Cold War
formed after WWII, replacing the League of Nations; helped to maintain peace between foreign countries and
United Nations
name of group of students who were not allowed to attend school until Eisenhower forced intergration; Arkansas
Little Rock 9
This failed attempt to overthrow Castro in Cuba made Kennedy look bad
Bay of Pigs
President who represented a return of conservative politics, limited government, and standing strong against the Soviet Union
Ronald reagan
first African American president to the USA/ pushed for the Affordable Healthcare Act and called for a military pullout of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
Barack Obama
United States’ offer of economic & military aid to any country threatened by communism
Truman Doctrine
This Supreme Court decision protected women’s abortion rights as a matter of privacy
Roe v Wade
This scandal involved Nixon approving a variety of “dirty tricks” during the election of 1972 including the break-in of the Democratic National Headquarters. This scandal led Nixon to become the only president to resign from office
Watergate
became known as the biggest terrorist attack on America/ killed 2000+ people
9/11
Republican president who won the Persian Gulf War against Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army, but was defeated in 1992 after promising “no new taxes” (then raising taxes)
G.W. Bush
$13 billion offered to help rebuild Europe after WWII; helped stop the spread of communism into Western Europe
Marshall Plan
This law ended literacy test and allowed African Americans to fully exercise their 15th amendment rights for the first time since Reconstruction Era
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is the Domino Theory?
U.S. fears that communism would spread from one country to its neighbors. In Asia, this fear led to U.S. intervention in both Korea and Vietnam
A plan to defeat stagflation with massive tax cuts to promote economic growth/ to stimulate the economy
this ended the Cold War & USSR
fall of berlin wall
Congress gave war powers to the president as a result of the ????
Gulf of Tonkin
which president signed off on the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
LBJ (Johnson)
What was title IX (9)?
Laws that protected women from sexual harassment in the workplace and guaranteed equal educational opportunities for women
this president signed NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) into action.
George H. W. Bush
president that was committed to changing human rights/ still alive today as the oldest president (be 100 years old today)
Jimmy Carter
President Eisenhower is notoriously known for this which provided safer and easier ways to travel in the US
interstate highway act
What is Tet Offensive?
This surprise attack on South Vietnamese targets by the Vietminh and Vietcong in 1968 was the turning point of the war. The American public began to doubt if the war could be won
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
After the Bay of Pigs, Soviet leader Khrushchev sent ICBMs to Castro. This was the closest the USA and USSR came to World War III, but ended with Kennedy removing ICBMs from Turkey and Khrushchev removing ICBMs from Cuba
Bill Clinton was involved in a massive affair with this woman.
Monica Lewinski