World War II
This event occurred on September 1st, 1939 and is the considered the beginning of WWII.
German invasion of Poland
The open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies
The Cold War
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality
Brown v. Board of Education
Military conflict in Southeast Asia when the United States tried to stop the spread of Communism that lasted from 1955-1975.
The Vietnam War
This amendment, ratified on July 1, 1971, lowered the voting age to 18.
26th Amendment
Attack on a U.S. Naval base that occurred on December 7th, 1941. This brought the U.S.A. into WWII.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
A totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
Communism
He was considered the leader of the Civil Rights movement and led the March on Washington.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Time when the economy faced both stagnation in job growth and price inflation.
Stagflation
A 51-day standoff between law enforcement and a religious group called the Branch Davidians in Texas. It resulted in the religious compound burning down and nearly 80 people killed
1993 Waco Siege
The United States President during the Great Depression and WWII. Elected to 4 Terms.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
The political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non-communist areas
The Iron Curtain
She was considered the mother of the Civil Rights movement and was arrested when she refused to give up her seat on a bus.
Rosa Parks
A period of general easing of tensions between communist nations and the United States during the Cold War
Detente
Timothy McVeigh parked a rented truck full of explosives in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building that exploded; resulted in 168 deaths, including 19 children, and about 600 more people injured
Oklahoma City Bombing
The mass execution of Jewish people and others deemed 'undesirable' by the Nazis in WWII.
The Holocaust
Enacted in 1948 it was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II
Marshall Plan
Famous boycott that started in 1955 and lasted nearly 381 days in Alabama.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Plan called for the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam and for South Vietnamese soldiers to take over the fighting
Vietnamization
The attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda, planned and organized by Osama Bin Laden
9/11/2001 Terrorist Attacks
A landing craft manufactured in several specialized models and used in amphibious landings in both the European and Pacific theaters. Built and designed in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Higgins Boats
A political and military alliance established in 1949 in Washington, D.C., by 12 countries in Europe and North America for the purpose of collective defense against aggression
North Atlantic Treaty Organization- NATO
Signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, made employment discrimination illegal, and enforced the constitutional right to vote
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Began in 1972, five men were arrested after having broken into the offices of the Democratic Party’s national headquarters. Investigators traced the burglary back to President Nixon.
Watergate Scandal
Controversial law passed which enabled law enforcement agencies to monitor citizens’ emails and phone conversations without a warrant
Patriot Act
A form of government in which a single party, headed by a powerful leader, gains total control of the governance of a country; individual liberty is made subservient to state power
Totalitarianism
A geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II
Containment policy
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, an act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the United States Constitution,” it prohibited the use of devices such as literacy tests to hinder or block citizens from voting
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981.
Iran Hostage Crisis
The Afghanistan War and the Iraq War were both launched and conducted as a part of the larger effort called......
The Global War on Terror
The amphibious invasion of France that occurred on June 6, 1944. This is considered the beginning of the end of the war.
D-Day Invasion
This event that lasted for 13 days in 1963 and is the closest the U.S. and the Soviet Union came to Nuclear War.
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest
Two Part Question: The year the Soviet Union collapsed and broke apart and the President of the United States at the time. (must give both answers to get points!!)
1991
President George H.W. Bush
A severe financial crisis combined with a deep recession. Lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, It followed the bursting of the housing bubble, the housing market correction and subprime mortgage crisis.
The Great Recession