Early Cold War
U.S. foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
Who is Containment?
Advocated for racial equality through acts of civil disobedience
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
lowered the voting age to eighteen years old; supporters argued if someone is old enough to serve in the military, then they should be old enough to vote
What is the 26th Amendment?
U.S. policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China.
What is Detente?
Who is the first female Supreme Court Justice?
What is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Jobs provided employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave.
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act
In 2008, this person was elected as the first African American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944; provided tuition reimbursement and low-interest home loans to veterans to assist in their return to civilian life
What is the GI Bill?
Enforced school desegregation; NAACP’s Thurgood Marshall argued the case; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education
Members advocated for Mexican Americans’ civil liberties; The United Farm Workers wanted to improve working conditions for migrant workers.
What is the Chicano Movement?
Iranian revolutionaries kidnapped Americans after the U.S. allowed the Shah of Iran to enter the country
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
The belief in traditional family values
What is Conservativism?
President Clinton was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice
What is Clinton's Impeachment?
What city sits below sea level and was flooded when levees failed during Hurricane Katrina?
New Orleans, Louisiana
a result of the Soviet blockade of West Berlin; U.S. and Great Britain flew in supplies to West Berlin
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Governor Orval Faubus challenged the federal government’s power to desegregate schools; President Eisenhower sent troops to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education ruling
What is the Little Rock Crisis?
Cause U.S. entry into the Vietnam War to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
What is Domino Theory?
President Carter negotiated a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Camp David Accords
This policy supports tax reduction and investment in businesses
What is Reaganomics?
Increased trade U.S. trade with Mexico and Canada; resulted in the U.S. loss in manufacturing jobs
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
This event resulted in U.S. military action in Afghanistan and the global War on Terror
What is 9/11?
Soviet Satellite; led to the space race; caused U.S. to increase funding for math and science education and space exploration
What is Sputnik?
Ended literacy tests and other discriminatory practices set up to limit voter participation; resulted in increased voting by African Americans
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Created to end poverty and social injustice; provided low-income families with homes, insurance, and job training
What is the Great Society?
Nixon attempted to cover up his involvement; led to loss of trust in federal government
What is the Watergate Scandal?
A policy meant to stop drug usage
What is the War on Drugs?
Increased access to information, created online shopping, and improved people’s quality of life
What is Computers & the Internet?
A law passed to protect the U.S. from future terrorist attacks; some thought it violated individual rights
What is the U.S. Patriot Act?
Red Scare movement led by Senator Joseph McCarthy; some U.S. government officials were accused of being communists
What is McCarthyism?
Established as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; prohibited discrimination by employers
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Caused by the credibility gap between the media and government; Americans viewed the U.S. as the aggressor in Vietnam; included mass demonstrations, burning draft cards, violence at Kent State
Anti-War Movement
Passed an oil embargo on the U.S. because it supported Israel; caused a national energy shortage and gasoline price increase
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
An organization the produces conservative ideology
What is the Heritage Foundation?
Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait; UN coalition led by the U.S. fought and liberated Kuwait
What is the Persian Gulf War?
The spread and influence of social activities and products around the world through television, internet, and social media; contributions of and to U.S. culture
What is Cultural Diffusion?