Cold War America aka Post War America - 1945-1980s

Culture

100

This new form of media explodes after WWII creating multiple new industries

TV

200

This musician couldn't be filmed on camera beneath the waist - his music was inspired by black musicians in the South - he becomes the biggest rock star in the world

ELVIS

300

This british 4some invades America and sets teenage girls hearts a blaze

The Beatles

400

This concert is seen as the high water mark for the Counterculture of the 60s

Woodstock

500

The date we landed on the moon

7-7-69

1945-1950s

100

This president was our chief WWII general & his war hero status helped elect him in 1952

IKE Eisenhower

200

This important law helped many veterans buy homes & go to college once they got back from WWII

The GI Bill

300

What groups of veterans did not receive GI benefits / or saw delayed benefits

Gay / Lesbian veterans who received dishonorable discharges and got no benefits

Black, Latino, Native veterans did not receive equal educational opportunities & multiple payments were delayed

400

This became international policy for decades on Communism that led is into multiple wars in Asia

#Containment

500

This plan gave billion$$$$$$$$$$ of aid to help rebuild Europe & Japan after WWII - it helps countless people rebuild their lives across the world - it eventually hurts American economy in the 1970s when they regain competitiveness with our industry

The Marshall Plan

1960s

100

A failed invasion of this country hurt JFK's image

Cuba

200

Then for 13 days, the world waited on age during the _____________ ______________ _______________ when the USSR put missile bases there

Cuban Missile Crisis

300

JFK's replacement who signs the Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act with JFK's legacy

LBJ

400

JFK's younger brother who gives a speech after MLK's death, he is then assassinated months later while running for president

RFK, Bobby Kennedy

500

Discuss some important aspects of JFK"s legacy

-"Camelot"

-Youthful energy for the 60s

-Inspirational

-Cold War Failure & then Pivotal Win

-Assassination

1970s

100

This president served from 1969-1974

Nixon

200

Some negative things from Nixon's years

-Continues Vietnam War / Bombing campaign , also bombs Loas & Cambodia - this helps lead to a genocide

-Bigoted remarks about several civil rights leaders / movements

-WATERGATE - Resigns from office in disgrace

"I am not a crook"

300

Some positive things from Nixon's years

-Lowers voting age to 18 

-Helps reduce number of nuclear bombs with USSR

-Environmental Rights - EPA

-Opens relations with China & USSR

400

Nixon's VP becomes president after Nixon resigns in WATERGATE - he pardons Nixon

Gerald Ford

500

What happened at Kent State University

The "Kent State Massacre" - at an anti-Vietnam protest National Guard troops opened fire and killed 4 college students - _{Four Dead in Ohio}

1980s

100

Repulican President who cuts taxes for rich

Ronnie Regs

200

Reasons the Soviet Union collapses at the end of the 80s

-Communism was ultimately doomed to fail

-Military Race starts to bankrupt USSR

-Opponents from within country

-Rocky beats Drago in Rocky IV

300

This famous wall gets torn to reunite East & West Gernmany

The Berlin Wall (1989)

400

Ronald Reagan's vice president who then becomes president in 1988

George H.W. Bush

(W's dad) (2nd father-son president combo)

500

MR MCGRATH WAS BORN IN THIS YEAR

1988