People
president to resign from office
Richard Nixon
The president who convinced Soviet Union leader Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall
Ronald Reagan
refused to give up her seat on the bus
Rosa Parks
first black major league baseball
Jackie Robinson
president believed Communism should be stopped
Ronald Reagan
first American to fly in space
Alan Shepard
The president who strengthened the military alliance of NATO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
legalized abortion
Roe v. Wade
first man to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
system of producing and distributing goods
economy
black minister active in civil rights movement
Martin Luther King, Jr.
president during Operation Desert Storm
George H. W. Bush
an attempt to return America to the traditional values of church, family, and free enterprise
Reagan Revolution
greatest opera singer of all time
Marian Anderson
two countries where the U.S. military attacked terrorists in the "War on Terror"
Afghanistan and Iraq
doctor who developed a vaccine for polio
Jonas Salk
president during Cuban Missile Crisis
John F. Kennedy
the legislation that guarantees voting, housing, and job rights for ethnic minorities
1964 Civil Rights Act
first black president
Barrack Obama
Islamic Terrorist group who attacked on September 11, 2001
al Quada
Supreme Court Justice who stressed the importance of moral character
Clarence Thomas
helped bring about a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
Jimmy Carter
two events that caused a slowdown in the space program
Explosion of space shuttle Challenger
Explosion of space shuttle Columbia
first woman appointed to supreme court
Sandra Day O'Conner
President Johnson's plan for social reform
Great Society