Presidency
Policies
Key Dates
Beliefs / Ideals
War and Conflict
100
Pardoned Nixon
Who is: Gerald R. Ford?
100
what is: Star Wars (strategic defense initiative)?
100
Ended in September 2nd, 1945 after 6 years
What is: World War II
100
Second coming in fear of communism
What is: MCcarthysim (Red Scare)?
100
planted listening devices in Democratic National Committee headquarters.
What is: Watergate?
200
president was assasinated
who is: John F. Kennedy?
200
Limited Nuclear Arms in U.S and USSR
What is: SALT (strategic arms limitation talks)?
200
1948 - 1949 U.S provided aid through airplanes providing supplies
what is: Berlin Blockade and Airlift?
200
Similar to Trickle-down Theory. The idea that tax cuts would encourage investment and job creation, ultimately benefiting the entire economy.
What is: Reagonomics?
200
Failed Military Invasion in 1961
What is: Bay of Pigs?
300
helped slowly reestablish U.S relation with Latin America
Who is: Jimmy Carter?
300
Policy to contain and stop the spread of communism
What is: Truman Doctrine?
300
1950 one of the first conflicts between communism leading to U.S vs USSR
what was: Korean War?
300
Theory that if one country were to fall to communism, neighboring countries will follow. (What president said this)
what is: Eisenhower and the Domino Theory?
300
13 day standoff. 90 miles off the Shore of the U.S
Hint: It goes boom
What is: Cuban Missile Crisis?
400
Beliefs on Economics ended up causing buildup of national debt
Who was: Ronald Reagan?
400
Two Policies that prohibited discrimination
What is: Civil rights Act and Voters rights Act?
400
1989 symbolized the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe
what is: Fall of the Berlin Wall?
400
Belief that using nuclear arms will result in total nuclear annihilation of both sides
What is: Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?
400
war from 1950 to 1953 that resulted in a stalemate
What is: Korean war?
500
focused on U.S economic reconstruction
who was: Harry S. Truman?
500
Two Policies that allowed for more "openness" and transparency" in the USSR (who passed these policies?)
what is: Gorbachev, Glastok and perestroika?
500
dissolution of the Soviet Union, marking the end of the Cold War
When was: 1991?
500
Government underwent high inflation and slow economic growth
what is: Stagflation?
500
U.S aided war
what is: Iraq War?