Cold War
The domino theory was used to support this Cold War strategy
Containment
This 1944 act provided free tuition and home loans to veterans following World War 2
The GI Bill
The Great Society was this president's social and economic reform project
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon founded this federal agency in 1971 to support the War on Drugs
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
This term is used to describe international economic and political cooperation during the 1990s and beyond
Globalization
Fidel Castro's decision to allow Soviet missile's to be placed in his country led to this 1962 Cold War confrontation
The Cuban Missile Crisis
This Civil Rights leader was a central figure during the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Martin Luther King Jr
The American military used this form of jellied gasoline to burn jungle foliage during the Vietnam War
Napalm
Richard Nixon opened diplomatic relations with communist nation following a state visit during 1972
People's Republic of China
This Al Qaeda founder ochestrated the September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Osama Bin Laden
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger used this strategy to lower tensions with the Soviet Union
Detente
This 1954 Supreme Court ruling abolished racial segregation in education
Brown v. Board of Education
This 1969 clash between LGBTQ bar patrons and the NYPD was a key moment in the Gay Rights Movement
The Stonewall Uprising
This president resigned in disgrace during 1974 after the Watergate Scandal
Richard Nixon
The 2004 scandal involving this Iraqi prison exposed the use of torture during the War on Terror
Abu Ghraib
This 1950 policy paper called for the expansion of American military and the development of the hydrogen bomb
NSC-68
Jack Kerouac was a part of this 1950s counterculture literary movement
The Beat Generation
Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin performed at this iconic 1969 musical festival
Woodstock
This Shia cleric was a crucial figure during the Iranian Revolution and Iranian Hostage Crisis
Ruhollah Khomeini
The collapse of the housing bubble in 2008 led to this financial crisis
The Great Recession
This man served as the last General Secretary of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
This Wisconsin Senator used fears of communist infiltration to accrue political power
Joseph McCarthy
Journalist Seymour Hersch's expose on this 1968 war crime in Vietnam hurt the American public's confidence in the military
The My Lai Massacre
This 1980 political declaration promised American military intervention against any outside power who interfered in the Persian Gulf
The Carter Doctrine
This foreign-based military installation was used to hold prisoners during the War on Terror
Guantánamo Bay