Contemporary History
Scandal in which Republicans broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters to steal election secrets.
Watergate
Cold War theory that if one country fell to communism, nearby nations would as well
Domino theory
Segregation laws in the South during the 20th century
Jim Crow laws
Home of the Spanish War
Spain
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed OR Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Rebels captured 52 American Embassy workers in Iran and held them hostage for 444 days. They were released on Reagan's Inauguration day.
Iranian hostage crisis
Plan to save struggling European nations from Communism by strengthening their economies
Marshall plan
The more radical Civil Rights leader. Did not support non-violent protest.
Malcolm X
First major Communist nation
Soviet Union
Osama Bin Laden was killed or Saddam Hussein is executed
Saddam Hussein is executed
Americans boycotted __________________ in response to the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan
1980 Olympics
JFK's attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, the communist leader of Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
the group of black students who wanted to enter an all white school and the Army had to be called in to force the governor to let them attended school.
Little Rock 9
Home of Benito Mussolini
Italy
Bay of Pigs Invasion or assassination of JFK
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Reagan's potential plan to protect America against potential Soviet threats
Star Wars
Communist leader of China
Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong)
Supreme Court decision that stated that separate but equal was inherently unequal
Brown v. Board of Education
Nation that Winston Churchill lead
Great Britain
2nd Iraq War or War in Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan
Responsible for the Affordable Care Act
Obama
Significance of 38th parallel
What parallel Korea is still divided at today with South Korea having been helped by the U.S. to contain communism
A 14 year old kid who was murdered. It is considered the spark of the Civil Rights Movement.
Emmett Till
Home of Hitler and the Third Reich
Germany
Russia invades Afghanistan or Fall of Berlin Wall
Russia invades Afghanistan