The Cold War Beginnings
What U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide?
Containment
What 1962 confrontation brought the world closest to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Which Supreme Court case desegregated public schools?
Brown vs Board of Education
What theory suggested one nation falling to communism would cause others to fall?
Domino Theory
Which president’s “Great Society” fought poverty and expanded Medicare and Medicaid?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which group attacked the United States on September 11, 2001?
Al Qaeda
Liberals generally support what type of government in solving social issues?
Big Government
What 1948–49 mission delivered supplies into blockaded West Berlin?
The Berlin Airlift
What failed invasion attempted to remove Fidel Castro from power in 1961?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Which protest tactic involved sitting at segregated lunch counters and refusing to leave?
Which group in South Vietnam used guerrilla tactics, blending with civilians?
The Viet Cong
Which scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon?
Watergate
What 1990s trade agreement removed barriers between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?
NAFTA
Conservatives typically favor lower or higher taxes?
Lower Taxes
What U.S. aid program gave $13 billion to rebuild Western Europe?
The Marshall Plan
What act improved U.S. science and math education after Sputnik?
National Defense Education Act
What 1964 law banned segregation and discrimination in public places and jobs?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What resolution gave LBJ broad military power in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Which president expanded NASA and promised to land a man on the moon?
JFK
What law expanded government surveillance to prevent terrorism?
The Patriot Act
What movement in the 1980s pushed Christian conservative values into politics?
Moral Majority
What two rival military alliances symbolized the division of Europe?
NATO and Warsaw Pact
What 1972 agreement between the U.S. and USSR limited nuclear weapons for the first time?
SALT I
What 1965 march, televised nationwide, led directly to the Voting Rights Act?
March from Selma
What 1968 attack permanently reduced American support for the war?
Tet Offensive
What 1980s economic strategy reduced taxes and regulations to encourage investment?
Reaganomics
What economic trend caused U.S. companies to move production overseas for cheaper labor?
Outsourcing
What proposed amendment sought to guarantee legal equality for women but was never ratified?
Equal Rights Amendment
What speech described the division between communist East and democratic West Europe? Who gave this speech?
Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech
What policy under Eisenhower encouraged using threats of massive force to maintain peace?
Brinkmanship
Which organization fought for women’s rights and reproductive rights beginning in 1966?
National Organization for Women (NOW)
What law later required the president to inform Congress within 48 hours of troop deployment?
War Powers Act
What economic problem in the 1970s combined inflation + unemployment + slow growth?
Stagflation
Under which president did the United States last have a budget surplus?
Bill Clinton
Which 1969 event sparked the modern LGBTQ rights movement?
Stonewall Riots