60's
Who won the Presidential election in 1960?
Who is John F. Kennedy (Democrat)
What was the name of the trail used by North Vietnam that brought supplies through Laos and Cambodia to aid the Viet Cong?
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Who won the presidential election in 1968?
Who is Richard Nixon (Republican)
What was the symbol of Communist aggression throughout the world that was torn down during the Bush administration?
What is the "Berlin Wall"
Who won the 1979 Presidential Election>
Who is Ronald Reagan
Who became President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
What major event that happened in 1968 changed public opinion about the Vietnam War?
What is the Tet Offensive (This led to the credibility gap, mistrust of the government)
What was the name of the policy used by President Nixon when he visited China and the Soviet Union to ease tensions with Communist nations?
What is "detente" (SALT I and ping pong diplomacy were examples of detente)
What was the name of the scandal during President Reagans term where he said that the U.S. did not deal with terrorist nations and then the government secretly sold weapons to Iran and used the money to fund the Contras which was against Congress's orders?
What was the "Iran-Contra Scandal"
What was the nickname for President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative that was a proposed space station that would use laser to shoot down incoming Soviet nuclear missiles?
What is "Star Wars"
The Korean War and the Vietnam War were both examples of what U.S. policy?
What is the policy of containment
What accords ended the Vietnam War?
What is the Paris Peace Accords
What was the name of the peace treaty facilitated by President Carter between Egypt and Isreal?
What is the "Camp David Accords"
President Clinton supported NAFTA. What does NAFTA stand for?
What is "North American Free Trade Agreement" (no tariffs between U.S. Canada and Mexico
What did President Ford do shortly after taking office that angered many Americans?
What is pardoned President Nixon
What was the name of President Johnson's program to fight racial injustice and poverty and included Medicare and Medicaid?
What is the "Great Society"
What incident gave President Johnson an excuse to escalate "blank check" the Vietnam War
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident which led to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution "blank check"
What was the name of the crisis during the Nixon administration the tried to cover up the break in at the Democratic Headquarters and later Nixon edited the tapes he made in the Oval Office?
What is "Watergate" (This adds to the credibility gap)
President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev worked together to lower nuclear weapons and have better relations. What does glasnost mean?
What is openness ( For the first time people had free speech in the Soviet Union)
The 1970's were marked with higher prices for products. What is the name for this?
What is "inflation
What was the name of the Supreme Court that was very liberal in the 1960's and was named after the Chief Justice?
What is the "Warren Court"
What was President Nixon's plan to get the U.S. out of Vietnam with peace and honor?
What is Vietnamization
What was the name of the crisis during President Carter's administration where Islamic students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held the hostages for 444 days?
What is the "Iranian Hostage Crisis"
What was the name of the organization that cut oil off to the U.S. after the U.S. supported Israel?
What is OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
What was the name for President Reagans economic policy that said that if the rich and big businesses received tax credits it would eventually give more jobs and money to the poor?
What is "Trickledown" economics