30s-40s
Period of drought in the Great Plains in the 1930s
Dust Bowl
Law signed in 1964 by Lyndon Johnson that banned segregation in public facilities
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This president resigned after the Watergate Scandal
Richard Nixon
Individual in charge of terrorist group Al-Qaeda and the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks
Osama Bin Laden
Act signed by President Obama that publicized healthcare
Affordable Care Act/Obamacare
Series of programs proposed by President Franklin Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression
New Deal
The individual that assassinated John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Economic idea that cutting taxes for the rich would lead to prosperity for the middle class
Supply Side Economics/Reaganomics
Six week bombing and attack on Iraq after Saddam Hussein refused to back out of Kuwait
Operation Desert Storm/First Gulf War
Grassroots conservative political party that disliked Obama
Tea Party
May 8, 1945-Germany surrenders in WWII
VE Day
Period in the 1950s and 1960s where the US saw a major rise in population
Baby Boom
Famous court case in 1973 regarding the legality of abortion
Roe v Wade
Plan that required standardized testing in public schools and changed how schools were funded
"No Child Left Behind" plan
Group of working class individuals that protested the power of big banks in New York City
Occupy Wall Street
The person that led the March on Washington in 1941
A. Phillip Randolph
Irrational fear that American homosexuals were susceptible to Communist ideology
Lavender Scare
This individual was the first female Supreme Court justice
Sandra Day O'Connor
The name for the first stage of the war in Afghanistan
Operation Enduring Freedom
Conspiracy theory that Obama should not be president because he was born in another country (false).
Birther Conspiracy
Court case that upheld the internment of Japanese-Americans
Korematsu v US
Invasion of Cuba by revolutionaries aided by US funding. This operation failed.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Document signed in 1973 that formally ended the US involvement in the Vietnam War
Paris Peace Accords
Law signed by President Bush that required more accessibility in public facilities
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Movement against racism that was fueled by the high-profile killings of African-American individuals
Black Lives Matter movement (BLM)