about Vietnam.
Pentagon Papers
This program aimed to defend against nuclear missiles from space.
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) (STAR WARS
This 1979 revolution and hostage crisis hurt Jimmy Carter politically.
Iran
This act outlawed segregation in public places.
Civili Rights Act of 1964
This Cold War crisis involved Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Cuban missile Crisis
After Watergate, Congress passed laws to limit this in elections. (NEW INFO)
campaign donations / campaign finance?
This group mobilized religious voters in the 1980s.
Moral Majority
This policy/event helped lead to the reunification of Germany.
Cold War / fall of the Berlin Wall
This act helped ensure African Americans could vote without barriers.
VOting Rights Act 1965
This policy describes reducing tensions between the U.S. and USSR.
Detente
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
26th Amendment?
This was a shared belief of Hoover and Reagan.
support for big business / limited government intervention (Lassiez Faire)
This scandal involved secret arms sales to Iran and funding rebels in Nicaragua.
Iran-Contra Affair