What did Winston Churchill call the divide between the West (democratic) and the East (Communist)
What is the Iron Curtain
100
The most serious conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Kennedy administration occurred over what country?
What is Cuba
100
Period of relaxed tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union
What is detente
100
A popular word coined to describe the presidential economic policies that included cuts on taxes, decreased spending on welfare, and the stimulation of the economy through supply side economics.
What is Reaganomics
100
President Truman's action upon hearing of the invasion of South Korea illustrated his commitment to a foreign policy of
What is Containment
200
Because of standardized construction methods, extensive car ownership, high systems, low cost mortgages, and easy to get loans, many whites moved in the 1950s to Levittowns or
What are the suburbs
200
The U.S. president that enacted sweeping civil rights law granting the federal government new powers to fight segregation was
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
200
Court case stating that state governments had no right in invading the personal lives of women paving the way for legal abortion in the U.S.
What is Roe v. Wade
200
Leader of the Soviet Union who implemented social and economic reforms known as glasnost and perestroika
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
200
The Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka directly contradicted the legal principle established by what court case?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
The Eisenhower promoted public works project that was far larger and more expensive than anything in Roosevelt's New Deal was
What is the Interstate highway system
300
Richard Nixon engineered a dramatic turnaround in American relations with what country?
What is China
300
Nixon's gradual handover of the ground war to the South Vietnamese by removing troops was called
What is Vietnamization
300
U.S. president known for good economic times but deeply criticized in his foreign policy concerning Rwanda and the Balkans.
Who is Bill Clinton
300
(HUAC) or the House Un-American Activities Committee investigated communist influence in American life and paralleled the work of what U.S. Senator?
Who is Joseph McCarthy
400
In order to provide thousands of tons of food and fuel that were necessary for the inhabitants of this city, for 11 months the allies flew in aid in the late 1940s.
What is West Berlin
400
Lyndon Johnson called his package of domestic reform proposals what?
What is the Great Society
400
Name of the group of countries/organization that placed an embargo of oil on the United States in 1973
What is OPEC
400
Name of the ground invasion by U.S. led coalition forces during the Persian Gulf War that lasted 6 days
What is Operation Desert Storm
400
The United States was directly involved in Southeast Asia long before the Vietnam War by directly supplying this country against communist rebels.
What is France
500
Military leader who was removed from his position for insubordination after leading a successful attack on the North Koreans.
Who is Douglass Macarthur
500
This "resolution" authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against American forces and to prevent further aggression in Vietnam. (Also the name of the body of water where 2 US destroyers were sunk off the coast of North Vietnam)
What is The Gulf of Tonkin resolution
500
This act in 1973 gave the president power to commit troops without the declaration of war needed from Congress.
What is the War Powers Act
500
During the Iran-Contra Affair, the United States sold weapons to Iran in exchange for U.S. hostages to be released in what Middle Eastern nation?
What is Lebanon
500
The failed invasion in Cuba by about 1,000 Cuban exiles in attempts to overthrow Castro happened at what body of water?