Topic 10: The Vietnam Era
This was the failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban ex patriots and the CIA.
What was the Bay of Pigs?
Leader of the United Farm Workers, worked to improve the working conditions for migrant farmers.
Who is Caesar Chavez?
Won election in 1980 over Jimmy Carter; known for tough stance against the Soviets and a s a leader of the Conservative Movement.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The terrorist organization responsible for the attacks on September 11th, 2001
Who is Al Qaeda?
The Harding Era scandal in which oil from Naval reserves were sold to private businesses.
What is the Tea Pot Dome Scandal?
13 day standoff that resulted in a Naval blockade of Cuba and the closest the world has come to Nuclear War.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Political scandal that ended the presidency of Richard Nixon
What is Watergate?
Virus that caused an epidemic in the U.S. throughout the 1980's and 1990's.
What is AIDS?
Legislation passed after the September 11th attacks that gave law enforcement broader powers to monitor suspected terrorists
What is the Patriot Act?
Women who wore shorter haircuts and dresses during the 1920's that challenged the social norms of women during the time.
Who were Flappers?
Authority given to President Johnson to increase troop deployment and the use of force in Vietnam without a formal declaration from Congress.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Organization established by Betty Friedan that sought equality for women .
What is the National Organization of Women? (NOW)
Scandal in which the United States sold weapons to Iran in exchange for Iran’s promise to pressure Lebanese terrorists to release American hostages. Money from this sale was then used to fund Contras in Nicaragua, despite a congressional ban on such funding.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
Elected in 2008 as the first African-American president in U.S. history
Who is Barack Obama?
Early Cold War confrontation in which the Soviet Union surrounded and cut off West Berlin, which called for supplies to be brought in by plane.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Events such as the shootings at Kent State, the Mai Lai Massacre and discovery of the Pentagon Papers led to this in regards to the war among the American public
What is the credibility gap?
Nixon's foreign policy approach to ease tensions between the U.S. and foes such as the Soviet Union and China.
What is detente?
The Family Medical Leave Act and the NAFTA free trade agreement were highlights of this president's administrations.
Who is Bill Clinton?
Political Movement that started by people who felt that Obama’s domestic programs were too costly and gave too much power to the federal government, as well as the slow economic growth.
What is the Tea Party Movement?
Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The turning point of the Vietnam War; showed that the U.S. was not going to win easily despite overwhelming advantages.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Jimmy Carter boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics in response to this Soviet action
What is the invasion of Afghanistan?
The war fought in 1991 in which the U.S., along with a coalition of countries, removed Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
The newest cabinet position of the Executive Branch, created in 2002 to coordinate domestic security matters.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
Barrier that became a Cold War symbol of the division between the Democratic West and Communist East.
What is the Berlin Wall?