Politics
This was the name of the Hotel where Republican operatives broke into Democratic National Headquarters. It was a huge scandal in the 1970s.
What is Watergate?
This was the name of the "crisis" that involved Americans captured from an embassy in the middle east.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
These mobile devices are able to scroll various 'grams' and 'Toks', send text messages, can use GPS, and--believe it or not--make calls too.
What are cell phones?
This was the name of large education bill passed in 2001. It required schools to give standardized tests and tied incentives to teachers and schools that did well.
What is No Child Left Behind?
This was the name of the political movement of southern evangelical Christians that started the 1980s.
What is the Moral Majority?
Richard Nixon normalized relations with this country. Now the United States' #3 trading partner.
What is China?
This technology uses satellites to determine location for navigation, tracking, and mapping. It was originally developed for the military, but can now be used in cell phones.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
This is the official name of Obamacare, a 2010 bill that expanded government healthcare coverage.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
She was the first women appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
This is the name of the barrier that fell in 1989, symbolically ending the Soviet Union (it actually ended in 1991).
What is the Berlin Wall?
This is what PC stands for. They were popularized in the 1970s with models like the Commodore PET, the TRS-80 Model I, and even the Apple II.
What is a Personal Computer?
This was the year that had the closest election in American history. It all came down to Florida, which had some issues.
What is 2000?
He is the only president to ever resign (because of Watergate)
Who is Nixon?
This is the name of the organization that embargoed oil in the 1970s, causing oil prices to spike. They are still around today, though Saudi Aribia announced in 2026 that they would be leaving.
What is OPEC? (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans because these dam-like structures failed.
What are levees?
This was a law passed in 2001 in response to 9/11. It gives more power for law enforcement to search and detain people suspected of terrorism.
What is the Patriot Act?