1920's
A time period where alcohol was banned from society due to the 18th amendment.
prohibition
What event started WWII?
Germany invaded Poland
What was the security organization called formed to protect nations against communist invasion?
NATO
racist housing policies that led to the creation of segregated black neighborhoods in areas like Chicano was called _____
redlining
What did Congress pass to give the President more power?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
this amendment gave women the right to viote
21st
In what operation did Germany betray the USSR?
Operation Barbarossa
What doctrine stated that the United States would help any MIDDLE EASTERN nation threatened by communism
Eisenhower Doctrine
What law outlawed segregation in public facilities and accomodations
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who was the very popular President who followed Jimmy Carter? he increased the GDP, promoted conservative values and struggled with the AIDS crisis
Ronald Reagan
The illegal creation or distribution of an illegal product describes…
bootlegging
Who was known as “the father of the atomic bomb?’
Robert Oppenheimer
What was the name for the symbolic wall that divided eastern and western Europe? First coined by Winston Churchill.
Who was the only President to resign from office?
Nixon
What 1990's President was impeached for perjury (lying on the stand) about an affair?
Bill Clinton
What group of laws and policies put in place by FDR was an attempt to pull the US out of the Great Depression?
New Deal
This type of government includes limiting free speech and the rights of the people, and is upheld by force and oppression. Italy and Germany had this type of government during WWII
fascism
What was one place on the globe where the Cold War was “hot” and U.S. soldiers fought and died?
Korea
What militant organization aimed to protect African-American neighborhoods from acts of police brutality?
Black Panthers
The National Guard opened fire on Vietnam War protesters in 1970, killing four students, at what U.S. university?
Kent State
a 1920's scandal involving A secret deal that sold oil-rich land to a private business
Teapot Dome Scandal
The supreme court case that said that Japanese internment was constitutional and necessary as a military action?
Nisei v United States
Which factor contributed to the increase in college degrees earned and houses bought in the late 1940s after WWII?
GI Bill
Jimmy Carter negotiated peace in the Middle East and recognition of Israel in what document
Camp David Accords
Who was the first African American President?
Obama