Modern Presidents
Which US president called the Soviet Union the "evil empire?"
Ronald Reagan
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What empowered the Hippie Movement?
The Vietnam War
In the 1980s, a network of communication devices linking people and institutions across the nation and world was created. What was it called?
What is called the information superhighway.
Vietnam was a colony of what country prior to World War II?
France
Which president hurt his chances for reelection when he broke a campaign promise and raised taxes?
George H. W. Bush (the father)
Who was president of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
What did the hippies advocate.
"Make love not war!"
In the 1990s there was the creation of an international network linking computers and allowing almost instant transmittal of text, imagines and sound.
What is called the internet
When the French pulled out of Southern Vietnam, what country entered to try and help stop communism from spreading?
The United States
This president declared a "war on terror" after the attacks on September 11, 2001.
George W. Bush (son)
What event prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis caused Fidel Castro to look to the Soviet Union for military help?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Which U.S. Supreme Court cases came about due to the counterculture/hippie movement?
Tinker vs Des Moines
Which president was the first to launch an official White House Website in 1994?
Who is Clinton
What year did the first US combat troops officially arrive in Vietnam?
1965
This president implemented an economic stimulus package to help American businesses and increase production, spending, and jobs.
Barack Obama
What reconnaissance did the United States use to discover the missile sites on the Cuban territory?
Spy Planes
In August 1969 the Woodstock Music Festival was held. What was it advertised as?
“three days of peace, music and love”
The artificial changing of the molecular biology of organisms' cells to alter an organism is called what?
(Hint: Some of our food is created from this process)
What is Genetic engineering (genetically modified foods are commonly found in grocery stores)
What United States president decided to pull American troops out of Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
How did the Watergate scandal, Iran-Contra affair, and Bill Clinton's impeachment change the American people's perception of government?
Americans are much less trusting of government and more doubtful and questioning of what they are told.
Immediately before the Cuban missile crisis, what was the internationally agreed limit of territorial waters in the Americas?
12 miles
In 1967, thousands of hippies gathered together to try to levitate what iconic building?
The Pentagon
Dolly the Sheep was created as a result of this scientific breakthrough
What is cloning
What defined the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
17th Parallel