Civil Rights Era
This President signed both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act Act of 1965.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
This was the name given to the President Johnson's initiative to combat poverty in the United States.
What is the "War on Poverty?"
This was the name given to a unit within the Nixon Administration whose job to ensure no "leaks" escaped the White House.
Who are the "White House Plumbers?"
President Reagan gave a famous speech at this location and which he called upon the Soviet leadership to "tear down" this structure.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This act was passed on the grounds of "increasing national security" but it greatly increased the federal government's power and ability to use surveillance on American citizens that were deemed "threats to national security."
What is the Patriot Act?
President Dwight Eisenhower called in the National Guard to escort Black students into this high school.
What is Little Rock High School?
This federal welfare program was created to provide healthcare for senior citizens who were 65 years or older.
What is Medicare?
Secretly, the Nixon campaign did this behind close doors to try and help boost their chances at an election victory.
What is scuttle or end the Vietnam peace talks in 1968?
President Reagan authorized the CIA to work alongside the Mujahideen to fight the Soviets in this country.
What is Afghanistan?
This President was able to run a government surplus for the first time in decades of American history.
Who is President Bill Clinton?
This was the 1954 Supreme Court Decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1898) and led to the desegregation of schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
This education program was created to help children start school as early as possible.
What is the Head Start Program?
This was the name given to the white, conservative base that came out in high numbers to vote for Richard Nixon in the 1968 election.
What is the "Silent Majority?"
This was the name given to President Ronald Reagan's economic policy that entailed tax cuts for the highest tax brackets and deregulation of businesses.
What is "trickle down economics" or supply-side economics?
In 2005, a category 5 hurricane devasted much of this southern city.
What is New Orleans?
What is the 1968 Olympics?
This law was passed in the hopes that hunger would be prevented for lower income Americans.
What is the Food Stamp Act of 1964?
These are the two Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate Scandal story.
Who are Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein?
In 1981, this group went on strike seeking better pay and shorter hours. In response, President Reagan fired 11,359 of them who refused to return to work.
What are Air Traffic Controllers?
This deal was signed by President Clinton to try and end trade barriers between the US and Mexico and Canada.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
This NAACP lawyer successfully won the Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This governmental organization run by the Department of Labor was founded to provide vocational and academic training for Americans seeking work.
What is the Jobs Corps?
Once the Nixon Tapes were discovered, it was found out that this much was missing from the tapes.
What is 18 1/2 minutes?
This was the first woman to be nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
In 2015, the Obama Administration made a deal with this Middle Eastern country in hopes of limiting their capability of creating nuclear weapons.
What is Iran?