1950s
The depiction of African Americans in this 1950s television show sparked criticism from the NAACP.
What is Amos 'n' Andy?
What is The Feminine Mystique?
After Richard Nixon's resignation, this individual became president.
Who is Gerald Ford?
First Lady Nancy Reagan encouraged 1980s children to "Just Say No" to this.
What are drugs?
New Orleans was devastated by this 2005 hurricane.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This 1954 Supreme Court decision struck down segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
The acronym SNCC stands for this.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
This 1973 Supreme Court decision recognized a constitutional right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
He was Ronald Reagan's Vice President and was elected to the presidency in 1988.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
Iraq invaded this neighboring country in 1990, leading to U.S. involvement in the Gulf War (1991-1992).
What is Kuwait?
The arrest of Rosa Parks sparked a yearlong bus boycott in which city?
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed mission to inspire a revolution in this country.
What is Cuba?
Sixty-six Americans were taken hostage in 1979 by this country.
What is Iran?
The Iran-Contra Affair involved the use of arms sales to aid the Contras in this country.
What is Nicaragua?
This word was used to describe a new awareness of the diversity in American society in the 1990s.
What is multiculturalism?
A group of writers and poets who criticized the mainstream culture of the 1950s was known as this.
Malcolm X is often considered the intellectual father of this movement.
What is Black Power?
In 1971, a group of Native American activists occupied this location.
What is Alcatraz Island?
When Ronald Reagan spoke about the "Evil Empire," he was referring to this.
What is the Soviet Union?
Who is Newt Gingrich?
The mass-produced suburban housing in Long Island, New York was named this.
What is Levittown?
The site of 1969 raids and resulting riots that launched the modern gay rights movement was at this bar.
What is Stonewall Inn?
The leaked Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam conflict was informally known as this.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
Reaganomics was based on this type of economics.
What is supply-side economics?
The most complex policy crisis in the Clinton administration arose from the disintegration of this country.
What is Yugoslavia?