Post WWII
In response to perceived Soviet expansionism, this 1947 policy marked a significant departure from U.S. isolationism and shaped American foreign policy for decades.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1950–53 conflict, often labeled a “police action,” exemplified Cold War containment policy and expanded presidential war powers without a formal declaration of war.
What is the Korean War?
This 1964 resolution, passed after an alleged naval incident, granted President Johnson broad military powers in Southeast Asia.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This 1971 Pentagon document revealed government deception in the Vietnam War and fueled public distrust. This would also contribute to Nixon's many legal battles before watergate.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
This conservative economic policy favored tax cuts, deregulation, and supply-side economics.
What is Reaganomics?
This historic natural disaster led to critiques of FEMA and the Bush administration, and the destruction of much of the Southern Gulf states.
What was Katrina?
The rise of this modern streaming giant killed local video stores and initially mailed people DVDs in the 90s
What is Netflix
This extensive U.S. aid initiative was as much a diplomatic tool to contain communism as it was an economic relief program for postwar Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This controversial figure capitalized on Cold War fears to launch investigations into alleged communist subversion, often with little evidence.
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
This domestic agenda sought to eliminate poverty and racial injustice through programs like Medicare, Head Start, and the Economic Opportunity Act.
What is the Great Society?
This 1972–74 political scandal led to the first resignation of a U.S. president.
What is Watergate?
This secretive arms-for-hostages deal tarnished Reagan’s second term and raised questions about executive overreach.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
This 1998 political scandal led to the impeachment of a sitting president by the House of Representatives.
What is the Monica Lewinsky scandal (Clinton impeachment)?
This arcade video game, released in 1980, became one of the most iconic games of all time and marked the rise of video gaming culture.
What is Pac-Man?
This 1948–49 Cold War standoff prompted the U.S. and Britain to organize a effort to sustain a city isolated by Soviet forces. They later tried to go over the Berlin Wall
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This defense pact, formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries, was a direct response to NATO.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and USSR to the brink of nuclear war, resulting in a tense 13-day standoff.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This economic condition, marked by stagnation and inflation, challenged Keynesian economic theory. It was a hallmark of the 1970s economy and one of the reasons Carter would not be reelected.
What is stagflation?
This growing religious-political movement pushed for “traditional values” and became a core part of the Republican base.
What is the Religious Right or Moral Majority?
This tragedy under the Clinton administration saw the beginning of a modern American epidemic and the beginnings of modern gun control legislation
This British band’s 1964 arrival in the U.S. marked the start of the “British Invasion” and helped define 1960s youth culture.
Who are The Beatles?
This legislation offered a range of benefits to returning WWII veterans and had long-term impacts on the American middle class and suburbanization.
What is the GI Bill?
This 1954 Supreme Court decision reversed Plessy v. Ferguson and triggered a backlash across the South and led to the deployment of the National Guard in Arkansas
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
This organization, founded in 1966, represented a more militant approach to civil rights and challenged police brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This 1973 decision legalized abortion nationwide and remains a focal point in debates over reproductive rights.
What is Roe v. Wade?
What was the Berlin Wall?
This U.S.-led military operation swiftly expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991 and ended Vietnam Syndrome for the most part
What is Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War)?
This 1994 sitcom, centered on six friends in New York City, became one of the decade’s defining shows. They were on a break.
What is Friends?
This 1949 development marked a dramatic shift in global power dynamics and ended the U.S. monopoly on nuclear weapons.
What is the Soviet Union’s successful test of an atomic bomb?
This was the term used to describe democrat opponents of Civil Rights legislation, in particular southern governors.
Who are Dixiecrats
This 1965 legislation finally enforced the 15th Amendment by banning literacy tests and enabling federal oversight of elections.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This crisis during the late 1970s led to a further decrease in government trust, the failure of the Carter administration and eventual election of Ronald Reagan who solved the crisis
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis
The Reagan Revolution led to a change in democrat policy, pushing them to become this and appeal more to centrists and moderates.
What is the "New Democrat"?
No new taxes, 9/11
This 2009 film, directed by James Cameron, used groundbreaking 3D technology and became the highest-grossing film of all time—until a decade later.
What is Avatar?