World War II
In this famous speech in 1940, President Roosevelt warned the American people that if we wanted to keep our way of life, we better prepare for war.
What was the name of this speech?
Four Freedoms
The Truman Doctrine The Marshall Plan
The Berlin Airlift The Korean War
These items were components of this American Policy after World War II.
Containment
This led to an increase in suburbs and the expansion of the middle class after World War II.
G.I. Bill
This President relied on the Silent Majority and his Southern strategy to get elected. He predicted that he could get Democrats to switch over to the Republican party.
Richard Nixon
Under George H.W. Bush, the U.S. led a coalition of countries to remove by force military forces from the country of Iraq that had invaded the oil rich country of ______. This action was known as the Gulf War.
Kuwait
442nd Combat Unit
Japanese Americans - Internment Camps
What was the Supreme Court Decision that allowed the internment of Japanese Americans?
Fred Korematsu V. the U.S.
NATO - Western Euroope
SEATO - Southeast Asia Domino Theory
How did the Soviet Union respond to these?
Warsaw Pact
Great Society (Welfare Program)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Which President signed these laws?
Lyndon Johnson
Break-in at the Democratic Party Headquarters
Muckrakers Inspired Loss of trust for Politicians
Howard Baker - Televised Hearings - Nixon Resigns
Who Pardoned Richard Nixon?
Gerald Ford
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed ____ to be the first female member of the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Connor
This Tennessee Congressmen became the Sec. of State for FDR and would later become known as the Father of the United Nations.
Who is he?
Cordell Hull
HUAC, Blacklisting, Hollywood 10
The Rosenbergs
What was it called when a Wisconsin Senator used unproved accusations to ruin people's reputations by connecting them to communism during the Red Scare?
McCarthyism
African Americans in Fayette County, TN were forced to live in tent cities due to this reason.
They tried to register to vote
Energy Crisis - DOE - 55mph
Camp David Accords Israel Egypt (Arab Nation)
Iran Hostage Crisis - SALT II
Russia invaded Afghanistan
Which President is connected to these Terms?
Jimmy Carter
The Automotive Bail Out
The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
The Affordable Care Act
Nobel Peace Prize
Which President
President Barack Obama
Before the U.S. was involved in W.W. II, FDR & Winston Churchill announced to the world their commitment to Democracy and promoted the idea of self government for countries invaded by the Axis Powers.
What was the name of this Announcement?
Atlantic Charter
John F. Dulles and President Eisenhower used this foreign policy to threaten other countries in the 1950s.
President Kennedy rejected this policy and created the Flexible Response policy. (Green Berets, Vietnam)
Brinkmanship
This law, passed during the Civil Rights movement targeted housing, as African Americans were being denied housing opportunities in certain neighborhoods.
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Make America Great Again - War on Drugs
Supply Side Economics Cut Taxes, Govt. Spending
Strategic Defense Initiative - Iran Contra Affair
Wins the Cold War-Mr. Gorbachev Tear Down This Wall
Which President?
Ronald Reagan
Welfare to Work
Balanced Budget
NAFTA
Brady Bill
Which President
Bill Clinton
The Big Three Allies met at this meeting after Germany surrendered in July of 1945. They discussed the Unconditional Surrender of Japan and President Truman hoped to surprise Joseph Stalin with his news of the Manhattan Project.
What was the name of this meeting?
Potsdam Conference
1962 Kennedy V. Khrushchev
What did the U.S. pledge to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?
(Two Answers)
Remove missiles from Turkey
Pledged to never invade Cuba (Fidel Castro)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended Literacy Tests
The #___ Amendment ended Poll Taxes
24th
Three Mile Island - Nuclear Meltdown
What was the name of this location in which citizens were getting strange illnesses due to a suburbs close proximity to a toxic chemical dump?
Near Niagara Falls
Love Canal
Nancy Pelosi (First Female Speaker of the House)
Colin Powell (African American Sec. of State, Gulf War)
She was the first African American female that became the National Security Advisor and Sec. of State.
Who is she?
Condoleeza Rice